Brown, Lise

Coach Ed Lukens was born in Skunk City (the western edge of Syracuse, NY) on December 9, 1921. Given the difficulties of the Recession and of his personal life, there was nothing unusual in his enlisting in the US Army during World War II, except that his family had always been Quakers. During his 3 years as a sharpshooter, Ed fought his way across Africa and north through Italy. When the War ended, he spent months in Rome, meeting the Pope and doing something he would do for the next 60 years - organizing and competing in track events. He ran barefoot on cinders in inter-military competitions...