Providence Journal, Jan 15, 1994 - Ivan W. Fuqua, 84, of Kingston Avenue died at home yesterday of heart failure after a recent bout with cancer. He was the husband of Natalie (Kozeski) Fuqua. Won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the United States 1,600-meter relay team in 1932, and track and field coach at Brown University from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.
Born in Decatur, Illinois, a son of the late Ora Oris and Mary (Brush) Fuqua, he lived in Connecticut and Michigan before moving to Providence in 1946.
He was past president of the New England track Coaches Association, and the IC4A's Track Coached Association. He guided the Brown cross country team to New England titles five times - 1950-60-62-63-67, and the track team to New England titles three times - 1949-60-61. His track teams won more than 150 meets, while his cross county teams won more than 80.
He developed several individual stars for Brown, including Dick Phillips, the national high jump champion who won the IC4A, NCAA and NAAU crowns in the the same year; and Bob Bennett, NAAU hammer throw champion and a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
Fuqua had an amazing scholastic career at Brazil High School, Brazil, Indiana. He won five Indiana state sprint titles in three years, and as a senior won national championships in the 100, 200, 440 and low hurdles.
It didn't take long to show that his accomplishments achieved in high school would carry over to his collegiate days at Indiana University. He set national collegiate records in the 60-yard dash, and won Big Ten championships in the 440 and 220.
As a sophomore at Indiana, Fuqua ran the opening leg on the US Olympic 1,600-meter relay team which broke the record en route to an Olympic gold medal.
Mr. Fuqua started his collegiate coaching career in 1935 at the University of Connecticut, having graduated form Indiana. He compiled a 57-9 record at UConn, and had a second-place finish in the national championships.
He later received his master's degree in education form the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander during World War II, he returned to UConn for a brief stint, and took over the head coaching position at Brown in the spring of 1946.
"Ivan was a very special person who impacted on the lives of many young men who came through Brown University." Brown track coach Bob Rothenberg said.
Honors, awards and recognition came his way since he was a prep sprinter in Brazil. He was a charter inductee in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross County Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1963 he was inducted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1972 he was named honorary colege referee of the Penn Relay's carnival. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968.
Mr. Fuqua founded the Ivan Fuqua Oxford-Cambridge Endowment Fund toenable Brown student-athlete to participate in the Oxford-Cambridge Track and Field excahnge every four years.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Linda Beaton of Ledyard, Conn., and Judith Perry of Manchester, Conn.; five sisters, Lola Parker of Indianapolis, Roselind Monnett and Bonnie Powell, both of Terre Haute, Indiana, Dorothy Pinegar of Orlando, Florida, and Donnie Bray of Brazil, Indiana, and five grandchildren.
A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Cole Avenue. Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery.
Born in Decatur, Illinois, a son of the late Ora Oris and Mary (Brush) Fuqua, he lived in Connecticut and Michigan before moving to Providence in 1946.
He was past president of the New England track Coaches Association, and the IC4A's Track Coached Association. He guided the Brown cross country team to New England titles five times - 1950-60-62-63-67, and the track team to New England titles three times - 1949-60-61. His track teams won more than 150 meets, while his cross county teams won more than 80.
He developed several individual stars for Brown, including Dick Phillips, the national high jump champion who won the IC4A, NCAA and NAAU crowns in the the same year; and Bob Bennett, NAAU hammer throw champion and a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
Fuqua had an amazing scholastic career at Brazil High School, Brazil, Indiana. He won five Indiana state sprint titles in three years, and as a senior won national championships in the 100, 200, 440 and low hurdles.
It didn't take long to show that his accomplishments achieved in high school would carry over to his collegiate days at Indiana University. He set national collegiate records in the 60-yard dash, and won Big Ten championships in the 440 and 220.
As a sophomore at Indiana, Fuqua ran the opening leg on the US Olympic 1,600-meter relay team which broke the record en route to an Olympic gold medal.
Mr. Fuqua started his collegiate coaching career in 1935 at the University of Connecticut, having graduated form Indiana. He compiled a 57-9 record at UConn, and had a second-place finish in the national championships.
He later received his master's degree in education form the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander during World War II, he returned to UConn for a brief stint, and took over the head coaching position at Brown in the spring of 1946.
"Ivan was a very special person who impacted on the lives of many young men who came through Brown University." Brown track coach Bob Rothenberg said.
Honors, awards and recognition came his way since he was a prep sprinter in Brazil. He was a charter inductee in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross County Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1963 he was inducted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1972 he was named honorary colege referee of the Penn Relay's carnival. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968.
Mr. Fuqua founded the Ivan Fuqua Oxford-Cambridge Endowment Fund toenable Brown student-athlete to participate in the Oxford-Cambridge Track and Field excahnge every four years.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Linda Beaton of Ledyard, Conn., and Judith Perry of Manchester, Conn.; five sisters, Lola Parker of Indianapolis, Roselind Monnett and Bonnie Powell, both of Terre Haute, Indiana, Dorothy Pinegar of Orlando, Florida, and Donnie Bray of Brazil, Indiana, and five grandchildren.
A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Cole Avenue. Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery.
Providence Journal, Jan 15, 1994 - Ivan W. Fuqua, 84, of Kingston Avenue died at home yesterday of heart failure after a recent bout with cancer. He was the husband of Natalie (Kozeski) Fuqua. Won an Olympic gold medal as a member of the United States 1,600-meter relay team in 1932, and track and field coach at Brown University from 1946 until his retirement in 1974.
