Euphrasia Donnelly
Euphrasia Louise "Fraze" Donnelly was an American competition swimmer, Olympic champion, and former world record-holder. Donnelly represented the United States at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where she won a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the women's 4×100-meter freestyle relay event. Donnelly and her American relay teammates Gertrude Ederle, Ethel Lackie and Mariechen Wehselau set a new world record in the event final of 4:48.8.
Donnelly was born on June 6, 1905 in Indianapolis to Maurice Donnelly and Sarah Jane McCarthy. She was one of seven children: Maurice, Eileen, Mary, Cecile, Virginia, and Crawford. Fraze was known for her athleticism and quick sense of humor. She later went on to work as an instructor at Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College. On November 1, 1934, she married Bruce Raymond Bungard, a fireman.
