Print, Photographic

Photograph

Shanaman Sports Museum

John Johnsen, Instructor

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Print, Photographic

Entry/Object ID

2002.30.04

Description

Lakewood Ice Arena skating professional John Johnsen provides instruction for students in a small room located in the basement of the arena. Johnsen was one of the longest tenured instructors at Lakewood, teaching from 1939-41 and 1948-68. Pat Hoyt, Dick Rasmussen, Patty Greenup and John Kinney were some Johnsen’s protege’s in the first few years of his tenure and then taught Patsy Hamm, Jack Boyle, Sally Price, Diane Jacobsen, Nancy Roberts and Joan Winters upon his return. In between teaching at Lakewood, Johnsen became a counter-intelligence agent for the United States in Denmark and other Northern European countries during World War II.

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Place

Location

Lakewood Ice Arenam, Tacoma, WA

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Figure Skating, Professional/Semi-Pro, Recreational

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Johnsen, John

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Hoyt, Pat

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Rasmussen, Dick

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Greenup, Patty

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Hamm, Patsy

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Boyle, Jack

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Price, Sally

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Jacobsen, Diane

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Roberts, Nancy

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Winters, Joan

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Lakewood Ice Arena

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Tacoma