Born in Decatur, Illinois, a son of the late Ora Oris and Mary (Brush) Fuqua, he lived in Connecticut and Michigan before moving to Providence in 1946.
He was past president of the New England track Coaches Association, and the IC4A's Track Coached Association. He guided the Brown cross country team to New England titles five times - 1950-60-62-63-67, and the track team to New England titles three times - 1949-60-61. His track teams won more than 150 meets, while his cross county teams won more than 80.
He developed several individual stars for Brown, including Dick Phillips, the national high jump champion who won the IC4A, NCAA and NAAU crowns in the the same year; and Bob Bennett, NAAU hammer throw champion and a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
Fuqua had an amazing scholastic career at Brazil High School, Brazil, Indiana. He won five Indiana state sprint titles in three years, and as a senior won national championships in the 100, 200, 440 and low hurdles.
It didn't take long to show that his accomplishments achieved in high school would carry over to his collegiate days at Indiana University. He set national collegiate records in the 60-yard dash, and won Big Ten championships in the 440 and 220.
As a sophomore at Indiana, Fuqua ran the opening leg on the US Olympic 1,600-meter relay team which broke the record en route to an Olympic gold medal.
Mr. Fuqua started his collegiate coaching career in 1935 at the University of Connecticut, having graduated form Indiana. He compiled a 57-9 record at UConn, and had a second-place finish in the national championships.
He later received his master's degree in education form the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander during World War II, he returned to UConn for a brief stint, and took over the head coaching position at Brown in the spring of 1946.
"Ivan was a very special person who impacted on the lives of many young men who came through Brown University." Brown track coach Bob Rothenberg said.
Honors, awards and recognition came his way since he was a prep sprinter in Brazil. He was a charter inductee in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross County Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1963 he was inducted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1972 he was named honorary colege referee of the Penn Relay's carnival. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968.
Mr. Fuqua founded the Ivan Fuqua Oxford-Cambridge Endowment Fund toenable Brown student-athlete to participate in the Oxford-Cambridge Track and Field excahnge every four years.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Linda Beaton of Ledyard, Conn., and Judith Perry of Manchester, Conn.; five sisters, Lola Parker of Indianapolis, Roselind Monnett and Bonnie Powell, both of Terre Haute, Indiana, Dorothy Pinegar of Orlando, Florida, and Donnie Bray of Brazil, Indiana, and five grandchildren.
A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Cole Avenue. Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery.
Born in Decatur, Illinois, a son of the late Ora Oris and Mary (Brush) Fuqua, he lived in Connecticut and Michigan before moving to Providence in 1946.
He was past president of the New England track Coaches Association, and the IC4A's Track Coached Association. He guided the Brown cross country team to New England titles five times - 1950-60-62-63-67, and the track team to New England titles three times - 1949-60-61. His track teams won more than 150 meets, while his cross county teams won more than 80.
He developed several individual stars for Brown, including Dick Phillips, the national high jump champion who won the IC4A, NCAA and NAAU crowns in the the same year; and Bob Bennett, NAAU hammer throw champion and a member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team.
Fuqua had an amazing scholastic career at Brazil High School, Brazil, Indiana. He won five Indiana state sprint titles in three years, and as a senior won national championships in the 100, 200, 440 and low hurdles.
It didn't take long to show that his accomplishments achieved in high school would carry over to his collegiate days at Indiana University. He set national collegiate records in the 60-yard dash, and won Big Ten championships in the 440 and 220.
As a sophomore at Indiana, Fuqua ran the opening leg on the US Olympic 1,600-meter relay team which broke the record en route to an Olympic gold medal.
Mr. Fuqua started his collegiate coaching career in 1935 at the University of Connecticut, having graduated form Indiana. He compiled a 57-9 record at UConn, and had a second-place finish in the national championships.
He later received his master's degree in education form the University of Michigan. After serving in the Navy as a Lieutenant Commander during World War II, he returned to UConn for a brief stint, and took over the head coaching position at Brown in the spring of 1946.
"Ivan was a very special person who impacted on the lives of many young men who came through Brown University." Brown track coach Bob Rothenberg said.
Honors, awards and recognition came his way since he was a prep sprinter in Brazil. He was a charter inductee in the Indiana Association of Track and Cross County Coaches Hall of Fame. In 1963 he was inducted into the Helms Foundation Track and Field Hall of Fame. In 1972 he was named honorary colege referee of the Penn Relay's carnival. He was inducted into the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in 1968.
Mr. Fuqua founded the Ivan Fuqua Oxford-Cambridge Endowment Fund toenable Brown student-athlete to participate in the Oxford-Cambridge Track and Field excahnge every four years.
Besides his wife he leaves two daughters, Linda Beaton of Ledyard, Conn., and Judith Perry of Manchester, Conn.; five sisters, Lola Parker of Indianapolis, Roselind Monnett and Bonnie Powell, both of Terre Haute, Indiana, Dorothy Pinegar of Orlando, Florida, and Donnie Bray of Brazil, Indiana, and five grandchildren.
A mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday at 10 a.m. at St. Sebastian Church, Cole Avenue. Burial will be in Swan Point Cemetery.
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