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- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis abstract "Katherine Whitney Curtis (June 4, 1897 - July 6, 1980), also spelled "Katharine" or "Kay" Curtis, is widely credited as the originator of Synchronized Swimming. While historical figures such as Esther Williams and Annette Kellerman are recognized for similar contributions, important historical details regarding the origin of the word "Synchronized Swimming", its reference to the Olympic sport and the technical structure of that sport are all credited to Curtis.The only descendants of Katherine's family survive through her nephew, Gaylord Whitney, in central Ohio. Her great-grand nephew, Jordan Whitney Wei, is both the writer and primary researcher for her first comprehensive biography.Kay Curtis introduced synchronized swimming in 1934 at the Chicago World's Fair with Norman Ross as her announcer. To her, synchronized swimming was a co-ed sport as it still might be if she hadn't been transferred overseas (1943-1962) with the Red Cross as recreational director. One of her early disciples was Hal Henning. She staged a production for the Armed Forces in the spectacular fountains and pools and gardens of the palace built by the Kings of the Two Sicilys and used as Allied headquarters in Caserta, Italy. When she finally returned home in 1962 after observing synchronized swimming all over Europe, her baby was a full-blown sport and has been a dominant American aquatic sport and art form ever since. Her pioneer book "Rhythmic Swimming" was a classic textbook on the sport she originated. Her no nonsense ability to say it like it is made her not only the tough mother of synchronized swimming but led the late Bill Bachrach to call Kay Curtis "the only person I was ever jealous of in swimming".".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis alias "Kay Curtis - Katharine Townsend Whitney".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis birthDate "1897-06-04".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis birthYear "1897".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis deathDate "1980-07-06".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis deathYear "1980".
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- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis alternativeNames "Kay Curtis - Katharine Townsend Whitney".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis dateOfBirth "1897-06-04".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis dateOfDeath "1980-07-06".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis name "Curtis, Katherine Whitney".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis placeOfBirth "Milwaukee, Wisconsin".
- Katherine_Whitney_Curtis placeOfDeath "Sturgeon Bay Hospital - Door County, Wisconsin".
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