Raymond Edward "Ray" Blum (April 11, 1919 – May 5, 2010) was an American speed skater

Speed skating

Speed skating, or speedskating is a competitive form of ice skating in which the competitors race each other in traveling a certain distance on skates. Types of speed skating are long track speed skating, short track speed skating, and marathon speed skating...

 who competed at the 1948 Winter Olympics

1948 Winter Olympics

The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event celebrated in 1948 in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The Games were the first to be celebrated after World War II; it had been twelve years since the last Winter Games in 1936...

 in St. Moritz

St. Moritz

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. He placed 20th in the Men's 1500 metres

Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's 1500 metres

The 1500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Monday, February 2, 1948.Forty-five speed skaters from 14 nations competed.-Medalists:-Records:...

 competition in a field of 45 and 17th in the Men's 5000 metres

Speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics - Men's 5000 metres

The 5000 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1948 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on Sunday, February 1, 1948.Forty speed skaters from 14 nations competed.-Medalists:-Records:...

 event in a field of 40. He was born in Nutley, New Jersey

Nutley, New Jersey

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 and was a member of the Paterson Skating Club. He attended the Newark College of Engineering at the New Jersey Institute of Technology

New Jersey Institute of Technology

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 and earned a Bachelor's degree

Bachelor's degree

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 from the institution in 1950, after a stint in the United States Navy

United States Navy

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 during World War II. He spent his later life working as an aerospace engineer for several companies in New England

New England

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 and California. On October 26, 1996 he was inducted into the NJIT Highlanders' Hall of Fame for his success as both a cyclist and a speed skater, as well as the American National Speedskating Museum and Hall of Fame on May 17, 1969. He died on May 5, 2010 in New Jersey

New Jersey

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