Where I've Been:
rowingevolution.com
I'm not actively coaching these days, so sometimes I feel a bit out
of the loop. I only hear about some events by pure luck, so if you
know of somewhere I ought to visit, someone I ought to speak to,
please let me know.
of the loop. I only hear about some events by pure luck, so if you
know of somewhere I ought to visit, someone I ought to speak to,
please let me know.
The biggest news is that beginning in 2006, the book has been
and will continue to be excerpted periodically on the website
www.row2k.com. This has greatly helped in allowing me to get
feedback from members of the rowing community worldwide, and
it is a great honor. I am most indebted to Ed Hewitt of row2k.
and will continue to be excerpted periodically on the website
www.row2k.com. This has greatly helped in allowing me to get
feedback from members of the rowing community worldwide, and
it is a great honor. I am most indebted to Ed Hewitt of row2k.
As my research has proceeded, among the most rewarding
things has been the people who have contacted me from around
the world to offer additions to my bibliography and to read and
comment on what I have written so far. I am privileged to
collaborate with individuals from Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and the
Netherlands.
I have also found newsreel archives in the U.S., Britain and
France to be enormously illuminating in my continuing efforts to
reconstruct the techniques of crews going all the way back to the
19th Century.
There are several other serious rowing history projects in
process at the moment, and I am thrilled to cooperate and
collaborate with Chris Dodd, Dan Boyne, Tom Weil, Bill Miller,
Sandy Culver, Joanne Iverson, Susan Saint Sing and anyone
else. I am in great company on this project, not only with fellow
writers and historians but also with the people who have made
the history I write about.
I was privileged to work closely with John Cooke from the 1956
Yale Olympic Champion Crew in the months before he died.
John's teammate, Charlie Grimes, also gave me his rowing files
and spent hours on the phone with me shortly before he also
passed away. I will be forever grateful that I got to collaborate with
both these champions while there was still time.
I got to row with the 1956 Yale Eight during their 50th Reunion at
the Yale-Harvard Race in 2006, and an article authored by me
appeared in the November, 2006 issue of the Yale Alumni
Magazine to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Yale
Olympic Champion Eight. Two years later, I rowed in the 1968
Harvard Olympic Eight on the occasion of their 40th reunion. I
treasure both these memories along with the golden day in 1973
I spent rowing a pair with 1956 Olympic Champion Duvall Hecht
and have hopes of traveling to Georgia to row with 1952 Gold
Medalist Chuck Logg, Jr. I am privileged to call all these people
my friends.
In January, 2008, Joe Burk, my coach for a year while I was a
freshman at Penn, passed away a week short of his 94th
birthday. I was honored to get to know him better personally as
he generously assisted me in my book project for more than
three years. We talked on the phone, corresponded, and I visited
him twice in Tucson, Arizona. As were all those who knew him, I
was profoundly touched by Joe Burk. My new book will be
dedicated to him.
things has been the people who have contacted me from around
the world to offer additions to my bibliography and to read and
comment on what I have written so far. I am privileged to
collaborate with individuals from Canada, Australia, New
Zealand, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Denmark, Belgium and the
Netherlands.
I have also found newsreel archives in the U.S., Britain and
France to be enormously illuminating in my continuing efforts to
reconstruct the techniques of crews going all the way back to the
19th Century.
There are several other serious rowing history projects in
process at the moment, and I am thrilled to cooperate and
collaborate with Chris Dodd, Dan Boyne, Tom Weil, Bill Miller,
Sandy Culver, Joanne Iverson, Susan Saint Sing and anyone
else. I am in great company on this project, not only with fellow
writers and historians but also with the people who have made
the history I write about.
I was privileged to work closely with John Cooke from the 1956
Yale Olympic Champion Crew in the months before he died.
John's teammate, Charlie Grimes, also gave me his rowing files
and spent hours on the phone with me shortly before he also
passed away. I will be forever grateful that I got to collaborate with
both these champions while there was still time.
