Tony Waldrop was an American academic administrator, researcher, and athlete.
16 Facts About Tony Waldrop
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Tony Waldrop received postdoctoral training at the Harry S Moss Heart Center at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
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Tony Waldrop was a six-time Atlantic Coast Conference winner and six-time All-American while at the University of North Carolina.
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Tony Waldrop set the world indoor record in the mile in 1974.
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Tony Waldrop won two NCAA championships: the indoor 1,000 yards in 1973 and the indoor mile in 1974.
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Tony Waldrop ran the mile in 3:53.2 for a win at the Penn Relays in 1974.
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Tony Waldrop was on the cover ofTrack and Field News in both March and May 1974; the latter feature him at the Penn Relays.
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Tony Waldrop was the first man to break the 4-minute mile in the Wanamaker Mile at the Millrose Games in 1974.
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Tony Waldrop retired from track after the 1976 indoor season.
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From 1982 to 1986, Tony Waldrop was a research fellow at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center.
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Tony Waldrop was a recipient of the National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship.
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Tony Waldrop was a professor of molecular and integrative physiology at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, teaching undergraduate, graduate, and medical students.
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Tony Waldrop was promoted to vice chancellor for research at Illinois.
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Tony Waldrop became vice chancellor for research and graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2001.
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Tony Waldrop married Julee Briscoe of Chapel Hill, the daughter of Vic Briscoe who was a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill professor of physics.
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On December 3,2022, following a lengthy illness, Tony Waldrop died at his home in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, at the age of 70.