Newt Loken

[1][4] From 1943 to 1944, the Prince William operated between the west coast and such places as New Caledonia, Canton Island, Samoa and Espiritu Santo.

[2] At the time of Loken's arrival, Michigan did not have a men's gymnastics program, which had been dropped several years earlier during the Great Depression.

[2] In 1946, Loken received his master's degree and sought to resurrect men's gymnastics as a varsity sport at Michigan.

[2] Loken remained the coach of Michigan's men's gymnastics team for 36 years and compiled a record of 250-72-1.

[8] Loken produced more trampoline champions and World Medal winners than any other collegiate coach.

Loken also led Michigan's efforts as host of the 1971 NCAA championship attended by a record 25,000 fans.

Munn described his experience with Loken: “His great personality and tremendous coaching talent helped him develop outstanding teams on a yearly basis; therefore I accepted his invitation to attend Michigan.. .

He always had a very positive attitude and the ability to bring out the best performance in everyone.”[10] As of 2007, the 88-year-old Loken was still a regular at Michigan's men's gymnastics practices and events.

[2] Rich Dopp, a Michigan gymnast from the 1990s, recalled that Loken was still on the field with the alumni cheerleaders at the Homecoming games as recently as 2001 or 2002.

"[2] Loken has received numerous awards, honors, and accolades for his lifetime of service to gymnastics and the University of Michigan.

These include: Loken and his wife, Dorothy, had four children, daughters Christine and Lani, and sons Jon and Newt.