Ron Johnson, 78, long-time ASU swim coach, died August 7, 2009. Ron is survived by his wife Priscilla Johnson, four children, three grandchildren and a sister. Johnson coached the ASU men's swim team for 18 years (1976-93) and also was on Mona Plummer's women's coaching staff when the Sun Devils won the last two of eight AIAW national titles in the pre-NCAA days. Johnson's ASU men's teams earned six top-10 finishes at the NCAA Championships including a school best sixth in 1982 and seventh in 1983 and '84. Johnson was Mexico's Olympic coach at the 1968 Olympics and recruited many international swimmers to ASU. More than 25 of his ASU swimmers competed at the Olympics including 14 medal winners. He founded the Mesa Aquatics Club. Johnson was inducted into the Masters Swimming Hall of Fame in 2007 because of a masters swim career that included more than 50 world records. He survived multiple heart attacks including one during a masters meet in March 2007. Johnson swam for the University of Iowa and on the 1955 U.S. Pan American Games team. He was author of a recent book Romancing the Water.