Jam Handy
American Olympic swimmer (1886–1983) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Henry Jamison "Jam" Handy (March 6, 1886 – November 13, 1983) was an American Olympic breaststroke swimmer, water polo player, and founder of the Jam Handy Organization (JHO), a producer of commercially sponsored motion pictures, slidefilms (later known as filmstrips), trade shows, industrial theater and multimedia training aids.[1] Credited as the first person to imagine distance learning,[2] Handy made his first film in 1910 and presided over a company that produced an estimated 7,000 motion pictures and perhaps as many as 100,000 slidefilms before it was dissolved in 1983.[3]
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Full name | Henry Jamison Handy | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | "Jam" | ||||||||||||||||||||
National team | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1886-03-06)March 6, 1886 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | ||||||||||||||||||||
Died | November 13, 1983(1983-11-13) (aged 97) Detroit, Michigan | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Swimming | ||||||||||||||||||||
Strokes | Breaststroke, freestyle | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chicago Central YMCA Chicago Athletic Association | ||||||||||||||||||||
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