News and Notes
In Memoriam: William E. “Bill” Krilling
February 22 at the age of 87.
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USA Shooting and the entire Olympic shooting community lost a great friend with the recent passing of William E. “Bill” Krilling. Bill was a distinguished shooter, but best known as one of the world’s premier rifl e coaches and a friend to anyone who had the pleasure to meet him. Bill passed away in Columbus, Ga.
shooting career highlighted by a silver medal at the 1963 Pan American Games in Three-Position Rifl e and a bronze medal in the Prone Rifl e at the 1966 World Shooting Championships. He won many ad- ditional awards at international events and a mul- titude of national
championships and records in American and Olympic-style competitions.
Krilling is perhaps best known for his coaching expertise. He laid a foundation for success by serving as the fi rst National Rifl e Coach for the U.S. Shooting Team as well as the International
Rifl e Coach at the USAMU. His coaching has helped shooting athletes win many Olympic and world medals as well as set un- told records. One of Bill’s ath- letes while serving as rifl e coach for the Mexican National Team was Olegario Vázquez Raña, who established two world records in Air Rifl e in the 1970s and was elected President of the ISSF in 1982. Bill was a generous per- son in helping any shooter of any skill level, from any country, who asked for his expertise. Bill served as a member of the ISSF Rifl e Committee for 14 years. He was fi rst elected in 1984 and served on that Com- mittee and as a judge at many international competitions in- cluding World Championships and Olympic Games. In recogni- tion of his contributions, the ISSF awarded Bill the ISSF Gold Med- al in 1990, the President’s Order in 2011 and the ISSF Blue Cross in 2012, which are the two high- est honors bestowed by the ISSF.
Krilling served the United States experiencing a most dis- tinguished 25 year Army career and retiring in 1971 at the rank of Master Sergeant. He was in- volved in extensive confl icts in both the Korean and Vietnam wars. Among his many awards in- cluding those for heroism are is the Distinguished Service Cross which is second only to the Med- al of Honor in recognizing acts of gallantry and valor in combat. Shooting has lost a revered family member in Bill’s passing. He was and will remain admired and respected as a soldier, shooter, coach and friend. USA Shooting extends our sincere condolences to Bill’s daughter Kathy and granddaughter Laura.
USA Shooting Gets Smart with Northeastern University Agreement
USA Shooting has entered into an agreement with North- eastern University in Boston, Mass., to become the premier educational partner as well as providing scholarship opportuni- ties in support of degree comple- tion for eligible USA Shooting athletes, support personnel and staff.
The scholarship program
is designed to encourage ath- letes to continue their career ambitions while competing as a member of the USA Shooting Team. The program encourages access to program offerings of the NU’s College of Professional Studies. As part of the agree- ment, participants will be eligible to receive a USAS Scholarship for up to 25% of the per credit
tuition charge for the duration of student’s program of study. The scholarship award is good for up to seven years from time of initial enrollment. Northeastern University is
currently partnered with USA Weightlifting and USA Cycling to offer online degree programs to their national athletes, coaches, and staff. NU has also partnered
with organizations such as La- dies Pro Golf Association (LPGA), Women’s Tennis Association (WTA),
International Baseball
Federation, and Major League Lacrosse.
For more information, go to
http://pages.northeastern.edu/ USAShooting_LP.html.
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