About the Author

A. Bruce Frederick, Ph.D. is well known to the American gymnastics community. His writing for nearly a half-century on various topics has appeared in the International Gymnast and USGF/USAG publications among many others. His historical articles are seen in the current edition of the Encyclopedia Britannica and other reference works. He has been investigating the history of American gymnastics since 1966 and history has become his primary focus in retirement (1987-Date). Frederick was elected to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1990 as a contributor noting more than a dozen books, hundreds of illustrations, the preparation of the first comprehensive set of library resources for the field and for editing a series of articles for the first American technical journal for gymnastics, the International Gymnast’s “Technical Supplement,” precursor of USA Gymnastics’ Technique. The “Supplement” was short lived but it was an attempt to produce a fully vetted research journal for the field and had an editorial board comprised of top people in the sport at the time. Frederick’s historical articles first appeared in the late Sixties inspired by the writings of Leopold Zwarg of Temple University, Henry Widdekind of the Wilmington (DE) Turngemeinde and Dr. Russell Sturzebecker beloved professor at West Chester University (PA). He is presently Director of the Roots Project and has produced the widely acclaimed Roots of American Gymnastics identifying more than 1,600 people from the American gymnastics family. The present edition, the third, has nearly doubled the content of the first two. Dr. Frederick chaired the National Gymnastics Hall of Fame Selection Committee for three years and paved the way for USA Gymnastics to adopt the program in 1996. For a decade, he served as curator for the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, presently located in Norman, Oklahoma. Frederick is retired in his home state of Delaware and works to preserve archival material for several organizations (b 6/8/30)

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