{"id":377694,"date":"2019-06-30T17:44:19","date_gmt":"2019-07-01T00:44:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=377694"},"modified":"2019-06-30T17:49:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-01T00:49:24","slug":"passages-ishof-service-award-winner-dale-petranech-passes-at-84-from-pancreatic-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/passages-ishof-service-award-winner-dale-petranech-passes-at-84-from-pancreatic-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Passages: ISHOF Service Award Winner Dale Petranech Passes at 84 From Pancreatic Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ishof.org\/dale-petranech-(usa).html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dale Petranech<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>passed away Friday morning from pancreatic cancer. He was 84-years-old.<\/p>\n<p>Petranech was honored in May 2019 with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/dale-petranech-receives-2019-ishof-service-award\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">ISHOF Service Award<\/a>, which is given to an individual who has selflessly volunteered their time, energy and\/or resources to advance the interests and work of the International Swimming Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/h-fY_4eolzM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Early Days<\/h3>\n<p>Petranech had been a fixture at the Hall of Fame for as far back as anyone can remember. Dale was always there to pitch in and lend a helping hand to whatever needed to be done. Whether it was getting up at 4:00 am to help <strong>Bob Duenkel<\/strong>\u00a0set up for the Ocean Mile Swim, or make a last-minute run to the Miami International Airport to pick someone up, Dale always did it with a smile on his face. And he never said no.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"348809\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/international-swimming-hall-of-fame-announces-2019-specialty-awards\/thumbnail_mu-award-dale-petranech_2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,323\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Dale Petranech\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Dale Petranech 2019 Specialty Award &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2.png\" class=\"size-full wp-image-348809 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2.png\" alt=\"Dale Petranech Specialty Award recipient\" width=\"300\" height=\"323\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2.png 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2-186x200.png 186w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/thumbnail_MU-Award-Dale-Petranech_2-150x162.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>He first became involved in swimming on an administrative level in 1977. There, he was selected to be the Chairman of the first USA Swimming Open Water Committee. As Chairman, he developed successful domestic and international programs. In 1984, Petranech was instrumental in getting FINA President <strong>Bob Helmick<\/strong> to establish a commission to add Open Water Swimming to the FINA and Olympic programs. Open water swimming made its debut at the 1991 FINA World Aquatics Championships in Perth, Australia with the 25K.<\/p>\n<p>After the death of Commander\u00a0<strong>Gerald Forsberg<\/strong> in 1998, Dale assumed the role of Secretary General for the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame. Since then, he had been responsible for formulating the nomination ballots and for organizing the annual IMSHOF induction.<\/p>\n<h3>Dale Petranech&#8217;s Hall of Fame Induction<\/h3>\n<p>In 2014, the International Swimming Hall of Fame inducted Petranech as an honor open water contributor. The International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame also inducted Petranech as an Honor Administrator in 1995. His work has spanned everything from U.S. Masters Swimming and USA Swimming to FINA and the Marathon Swimming Association.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EUvvOyknqRo\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Dale Petranech served as Honorary Secretary of the International Marathon Swimming Hall of Fame from 1998 to present. He became the first U.S. Swimming Open Water Swimming Committee Chairman in 1977 and assisted U.S. Masters Swimming to form its own independent organization. He served as chairman of the FINA Open Water Swimming Commission and made long-term recommendations to FINA for inclusion of Open Water Swimming into its full program. Petranech served as Honorary Secretary of the FINA Technical Open Water Swimming Committee 1992 \u2013 1996. He also helped lay the groundwork to get marathon swimming into the Summer Olympics in 2008.<\/p>\n<p>Petranech was able to provide the administrative background, expertise and efforts to maintain the records, rules, policies, procedures and protocols used at USA Swimming, local age-group and masters, and FINA levels. He served as Chairman of United States Swimming Long Distance Committee 1979 \u2013 1991. Petranech also served as FINA Safety Delegate, Observer and Official from 1992 to present and served as Chairman of National Aquatic Coalition 1994 \u2013 1996.<\/p>\n<p>He was an accomplished open water swimmer is his own right. In 1985, he became the oldest person to swim the 21-mile Catalina Channel at the age of 50.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>&#8220;Dale was kind, supportive, a great friend and volunteer to all of us at ISHOF. He was one of a kind and we will miss him dearly,&#8221;-ISHOF Chief Operations Office Laurie Marchwinski said.<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2014 International Swimming Hall of Fame inductee\u00a0Dale Petranech\u00a0passed away Friday morning from pancreatic cancer. He was 84-years-old. 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