Diane Dudeck is the daughter of former Olympic springboard diver,
Barbara Sue Gilders. As a 19-year-old
Detroit-
Mackenzie High School graduate, Miss Gilders represented the United States in the finals of the three-meter event at the
1956 Summer Olympics in
Melbourne, Australia. Diane's father, John Dudeck, was an accomplished athlete. A product of Detroit's
Western High School, Dudeck swam at the collegiate level for
Michigan State University. A former
Big Ten Conference record holder and two-time Big Ten titlist in the 100-yard breaststroke (1953, 54); Dudeck was a nine-time
All-American for the Spartans (1953–55). == Footnotes ==