I got to row with the 1956 Yale Eight during their 50th Reunion at
the Yale-Harvard Race in 2006, and an article authored by me
appeared in the November, 2006 issue of the Yale Alumni
Magazine to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1956 Yale
Olympic Champion Eight. Two years later, I rowed in the 1968
Harvard Olympic Eight on the occasion of their 40th reunion. I
treasure both these memories along with the golden day in 1973
I spent rowing a pair with 1956 Olympic Champion Duvall Hecht
and have hopes of traveling to Georgia to row with 1952 Gold
Medalist Chuck Logg, Jr. I am privileged to call all these people
my friends.
In January, 2008, Joe Burk, my coach for a year while I was a
freshman at Penn, passed away a week short of his 94th
birthday. I was honored to get to know him better personally as
he generously assisted me in my book project for more than
three years. We talked on the phone, corresponded, and I visited
him twice in Tucson, Arizona. As were all those who knew him, I
was profoundly touched by Joe Burk. My new book will be
dedicated to him.
What's Going On with the Book:
Event Calendar
9.04
10.04
01.09.05
12.29.04
Spent several days in the research library at Mystic Seaport
In Princeton/Philadelphia area, met with Mike Teti, Tom Terhaar and Ted Nash
Went out in launch with Steve Gladstone of University of California
Interviewed Don Breitenberg, Washington '49 concerning Al Ulbrickson
This project began when our children left for college, and my wife suggested I find
something to occupy my time. I picked up an 1897 British rowing text a friend had
given us as a wedding present and found I couldn't put it down. The rest, as they
say, is history.
10.04
Traveled to Boston for Head of the Charles, met with Monk Terry, Harry Parker,
Tim McLaren, Buzz Congram, Hart Perry, Gardner Cadwalader
something to occupy my time. I picked up an 1897 British rowing text a friend had
given us as a wedding present and found I couldn't put it down. The rest, as they
say, is history.
10.04
Traveled to Boston for Head of the Charles, met with Monk Terry, Harry Parker,
Tim McLaren, Buzz Congram, Hart Perry, Gardner Cadwalader
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01.23.05
Met Christopher Dodd, Bill Miller, Hart Perry and Tom Weil, Directors of the Friends
of Rowing History, in Mystic, CT
of Rowing History, in Mystic, CT
01.28-9.05
Met with and interviewed Thor Nilsen, Mike Spracklen, Alan Roaf, Volker Nolte and
a host of other coaches at the RCA Coaches' Conference in Ontario
a host of other coaches at the RCA Coaches' Conference in Ontario
04.2-3.05
04.9.05
Met with Anita deFrantz, Joan Lind, Rick Clothier, Zenon Babraj, Stan Bergman, Lou
Lindsey, Conn Findlay and Kent Mitchell at the San Diego Crew Classic.
Lindsey, Conn Findlay and Kent Mitchell at the San Diego Crew Classic.
Met with Joe Burk at his winter home in Tucson.
05.15.05
Met with Historian Chuck von Wrangell at the Women's Eastern Sprints.
Traveled to Seattle to meet with historian John Lundin, grandson of a member of
the 1897 IRA-champion Cornell crew, coaches Charlie McIntyre, Stan Pocock, Frank
Cunningham and Bob Ernst, members of the 1948 Washington Varsity and Jayvee
crews, Conal Groom of Pocock Rowing Center, 2004 Olympians Volpenhein, and
Bill Tytus of Pocock Racing Shells.
the 1897 IRA-champion Cornell crew, coaches Charlie McIntyre, Stan Pocock, Frank
Cunningham and Bob Ernst, members of the 1948 Washington Varsity and Jayvee
crews, Conal Groom of Pocock Rowing Center, 2004 Olympians Volpenhein, and
Bill Tytus of Pocock Racing Shells.
