Recognition for 26 years of service came last weekend to Hal Ulen, Crimson swimming coach since 1929, from the College Swimming Coaches Association of America. Along with three other coaches who had molded tankmen for an equal number of years, Ulen was awarded a plaque.

The Harvard mentor has been tutoring mermen since 1917. After attending Cincinnati University, he took up his first coaching job at the Cleveland A. A., where he spent five years. Syracuse University was Ulen's next post, and he was the Orange tank mentor for seven more years, after which he came to Cambridge.

Surprised at Award

Ulen knew nothing of his award until he read about it in a New York paper last weekend while in that city. He stated last night that he knew such awards were given yearly, but he had forgotten that he was eligible. "It's good to be remembered," he declared.

Other swimming coaches who were presented with plaques included Robert J. Kipputh, molder of championship teams at Yale for the last 26 years, William S. Merriam, retiring as coach at Pennsylvania, and Pete S. Morrisey, who retired at Lehigh in 1941.

Ulen had had good success in his fourteen years at Cambridge, although victories over Yale have been few and far between. Only twice have the Crimson mermen dunked the Elis in the Ulen regime.

Of all the swimmers developed by the Crimson tank coach, Charley Hutter, class of 1939, is probably the best remembered. Hutter's pool record of 23.0 in the 50 yard free style was broken only this winter by Yale's Alan Ford, while his 52.0 mark in the 100 still stands, as does his record in the 220.