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Ruth E. Gunden ’52: ‘You have to play to improve’

Pictured: This collage of images includes the 1952 and 1973-74 women’s basketball teams Ruth Gunden ’52 coached, her working at her desk in 1958 and a 1980s mugshot. Gunden’s official intercollegiate coaching record spanned 1965-1985 and three sports: basketball, tennis and volleyball (cumulative record: 196-107-1). Throughout the late 1960s and…

Ruth Gunden, trailblazing champion for women’s athletics, dies at age 90

Dr. Ruth E. Gunden ’52, professor emerita of physical education and director emerita of international education, died March 25 in Goshen at age 90.