09.18-25.05
10.20-8.05
Traveled to Boston during the Head of the Charles to interview 1968 Olympic Stroke
Steve Brooks, 1972 Olympic Stroke Monk Terry, members of Harvard crews of the
1960s and 1970s, and members of the current Harvard crews and coaching staff.
Then traveled to Indianapolis to search the USRA film and print archives.
Steve Brooks, 1972 Olympic Stroke Monk Terry, members of Harvard crews of the
1960s and 1970s, and members of the current Harvard crews and coaching staff.
Then traveled to Indianapolis to search the USRA film and print archives.
I have spent the last year introducing to the book analysis of force
graphs through the work of Cas Rekers, Paul Smith and original
research I began in the 1980s and continued in 2009. Other than
that, as I continue to write, the book seems to guide me as to
where I need to explore next.
I am beginning to turn my attention toward doing my final reviews
prior to publication. I have a couple of oral histories yet to collect,
but it is very encouraging to be nearing completion of a six-year
project. I want the book in the hands of readers well before the
2012 Olympics. The connections that have become apparent
when the full span of rowing history is laid bare are surprising and
incredibly useful to the rowers and coaches of today.
In addition, the stories are sometimes funny, sometimes
heart-breaking and always fascinating and inspiring. I started this
project knowing remarkably little about history, and I am
enormously grateful to those who have the historians who have
preceded me and to people like Chris Dodd, Bill Miller, Tom Weil,
Dan Topolski and Peter Klavora who have provided my with advice
and guidance.
I am especially grateful to John Van Blom, Harry Parker, Ted
Washburn, Conn Findlay, Duvall Hecht, Bob Ernst, Tim McLaren,
Jim Joy, Ted Nash and so many others for their continuing
assistance and encouragement.
As I have turned to international rowing, I am very grateful for
responses from such individuals as Thomas Lange, Drew Ginn,
Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, Cas Rekers, Angelo Savarino
and Maurizio Ustolin. Again, the list goes on
graphs through the work of Cas Rekers, Paul Smith and original
research I began in the 1980s and continued in 2009. Other than
that, as I continue to write, the book seems to guide me as to
where I need to explore next.
I am beginning to turn my attention toward doing my final reviews
prior to publication. I have a couple of oral histories yet to collect,
but it is very encouraging to be nearing completion of a six-year
project. I want the book in the hands of readers well before the
2012 Olympics. The connections that have become apparent
when the full span of rowing history is laid bare are surprising and
incredibly useful to the rowers and coaches of today.
In addition, the stories are sometimes funny, sometimes
heart-breaking and always fascinating and inspiring. I started this
project knowing remarkably little about history, and I am
enormously grateful to those who have the historians who have
preceded me and to people like Chris Dodd, Bill Miller, Tom Weil,
Dan Topolski and Peter Klavora who have provided my with advice
and guidance.
I am especially grateful to John Van Blom, Harry Parker, Ted
Washburn, Conn Findlay, Duvall Hecht, Bob Ernst, Tim McLaren,
Jim Joy, Ted Nash and so many others for their continuing
assistance and encouragement.
As I have turned to international rowing, I am very grateful for
responses from such individuals as Thomas Lange, Drew Ginn,
Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, Cas Rekers, Angelo Savarino
and Maurizio Ustolin. Again, the list goes on
2.3.06
Traveled to the Olympic Training Center to go out in the launch with Ted Nash of
Penn A.C. and meet with Kris Korzeniowski and Laurel Korholz of the U.S. National
Team.
Penn A.C. and meet with Kris Korzeniowski and Laurel Korholz of the U.S. National
Team.
