Dick Lennon has been involved with swimming all his life.
His accomplishments are as follows:

• Member of the Lynn Boys Club (where he met his future wife, Eileen) USS swimming team
  
• Member of the Lynn YMCA age-group swimming team
  
• Captain of the UMASS-Amherst Men's swim team
  
• Red Cross volunteer swim instructor in Water Safety, Lifeguard training, First Aid and CPR for 43 years
  
• Director of Aquatics for the Medford Public Schools teaching, coaching the Boys and Girls High School teams, and USS swim team for over 20 years
  
• Director of Community Education and Adult Education at Medford for 10 yrs
  
• Member of E.M.S.O.A. for 36 years.
  
• Named Tournament Director of the MIAA Girls State Swim Championships
  
• Named to the Eastern Massachusetts High School Swim Coaches Hall of Fame
  

Dick and his wife have a son and a daughter, both of who swam and dove competitively in high school and college. His son, Dan, is the lead singer of the Five O'clock Shadow a capella singing group, whose National Anthem CD is played at many meets and pro events. His daughter Kate is an E.M.S.O.A. official and the happy mother of his grandson.

Dick is now retired, balancing time between his NH vacation home, swimming laps at Medford, officiating, and enjoying his family and new grandson.