Given the question: What key details about irma schoennauer cole can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: irma -lrb- schoennauer -rrb- cole -lrb- born as irmgard ida ottilie schoennauer ; january 15 , 1920 -- november 6 , 2003 -rrb- was one of the united states 's premier swimmers in the late 1930s and early 1940s . born in seattle , washington , she was the daughter and eldest child of chicago native , arthur charles john schoennauer , and prussian immigrant , ida amalia ottilie welk . irma 's father was a career typesetter employed by the seattle post-intelligencer for most of his life ; her mother was a seamstress and clothing designer . as a teen , irmgard attended lincoln high school in seattle , and graduated from the university of washington in 1942 with a ba degree in communications . as a freshman , she was a member of '' chi of phrateres , '' a philanthropic-social organization for female college students at the university . born the year female swimmers became the first american women to achieve full olympic status , irma began her competitive swimming career as a child at green lake in seattle , having local swimming champion helene madison as her older role model . quickly recognized for her natural swimming ability and competitive spirit , imgard was invited to join the swimming team of the washington athletic club in 1935 , soon winning numerous local , regional , state-wide , and multi-state telegraph races , and was a member of the 400-yard relay team that won the national championship in 1938 . groomed to compete in 1940 summer olympics , she continued competitive swimming after the outbreak of world war ii , even though the olympic games were suspended by the ioc . it is very likely , had it not been for the war , she would have competed on the united states olympic swim team , possibly alongside peer , esther williams of california . she made a career as a civil servant for the federal government for over 40 years ; starting with the department of the interior at mount rainier national park in washington state after graduating from college , the department of the war -lrb- army & air force...
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- death place is tacoma , washington- other names is irmgard ida ottilie schoennauer- known for is swimming- death date is 06 november 2003- spouse is melvin leroy cole- birth date is 15 january 1920- name is irma -lrb- schoennauer -rrb- cole- nationality is american born- image is irmaschoennauer-1939tyee . jpg- birth place is seattle , washington- occupation is civil servant