Traveled to the East Coast and did some research at the Princeton University Library
and met with Curtis Jordan and Lori Dauphiny of Princeton, Lyman Perry of the 1960
Naval Academy Olympic Eight, Stan Bergman, Seth Brennan, Mike Irwin, Chris
Simon and Barb Kirsch Grut of Penn, Charles von Wrangell of the 1948 Cornell
Crew, Ed Hewitt of www.row2k.com, Jason Read of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Crew,
John Pescatore and Dave Vogel of Yale, and Bill Miller, Hart Perry, Tom Weil and
Christopher Dodd of the Friends of Rowing History. I then spent two days doing
research in Tom Weil's magnificent archive of rowing books, periodicals and
artifacts.
and met with Curtis Jordan and Lori Dauphiny of Princeton, Lyman Perry of the 1960
Naval Academy Olympic Eight, Stan Bergman, Seth Brennan, Mike Irwin, Chris
Simon and Barb Kirsch Grut of Penn, Charles von Wrangell of the 1948 Cornell
Crew, Ed Hewitt of www.row2k.com, Jason Read of the 2004 U.S. Olympic Crew,
John Pescatore and Dave Vogel of Yale, and Bill Miller, Hart Perry, Tom Weil and
Christopher Dodd of the Friends of Rowing History. I then spent two days doing
research in Tom Weil's magnificent archive of rowing books, periodicals and
artifacts.
6.9.09
4.1-2.06
2.5-14.06
At the San Diego Crew Classic I met with Jason Read from the 2004 U.S. Olympic
Champion Eight, Cal Coach Steve Gladstone, Long Beach Scullers John Nunn, John
Van Blom and Joan Lind Van Blom.
I interviewed Lou Lindsey, coach of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Eight, and Sebastian Bea,
stroke of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Silver medal Pair.
Champion Eight, Cal Coach Steve Gladstone, Long Beach Scullers John Nunn, John
Van Blom and Joan Lind Van Blom.
I interviewed Lou Lindsey, coach of the 1960 U.S. Olympic Eight, and Sebastian Bea,
stroke of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Silver medal Pair.
5.26.06
Spent the day at the Cal Boathouse with Steve Gladstone and his Cal Varsity two
days before they left for the IRAs, which they won.
days before they left for the IRAs, which they won.
6.9-10.06
Joined the 1956 Yale Olympic Champion Crew at their 50th Reunion in New
London. Went for a row with them at Gales Ferry, and stayed to watch the
Yale-Harvard Race.
London. Went for a row with them at Gales Ferry, and stayed to watch the
Yale-Harvard Race.
8.27-8.06
My wife and I visited Irmgard, the widow of Herman Beasley, at her home along the
Siuslaw River in Oregon. A friend for thirty years, Herman had entrusted his rowing
film collection and his notes to me so that I could ensure that they would be
preserved fro future generations of rowers and coaches.
Siuslaw River in Oregon. A friend for thirty years, Herman had entrusted his rowing
film collection and his notes to me so that I could ensure that they would be
preserved fro future generations of rowers and coaches.
3..07
Went out in the launch with Tom Terhaar as he coached the U.S. Women's National
Team at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.
Team at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA.
I now have a shrinking list of tasks to perform before the book is
finished. In order to complete my research into mid-20th Century
American sculling, I still need to interview Jim Storm and Bill
Maher, and I need to spend at least another day doing research
in the collections of Tom Weil and Mystic Seaport.
I am also continuing to collect force curves all over the world from
current and former international rowers. This has brought me
fascinating new insights into current and historic rowing
techniques.
I have just been invited to speak at the 50th Reunion of the 1960
Annapolis Olympic Eight. I happily accepted with the condition
that I be allowed to participate in their ceremonial row out on the
Severn River the day before. I am thrilled and honored.
My good friend Tony Popplewell has encouraged my wife and me
to attend the 2010 World Championships on Lake Karapiro, and
we are trying to make that happen. We also plan on being there
when Olympic rowing returns to mother England in 2012. That
will surely be a joyous time for me, again visiting to Eton College,
the birthplace of our sport of rowing, with my good friend, Alex
Henshilwood.
When the book is finally finished, I am sure I will miss the
process. I have been privileged to work with so many great
athletes and coaches, so many individuals passionate about
rowing. I am very grateful to everyone who has contributed.
finished. In order to complete my research into mid-20th Century
American sculling, I still need to interview Jim Storm and Bill
Maher, and I need to spend at least another day doing research
in the collections of Tom Weil and Mystic Seaport.
