FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 18. FLORIDA Swimming pioneer, Bud Hackett, 81, passed away last night. Bud will be sorely missed by the Florida Swimming family. Bud was the husband of Irene Hackett, former ...

Leonard “Bud” Meyer Jr., who flew midnight bombing missions over the Pacific in World War II, earned two Bronze Stars after a tour in Korea and, as an Olympic swimming official, once disqualified ...