William Wilder Heusner, Jr. (June 28, 1927 – August 9, 2002) was an American competition swimmer and Pan American Games champion. Heusner represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, England. He competed in the preliminary heats of the men's 400-meter freestyle and finished eighth in the final of the men's 1,500-meter freestyle. At the 1951 Pan American Games, Heusner won the silver medal in the men's 400-meter freestyle. He was also a gold medal as a member of the winning U.S. team in the men's 4×200-meter freestyle relay event, alongside relay teammates Dick Cleveland, Burwell Jones, and Ronald Gora. See also List of Northwestern University alumni References 1927 births 2002 deaths American male freestyle swimmers Evanston Township High School alumni Northwestern Wildcats men's swimmers Olympic swimmers of the United States Swimmers from Chicago Swimmers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Swimmers at the 1951 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in swimming Medalists at the 1951 Pan American Games 20th-century American people 21st-century American people