Edwin Moles

Edwin Moles swam the 200 breaststroke at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics. He won the event at the 1932 Olympic Trials. Moles was a Princeton swimmer who also competed for the New York Athletic Club. At Princeton he also played on the baseball team. When he competed at Los Angeles, Moles was a student at Yale Law School.

During World War II Moles served in the Air Force and was later a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve. He became an executive with Archer Daniels Midland Company, eventually becoming a director and vice-president. Moles was also a well-known amateur radio operator, with his 100 foot rotating “Big Bertha” antenna mast towering over his Manitou Island, Minnesota residence, answering to the call letters of WØNLY, a call sign that was later reissued.