I am also continuing to collect force curves all over the world from
current and former international rowers. This has brought me
fascinating new insights into current and historic rowing
techniques.
I have just been invited to speak at the 50th Reunion of the 1960
Annapolis Olympic Eight. I happily accepted with the condition
that I be allowed to participate in their ceremonial row out on the
Severn River the day before. I am thrilled and honored.
My good friend Tony Popplewell has encouraged my wife and me
to attend the 2010 World Championships on Lake Karapiro, and
we are trying to make that happen. We also plan on being there
when Olympic rowing returns to mother England in 2012. That
will surely be a joyous time for me, again visiting to Eton College,
the birthplace of our sport of rowing, with my good friend, Alex
Henshilwood.
When the book is finally finished, I am sure I will miss the
process. I have been privileged to work with so many great
athletes and coaches, so many individuals passionate about
rowing. I am very grateful to everyone who has contributed.
5.13.07
Attended the Eastern Sprints in Worcester, Massachusetts, paying my respects,
speaking to coaches on behalf of the San Diego Crew Classic and making contacts
with sources from Northeastern University.
speaking to coaches on behalf of the San Diego Crew Classic and making contacts
with sources from Northeastern University.
6.5-6.09
Hosted Tony Popplewell and Alex Clark of the 1964 New Zealand Olympic Eight at
our home in Los Angeles.
our home in Los Angeles.
3.16.08
9.13.07
Renewed old friendships and made new ones at the Friends of Rowing History
Forum at Mystic Seaport. Christopher Dodd has agreed to help me gain additional
access in Great Britain. He and Tom Wiel, perhaps the world's leading authority on
rowing history, will review the text in its current form as the book project approaches
conclusion.
Forum at Mystic Seaport. Christopher Dodd has agreed to help me gain additional
access in Great Britain. He and Tom Wiel, perhaps the world's leading authority on
rowing history, will review the text in its current form as the book project approaches
conclusion.
TODAY AND THE NEAR FUTURE
3.9.08
I again went out in the launch with University of California Coach Steve Gladstone
and spent a morning with California Rowing Club Coach Tim McLaren, former
Australian Olympic Medalist Sculler and Olympic Champion Coach.
and spent a morning with California Rowing Club Coach Tim McLaren, former
Australian Olympic Medalist Sculler and Olympic Champion Coach.
6.30.08 - 7.9.08
I made a trip to the Henley Royal Regatta with the encouragement of rowing
journalist Chris Dodd and Henley steward Hart Perry. Both went out of their way to
open doors for me and guide me through them.
I interviewed Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, 1977 World Doubles Champion
Chris Baillieu, Oxford Boat Race Coach Dan Topolski and 1956 Cambridge Blue
John Hall-Craggs. I met in person for the first time Diana Cook of Richard Way
Booksellers in Henley, who has been most helpful in locating reference materials
and arranging introductions. I met Angelo Savarino, coach of Newcastle University,
who has been most helpful to me in researching the chapter on Italian rowing.
After the regatta ended, I spent two days at Eton College with their coach, Alex
Henshilwood. He showed me where sport rowing was born, and it all looks
remarkably unchanged in 200 years. He also showed me their new rowing facility,
Dorney Lake, on the grounds of the college, which will host the rowing events of the
2012 Olympics.
journalist Chris Dodd and Henley steward Hart Perry. Both went out of their way to
open doors for me and guide me through them.
I interviewed Matthew Pinsent, Steve Redgrave, 1977 World Doubles Champion
Chris Baillieu, Oxford Boat Race Coach Dan Topolski and 1956 Cambridge Blue
John Hall-Craggs. I met in person for the first time Diana Cook of Richard Way
Booksellers in Henley, who has been most helpful in locating reference materials
and arranging introductions. I met Angelo Savarino, coach of Newcastle University,
who has been most helpful to me in researching the chapter on Italian rowing.
