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Elmer f. Marchino
A very enthusiastic supporter of
the I.A.C., father of Olympian Mary Ann Marchino.
Elmer's family was most active in the swimming program at the I.A.C. Under
the guidance of former I.A.C. Coach Jim Clark, his daughter, Mary Ann,
became such an excellent swimmer that she qualified to swim on the U.S.
Olympic Team in Melbourne, Australia in 1956 and the Work Meet in Sydney,
Australia. Elmer was active in the Hoosier Athletics Inc., a non-for
profit corporation that pursued the transformation of Broad Ripple
Pool to specifications that allowed the Olympic Swim trials in 1952 and five
national AAU swim championships together with numerous State, AAU city
championships to be held there. Mr. Marchino was active in that group and
had been President of the State AAU. A special committee was formed
with Tony Hulman, Frank McKinney, Sr. and Elmer Marchino to raise money for
the 1960 Olympic Team. They managed to raise $30,000 for the cause, and set
a record for the most ever contributed by the state. Elmer also had much to
do with helping to induce the national AAU to building their headquarters in
Indianapolis. He was himself very active as AAU national Counsel until 1978,
and was associated with the legal staff of the U.S. Olympic Committee.
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