Florence Ridlon

Florence Ridlon received a PhD in sociology from Syracuse University. She was the cofounder of the Jim Thorpe Foundation, which is credited with the return of Thorpe’s Olympic gold medals and records, and she is a technical advisor on the forthcoming movie Bright Path: The Jim Thorpe Story. She and her husband, Bob Wheeler, own the public-relations firm Wheeler/Ridlon Communications.

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