After the regatta ended, I spent two days at Eton College with their coach, Alex
Henshilwood. He showed me where sport rowing was born, and it all looks
remarkably unchanged in 200 years. He also showed me their new rowing facility,
Dorney Lake, on the grounds of the college, which will host the rowing events of the
2012 Olympics.
6.14.08
I rowed in the 1968 U.S. Olympic Eight from Harvard University on the occasion of
their 40th Reunion. I got to experience first-hand the famous Harry Parker "Stop 'n
Shop" Technique. They treated my wife and I like family and we are most grateful.
their 40th Reunion. I got to experience first-hand the famous Harry Parker "Stop 'n
Shop" Technique. They treated my wife and I like family and we are most grateful.
Spent several hours reminiscing with Tom McKibbon, 1969 European Doubles
Champion and coach of the great Long Beach Rowing Association woman scullers
of the 1970s.
Champion and coach of the great Long Beach Rowing Association woman scullers
of the 1970s.
4.26-30.09
7.22.09
Traveled to the East Coast to do research and consult with Tom Weil and Hart
Perry and to interview 1984 American Olympic Single Sculler John Biglow.
Perry and to interview 1984 American Olympic Single Sculler John Biglow.
Interviewed and recorded the force curve of Mark Hunter, stroke of the 2008 British
Olympic Champion Lightweight Men's Double,
Olympic Champion Lightweight Men's Double,
7.1-2.09
Met with 1966 World Singles Champion Don Spero, 1964 Olympic Coxed-Pair
Bow-man Jim Edmonds and 1964 Olympic Champion Eights Coach Allen
Rosenberg at Potomac Boat Club in Washington, DC
Bow-man Jim Edmonds and 1964 Olympic Champion Eights Coach Allen
Rosenberg at Potomac Boat Club in Washington, DC
6.30.09
Met with and recorded force curves of 1960 Olympic Bronze Medalist Coxed-Pair
Stroke Dick Draeger, 1964 Olympic Champion Coxed-Pair Bow-man Ed Ferry,
1967 Thames Cup Champion Stroke Chris Williams and 1969 European
Champion Coxless-Pair Larry Hough and Tony Johnson at the IRA Regatta in
Sacramento
Stroke Dick Draeger, 1964 Olympic Champion Coxed-Pair Bow-man Ed Ferry,
1967 Thames Cup Champion Stroke Chris Williams and 1969 European
Champion Coxless-Pair Larry Hough and Tony Johnson at the IRA Regatta in
Sacramento
Met with and recorded the force curves of 1967 Pan Am Champion Coxed-Pair
Stroke Gardner Cadwalader, 1974 World Champion Lightweight Men's Single
Sculler Bill Belden, 1976 Olympic Coxless-Pair Bow-man Mike Staines, John Riley
from the 1986 World Champion Coxless-Four, Dave Krmpotich from the 1988
Olympic Silver Medal Coxless-Four, 1995 World Champion Men's Eight Stroke Fred
Honebein, 1995 World Champion Women's Eight Bow Annie Kakela, 1996 Olympic
Champion Dutch Men's Eight 3-man Michiel Bartman and 2004 World Champion
Men's Eight 5-man Matt Deakin at the University of Pennsylvania boathouse in
Philadelphia.
Stroke Gardner Cadwalader, 1974 World Champion Lightweight Men's Single
Sculler Bill Belden, 1976 Olympic Coxless-Pair Bow-man Mike Staines, John Riley
from the 1986 World Champion Coxless-Four, Dave Krmpotich from the 1988
Olympic Silver Medal Coxless-Four, 1995 World Champion Men's Eight Stroke Fred
Honebein, 1995 World Champion Women's Eight Bow Annie Kakela, 1996 Olympic
Champion Dutch Men's Eight 3-man Michiel Bartman and 2004 World Champion
Men's Eight 5-man Matt Deakin at the University of Pennsylvania boathouse in
Philadelphia.
