June Krauser
June Krauser (June 13, 1926 – August 2, 2014) was an American swimmer. Known as the "Mother of Masters Swimming," she was one of the founders of U.S. Masters Swimming and set 154 national records and 73 world records. She was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1994. Early years Krauser was born in 1926 at Indianapolis, Indiana. Her parents, Robert Fogle and Florence (Piepgras) Fogle were from Chicago. Krauser won national AAU swimming events in her youth, including a national championship in the breaststroke, and swam for Purdue University in the 1940s. She was considered "likely to compete" in the 1944 Summer Olympics, but the games were not held due to the ongoing world war. After World War II, Krauser married and had two children. Masters swimming Krauser remained active in swimming throughout her life and was appointed in 1964 to the United States Olympic Women's Swim Committee. She also helped draft the rules and regulations for the Special Olympics in the late 1960s. She gained her greatest fame in connection with masters swimming. Along with Ransom J. Arthur, M.D., and John Spannuth, Krauser was one of the founders of U.S. Masters Swimming (USMS). In the