Medal, Commemorative
Object number2007.47.7 a,b
Date1987
MediumVarious metals; glass; felt; plastic
Credit LineGift of the Fowkes Family
DescriptionMedallion with box.
Circular gold plated medallion with glass decoration in middle: four circles of black, green, red, and yellow--inside one another, like a shooting target--with a black figure in a shooting stance; and an outline of Puerto Rico sits in background. Around outside is embossed text.
Black felt square box, with a red felt lining inside to hold medallion. White satin top as cushion, and a black thin strip of ribbon on proper left side, over which the medallion lies.Dimensions(a) Length/WIdth--2.375 ... Height--.125(b) Length/Width--3.5 ... Height--1.125 ... Opened: Height--4
Inscriptions(a)
Around outside, embossed: "FEDERACION DE TIRO CON ARCO / PUERTO RICO".
Historical NotesMedallion from Federacion de Tiro con Arco, Puerto Rico, given to C.R. Fowkes. Since 1920, Bud Fowkes was a resident of Verona; he graduated from Penn Hills High School in 1939. After service in WWII took him to Alaska, he returned to Western Pennsylvania in 1945 and went to work at Gulf Research as a master mechanic. Because a field artillery blast had damaged his hearing in 1944 and firing guns became painful for him, Fowkes, a hunter, took up archery in 1947. He competed in archery tournaments during the 1960s, but soon turned his interests to coaching, and designing and repairing bows. Fowkes coached numerous archers and archery teams both in the national and international circuit. He was selected to be the U.S. Olympic archery coach for the Munich games of 1972, where members of his team won the gold medal in both the men's and women's bracket. As his reputation grew, Fowkes was invited by nations around the world to coach and teach their archery teams. Fowkes died in December of 2006.
Previous owner
Clarence R. Fowkes
(died 2006)
Related institution
Penn Hills High School
Related institution
Gulf Research and Development Company
Related institution
Gulf Oil Corporation
(1907 - 1984)
On View
Not on view
1972
1847-1969
1983
1940-1949
1944-1945
