Claire Reis Longman

Claire Reis Longman

  • Class Year:
    1957
  • Induction Year:
    1989

From Hall of Honor press release dated Aug. 21, 1989:

Claire Longman remains as one of Wittenberg's finest all-around women athletes. A four-year field hockey and basketball player, she was named the university's most outstanding senior woman athlete in 1957. She served as president of the Women's Athletic Association in 1956-57. She later became a professional leader in physical education, serving as president of the Ohio Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance in 1987 and taught at Centerville and Fairmont High Schools and the University of Dayton. In 1988 she was named Ohio Elementary Physical Education Teacher of the Year and in 1989 she received an Excellence in Teaching Award from the Montgomery County Schools. Wittenberg physical education professor Dr. Caroline Zimmerman will present Longman, who currently resides in Germantown, Ohio.

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