What key details about robert j. h. kiphuth can be extracted from the following bio? Bio: robert john herman kiphuth -lrb- november 17 , 1890 -- january 7 , 1967 -rrb- was born in tonawanda , new york and is best known for his 41-year career as head coach of the yale university men 's swim team , from 1918 to 1959 . during his tenure with bulldogs swimming and diving , he amassed a record of 528 wins to only 12 losses , along with four ncaa titles -lrb- 1942 , 1944 , 1951 , 1953 -rrb- , earning him a reputation for being the winningest coach in history . kiphuth also served as the head coach for multiple u.s. olympic swimming teams -lrb- both men and women , depending on the year -rrb- . for a few years near the end of his career , he doubled as yale 's athletic director , a job he eventually left to return his focus to coaching . he was largely responsible for the modern sport of swimming , which he shaped by introducing such innovations -lrb- now standard practices -rrb- as dryland workouts and interval training . from 1951 to 1961 , kiphuth was the publisher of '' swimming world magazine '' . kiphuth was awarded the presidential medal of freedom by president lyndon johnson on december 6 , 1963 . he had been chosen to receive the award by president john f. kennedy -lrb- president kennedy also received the medal of freedom , posthumously , at the same ceremony -rrb- . since 1968 , the high-point award at the usa 's swimming national championships has been named in his honor -lrb- the '' kiphuth award '' -rrb- . in 1965 he was inducted into the international swimming hall of fame .
- death date is 7 january 1967- birth date is 17 november 1890- name is robert kiphuth- image size is 220px- birth place is tonawanda , new york- occupation is swimming coach