Medal, Prize
Object number2007.47.5 a,b
Date1983
MediumVarious metals; plastic; felt
Credit LineGift of the Fowkes Family
DescriptionRectangular silver metal Pan American Games medal. Embossed on both sides. Each side has symbol with wavy lines, angled "U" with a circle in cradle of "U" and text. Brown plastic case, opens on hinges; felt covered plastic rest for medallion; lined in white.
Dimensions(a) Length--1.875 ... Width--1.5(b) Length--3.375 ... Width--3.125 ... Height--1.8125
Inscriptions(a)
One side: at bottom "PANAMERICANOS'83".
Opposite side: "IX JUEGOS DEPORTIVOS / PANAMERICANOS / CARACAS-1983"; at bottom, "Bicentenario del Natalicio / del Libertador Simon Bolivar".
Historical NotesMedallion from the Pan American Games held in Caracas, Venezuela, given to C.R. Fowler, 1983. 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
1944-1945
1980-1989
