▁park ) ▁and ▁a ▁pic nic ▁area ▁between ▁the ▁Rec / IM ▁building ▁and ▁Down ing ▁Hall . ▁The ▁Rec / IM ▁is ▁also ▁attached ▁to ▁Bow en ▁Field ▁House . ▁ ▁History ▁ ▁The ▁building ▁was ▁first ▁called ▁the ▁L ly od ▁W . ▁Old s ▁Rec / IM . ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁named ▁for ▁Lloyd ▁W . ▁Old s , ▁who ▁graduated ▁from ▁Eastern ▁Michigan ▁University ▁in ▁ 1 9 1 6 . ▁ ▁After ▁receiving ▁his ▁Ph D , ▁he ▁returned ▁to ▁the ▁university , ▁and ▁he ▁joined ▁the ▁Department ▁of ▁Phys ical ▁Education . ▁He ▁co ached ▁the ▁Eastern ▁Michigan ▁University ▁track ▁team , ▁and ▁also ▁founded ▁Eastern ▁Michigan ' s ▁most ▁pra ised ▁In tr am ural ▁program ▁during ▁the ▁ 1 9 2 0 s . ▁Old s ▁also , ▁origin ated ▁the ▁idea ▁of ▁a ▁strip ed ▁sh irt ▁for ▁intr am ural ▁officials . ▁ ▁When ▁the ▁building ▁was ▁first ▁built ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 2 ▁it ▁contained ▁the ▁largest ▁ind oor ▁sw imming ▁pool ▁in ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁The ▁pool ▁varied ▁between ▁ 3 ▁and ▁ 1 7 ▁feet ▁in ▁depth . ▁it ▁was ▁named ▁after ▁EM U ▁sw im ▁coach ▁Michael ▁H . ▁Jones . ▁Michael ▁co ached ▁with ▁the ▁EM U ▁sw im ▁team ▁from ▁ 1 9 5 6 ▁until ▁he ▁retired ▁in ▁ 1 9 8 8 . ▁ ▁The ▁Jones ▁Pool ▁is ▁an ▁Olympic - s ized ▁ 5 0 M ▁pool ▁with ▁spring ▁( 1 M