Met with Bob Ernst, University of Washington Head Coach for 35 years now, Charles
Minett, 2003 Washington Captain, Lucius Biglow, father of 1981-2 World Bronze
Medalist Single sculler John Biglow, John Lundin, grandson and biographer of Mark
Odell, Washington volunteer coach before Hiram Conibear, Theo Mittet, bow-man of
the 1964 Lake Washington Olympic Bronze Medal Coxless-Four, Rod Johnson,
7-man of the 1948 Washington IRA Champion Varsity, Bob Will, 2-man of the 1948
Washington Olympic champion Coxed-Four, Chuck Alm, 5-man and Captain, and
John Bisset, coxswain of the 1958 Washington Varsity that won in Moscow, Paul
Enquist, bow of the 1984 USA Olympic Gold Medal Double, Carl Lovsted, bow of the
1952 Washington Olympic Bronze Medal Coxed-Four, Kathy Whitman, longtime
Green Lake Coach and coach of the 1978 USA Junior Women's Eight, John Sayre,
stroke of the 1958 Washington Varsity in Moscow and stroke of the 1960 Lake
Washington Olympic Gold Medal Coxless-Four, Frank Cunningham, stroke of the
1947 Harvard Lake Washington Regatta Champion Varsity as well as author,
philosopher and Seattle coach for the past half-century, Dewitt Whitman, longtime
Green Lake Coach and husband to Kathy, Len O'Donnell, working on a film
documentary on the 1958 Washington Moscow Varsity.
Minett, 2003 Washington Captain, Lucius Biglow, father of 1981-2 World Bronze
Medalist Single sculler John Biglow, John Lundin, grandson and biographer of Mark
Odell, Washington volunteer coach before Hiram Conibear, Theo Mittet, bow-man of
the 1964 Lake Washington Olympic Bronze Medal Coxless-Four, Rod Johnson,
7-man of the 1948 Washington IRA Champion Varsity, Bob Will, 2-man of the 1948
Washington Olympic champion Coxed-Four, Chuck Alm, 5-man and Captain, and
John Bisset, coxswain of the 1958 Washington Varsity that won in Moscow, Paul
Enquist, bow of the 1984 USA Olympic Gold Medal Double, Carl Lovsted, bow of the
1952 Washington Olympic Bronze Medal Coxed-Four, Kathy Whitman, longtime
Green Lake Coach and coach of the 1978 USA Junior Women's Eight, John Sayre,
stroke of the 1958 Washington Varsity in Moscow and stroke of the 1960 Lake
Washington Olympic Gold Medal Coxless-Four, Frank Cunningham, stroke of the
1947 Harvard Lake Washington Regatta Champion Varsity as well as author,
philosopher and Seattle coach for the past half-century, Dewitt Whitman, longtime
Green Lake Coach and husband to Kathy, Len O'Donnell, working on a film
documentary on the 1958 Washington Moscow Varsity.
7.22.09
12.2-3.09
Attended the USRA Annual Convention and met with Tiff Wood, Jim Dietz, Tim
McLaren, Pete Cippolone, Michiel Bartmann from Netherlands, Bo Hanson from
Australia, Ed Hewitt from www.row2k.com and his wife Lori Dauphiny, Princeton
women's coach, and many others.
McLaren, Pete Cippolone, Michiel Bartmann from Netherlands, Bo Hanson from
Australia, Ed Hewitt from www.row2k.com and his wife Lori Dauphiny, Princeton
women's coach, and many others.
11.05
Met for breakfast with Bill Stowe and Stan Cwiklinski of the 1964 Olympic Champion
Vesper Boat Club Eight. Stan and his wife, Lisa, had recently moved to San Diego,
California, and they have since become good friends.
Vesper Boat Club Eight. Stan and his wife, Lisa, had recently moved to San Diego,
California, and they have since become good friends.