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In article 1097201710.JFN9FZHLR3gwsKfpNsD1IQ@teranews,
"Mike Kruger" writes: Paul Dudley White. What's below is from his biography at http://www.whonamedit.com/doctor.cfm/999.html "In 1955 he attended president Eisenhower during his cardiac infarct and it is said that only he and the president were convinced that the president would survive. ...White emphasised the importance of prevention of coronary disease and was a strong advocate of fitness and exercise in aiding its prevention. His use of the bicycle was known throughout the world and the 17 miles "Dr. Paul Dudley White Bike Path in the Boston-Brookline area is named for him. "White was a founder of the American Heart Association." A picture of Ike and Kay Summersby on a tandem, with Ike stoking (after all, Kay was his driver), would be interesting. Anyhow, I'm glad Dr White got at least some recognition, by having a bike path memorialized in his honour. His story sounds like he deserves better than being an unsung hero ... of /cycling/, that is. It might even make good PBS documentary fodder. NOVA could do something about the history of cycling in America; after all, they did that one about the first trans-American automobile trip. I've done some brief looks for an on-line version of that pic with Ike and Dr White, but no soap so far. cheers, Tom -- -- Nothing is safe from me. Above address is just a spam midden. I'm really at: tkeats [curlicue] vcn [point] bc [point] ca |
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In article , Tom Keats says...
Dwight had his driver (hubba hubba.) JFK was too much into football to be into cycling. Since then you guys have gone through Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, Bush the Elder, Clinton ... I seem to remember that Ford was a good college football player. |
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