FAUST, HOLLOWAY, RAUCH ELECTED TO HALL OF OUTSTANDING AMERICANS 
  Stillwater, Okla. - Three former wrestlers who have been successful both on and off the mat have been elected to the Hall of Outstanding Americans of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. 
  Members of the Class of 1999 are renowned eye surgeon Dr. Kenneth J. Faust, retired Admiral James L. Holloway III, the 20th Chief of Naval Operations, and Philip Rauch, retired chairman of Parker-Hannifin Corporation, a Fortune 500 company. They will be inducted June 5 at the 23rd Honors Banquet in Stillwater. 
  Faust has been in private practice as an eye specialist in Leesburg, Fla. His state-of-the-art work on laser and cataract surgery has received worldwide praise, and the techniques he pioneered in the field of eye surgery are practiced throughout the globe to this day. He has been awarded the "Physicians Recognition Award" on many occasions. 
  While he was just a youngster in grade school, Faust's father died and his mother took over the responsibilities of raising him. He didn't start wrestling until he was a freshman at Shamokin High School in Pennsylvania, but he went on to be a two-time state champion with a 58-2 career record. 
  After high school, Faust received both academic and athletic scholarships to Lehigh University, where he wrestled under coaching legend Gerald Leeman and placed in the Eastern Intercollegiate Championships four years in a row. He was elected team captain his senior year. 
  Upon graduation from Lehigh with honors, Faust entered Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons, and received his medical degree in 1959. 
  Having joined the Naval Reserves during his senior year in graduate school, Faust then decided to enlist in the Navy. He attended submarine school, earned Airborne Wings and became the medical officer of an elite Navy Seals team. 
  After a tour of duty in Vietnam, he was assigned to the Naval Research Institute in Bethesda, Md., performing environmental research on underwater diving, developing scuba gear for cold water protection, determining the effects of high pressure on the human body and conducting experiments concerned with underwater vision. 
  Because of his fascination with the human eye, Faust went back to the classroom at the Naval Regional Medical Center in San Diego in 168, acquiring another medical specialization in opthamology. His exceptional talents as an eye surgeon gained him the position of chief of the eye department at Pensacola Aerospace Regional Medical Hospital until his retirement from military service as a commander in 1971. 
  Admiral Holloway, the 20th Chief of Naval Operations, was a member of the U.S. Navy for 39 years. He served in combat during three wars, including World War II, the Korean War and the Vietmam Conflict.  
  His career encompassed a broad experience in command of major fleet units. Holloway served as Chief of Naval Operations and a member of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 1974 to 1978. He retired from the Navy in 1978. 
  His decorations include two Defense Distinguished Service Medals, four Navy Distinguished Service Medals, two Legion of Merit Awards, the Distinguished Flying Cross, three Air Medals, the Bronze Star Medal with Combat V, the Grand Cross of Germany, the Grand Cross of Italy and the Order of the Rising Sun of Japan. Holloway is a Commandeur in the French Legion of Honor. 
  Holloway graduated in 1942 as a member of the first accelerated class of the Naval Academy during World War II. In 1958, he commanded an attack squadron of Skyhawk jets and covered Marine landings in Lebanon. In 1965, he took command of the USS Enterprise, the Navy's first nuclear powered aircraft carrier, for two combat cruises. Hollway commanded fleets during the Jordan crisis in 1970 and during the Korean Conflict. 
  Because of his small size, Holloway tried out for the Plebe wrestling team at the Naval Academy in 1939. He had never wrestled before nor had he ever seen a college match, be he won the 145-pound assignment in a group of 14 candidates. In 1942, he wrestled all but two matches in his senior season and reached the quarterfinals of the EIWA tournament. Holloway found his ability to earn a varsity letter in wrestling to be a great confidence builder. 
  Philip Rauch attended Lehigh University from 1929-32, before returning home to continue his father's legacy as president of the Ideal Business. He finished his degree in Business Administration in 1935 at New York University, and received an honorary Doctorate of Laws from Lehigh. 
  His interest in education has remained evident as he has long been a benefactor of Lehigh University's College of Business and Economics. The Rauch Foundation also made noteworthy grants to Lehigh University to establish the Philip Rauch Field House, the Rauch Center for Business Communications, and the Rauch Business Center. 
  Under Rauch's guidance, the Ideal Business went through continuous expansion until its merger with Parker-Hannifin Corporation, a Fortune 500 company supplying fluid power systems and components to the industrial, aerospace, marine and automotive markets. He was elected as a director at the time of the merger. 
  Rauch served as chairman of the board for Parker-Hannifin from 1975 to 1977 and chairman of the executive committee from 1974 to 1975 and 1977 to 1982. He is the vice president of the Rauch Foundation, Inc. Rauch was the recipient of the Eye Research Institute of Boston's Sundial Award. In recognition for his lifetime of service to Lehigh, he was honored in 1978 with the Alumni Award, the alumni association's highest honor. 
  While attending Lehigh, Rauch earned a varsity letter in wrestling and received the Lewis Cup, which was awarded to the most improved freshman wrestler.