Chairman of the Coleman Company, Inc. Has been directly responsible for the growth of the intercollegiate tennis program at WSU with the original endorsement and sponsorship of the Sheldon Coleman National Collegiate Tennis Championships. His interest in the overall athletic and academic programs at WSU over the years was exemplary. Inducted, 1981. *WSU¹s Sheldon Coleman Tennis Complex was made possible by a gift from the Coleman family in memory of Sheldon, Sr., in 1993.