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Richard M. Aronson

  • Class
    1958
  • Induction
    1999
  • Sport(s)
    Men's Gymnastics

-Springfield College Gymnastics 1950-51, 1956-58, co-captain-1958

-Represented Springfield College at 1957 NCAA Championships

-New England Collegiate Championship, numerous titles

-Championships won include New England AAU, Northwest Pacific, Southwest AAU, Missouri Valley AAU, Southeast AAU, Texas Senior Championships.

-Competed in two National AAU Championships.

-USOC Gymnastics Committee, 1968-72

-USA Pan American Games, Assistant Coach/ Manager, 1971

Chair, Men's & Women's Gymnastics at the five Maccabiah Games, Israel 1973-89

-ECAC Supervisor of Gymnastics, 1977-present

-One of two American judges at the 1981 World Championships. USSR

-Inducted to the National Gymnastics Judges Hall of Fame. 1981

-NACGC Service Award. 1982

-Pan American Maccabiah Games. Women's Coach. 1983

-Inducted in USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. 1983

-Judges Panel. 1984 & 1996 Olympic Games

-Selected by the USOC to represent the U.S. at the 25th anniversary of the International Olympic Academy. Greece. 1986

-Inducted into Eastern Gymnastics Judges Hall of Fame. 1991

-1996 ECAC Shiebler Award for "outstanding service and dedication to the ECAC and the sport of gymnastics"

-Professor Emeritus. University of Massachusetts-Lowell

-Coached four All-Americans and one national champion in gymnastics

-Served as gymnastics judge at NCAA regional and national championships. USA championships, American Cup, World Championship Trials, Olympic Trials, Pan American Games and USA Gymnastics Collegiate Championships.

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