| 1. | Tuppeny was a tall, cheerful man who seldom worked without a clipboard.
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| 2. | Tuppeny was active there until a month ago.
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| 3. | In 1966, Tuppeny became the head track and cross-country coach at Pennsylvania.
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| 4. | James Patrick Tuppeny was born Sept . 20, 1925, in Philadelphia, where he was raised.
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| 5. | Jim Tuppeny retired from the Penn Relays in 1987 and became executive director of athletics for the Philadelphia Convention and Visitors Bureau.
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| 6. | O'Sullivan dedicated the victory to Jim Tuppeny, the former meet director and Villanova coach, who died in November.
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| 7. | Tuppeny added distance races at night, a marathon, a decathlon, a heptathlon and an entire day when only women compete.
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| 8. | Tuppeny took over the University of Pennsylvania's track and cross country programs in 1966 after 13 years as an assistant coach at Villanova.
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| 9. | The race was run in memory of Jim Tuppeny, the meet director from 1970-87 and former Villanova coach, who died in November.
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| 10. | "He would have been proud of this team, " one of Tuppeny's five daughters, Betty, said of North Carolina.
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