Shigeyo Murayama, Ed. D., is a researcher at the Japan Women’s College of Physical Education in Tokyo, Japan. Murayama is studying the life of Delores (Dee) Boeckmann, who was on the first women’s Olympic team in 1928.
Boeckmann was born on November 9, 1904 in St. Louis, Missouri, and passed away on April 25, 1989. She was inducted into the USA Track and Field Hall of Fame in 1976.
In the 1950s, Boeckmann visited and worked in Japan as a coach for the Japanese Women’s Track and Field Team. On top of that, she taught physical education at the Japan Women’s College of Physical Education. Murayam happened to be one of her students.
June Wuest Becht, who once wrote about Boeckmann, has sadly passed away. Any information about Boeckmann’s life, or knowledge of any of her relatives or close friends, would be greatly appreciated.
Murayama can be contacted at coranto0303@gmail.com.
