Hall of Fame:  Category
Listed by induction

 

    Year          Individual/Crew
Inducted           Honored

Coaches:

1956      Thomas D. Bolles
Univ. Washington, 1928-1936
Harvard University, 1937-1951

1956      Russell S. Callow
Univ. Washington, 1923-1927
Univ. Pennsylvania, 1928-1950
U.S. Naval Academy, 1951-1956

1956      Hiram B. Conibear
Univ. Washington, 1906-1917

1956      Charles E. Courtney
Cornell University
, 1885-1920

1956      Carroll M. "Ky" Ebright
Univ.
California
- Berkeley, 1924-1959

1956      Edwin O. Leader
Univ. Washington, 1919-1922
Yale University, 1923-1942

1956      James A. TenEyck
Syracuse University, 1903-1938

1956      Alvin M. Ulbrickson
Univ. Washington, 1928-1956

1961      James A. Rathschmidt
Princeton University, 1936-1950
Yale University, 1950-1968

1963      Henry O. "Dad" Vail
Harvard & Wisconsin, 1911-1928

1970      Richard A. Glendon
U.S. Naval Academy, 1903-1925

1970      Richard J. Glendon
Columbia University, 1926-1927
U.S. Naval Academy, 1929-1931

1971      J. Duncan Spaeth
Princeton University

1973      Charles S. Walsh
U.S. Naval Academy, 1932-1944

1974      Harry L. Parker
Harvard University, 1963-present
U.S.A. National Teams

1974      Allen P. Rosenberg
St
Joseph's Univ. 1958-1961
Vesper Boat Club, 1963-1966
U.S. National Coach, 1974-1976

1983      R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford
Cornell University, 1937-1970

1983      Norman Sonju
University of Wisconsin, 1947-1968

1991      Richard Erickson
Univ. of Washington, 196?-199?

 

Individual Athletes:

1956      Raymond Anderson
Oarsman
Univ. of California - Berkeley

1956      Darcy Curwen
Oarsman/Stroke
Harvard University

1956      D. T. Eddy
Oarsman/Stroke
Syracuse University

1956      Elwood Foote
Oarsman/Stroke
Cornell University

1956      Wayne Frye
Oarsman
U.S. Naval Academy

1956      Clyde W. King
Oarsman
U.S. Naval Academy, 1920

1956      Howard T. Kingsbury
Oarsman
Yale University

1956     Charles Leuder
Oarsman
Cornell University

1956      Rudolph Rauch
Oarsman
Princeton University

1956      Howard W. Robbins
Oarsman
Syracuse University

1956      R. Harrison "Stork" Sanford
Oarsman
University of Washington

1956      Frank B. Shakespeare
Oarsman
U.S. Naval Academy

1956      Edward G. Stevens
Oarsman/Stroke
U.S. Naval Academy

1956      Alexander Strong
Oarsman
Harvard University

1956      Frank Strong
Oarsman
Harvard University

1958      John Collyer
Oarsman
Cornell University
, 1915

1958      Francis L. Higginson
Oarsman/Stroke
Harvard University, 1898

1958        Edward L. TenEyck
Pioneer
Wachusett Rowing Club

1959      Peter D. Donlan
Oarsman/Stroke
University of California-Berkeley, 1926

1959      John Leh
Oarsman/Stroke
Princeton University, 1919

1959      Richard "Rusty" D. Wailes
Oarsman
Yale University, 1956
Lake Washington RC

1959      R.W. "Si" Weed
Oarsman/Stroke
Cornell University, 1907

1960      Donald F. Blessing
Coxswain
University of California-Berkeley, 1916

1960      Edward N. Packard
Oarsman/Stroke
Syracuse University, 1904

1960      Ellis Ward
            
W. Henry Ward
          Gilbert Ward
          Joshua Ward

Pioneers
"The Ward Brothers" 1857-1871

1961      John Gardiner
Oarsman/Stroke
University of Pennsylvania, 1899

1962      Kenneth F. Burns
Shrewsbury, Mass.
Pioneer

1962      Clifford "Tip" Goes
Coxswain
Syracuse University
, 1912

1956      Arthur J. Osman
Coxswain
Syracuse University

1964      Horace E. Davenport
Oarsman
Columbia University
, 1926

1971      Cornelius S. Sebring
Oarsman
U.S. Naval Academy, 1926

1972      Theodore Garhart
Oarsman/Stroke
University of Washington, 1940

1972      Donald Grant
Coxswain
University of Washington, 1923

 

Patrons:

1956      Clifford "Tip" Goes
Rowing Official

1956      Ben Wallis

1958      Asa Bushnell
E.C.A.C.

1961      Dean Witter
Univ. California-Berkeley, 1909
Cal-Washington, 1917-1964

1963      Robert F. Herrick
Coach, Harvard University
1914 Grand Challenge Cup

1965      U. T. Bradley
Founding Coach, Dad Vail Regatta
Rollins College

1966      George Y. Pocock
Premier Boatbuilder
Eton College
University of Washington
Olympic Games

1968      Allison Danzig
Journalism - Rowing Correspondent
New York Times

1969      Horace W. McCurdy
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology

1969      Albridge C. Smith, III
F.I.S.A. Official
Princeton University

National Rowing Foundation

1969      James D. Taylor

1970      Edwin Harback

1974      Richard Aronson
Rowing Official
Intercollegiate Rowing Assoc.

1975      Jack T. Franklin
Rowing Official
Nat'l Assoc. of Amateur Oarsmen
Old Dominion BC
Scholastic Rowing Assoc.

1976      Samuel P. Goddard, Jr.
Harvard University

1979      James H. Hoefer

1979      Stanley P. Pocock
Olympic Coach, Boatbuilder
 Lake
Washington R.A.

1982      Michael J. Broderick

1984      Ernestine Bayer, Sr.
Founder, Philadelphia Girls R.C.
Alden Ocean
Shells Assoc.

1984     John C. Bratten
Dad Vail Regatta

1984      Gail Pierson Cromwell
Nat'l Women's Rowing Assoc.
Cambridge Boat Club

1987      Fred Emerson
University of Wisconsin

1989      Julian Wolf
Referee
Univ. of California-Los Angeles
Trustee, NRF
U.S. Rowing Assoc.

1990      Charles S. Butt, Jr.
Founding Coach
Washington & Lee H.S.

1990      Peter Dreissigacker
Founder/Owner, Concept 2, Inc.

1990      Richard Dreissigacker
Founder/Owner, Concept 2, Inc.

1990      W. Hart Perry, Jr.
Dartmouth College, Kent School
Steward, Henley Royal Regatta
President, National Assoc. of Amateur Oarsmen
Officer, National Rowing Foundation

1990     Arthur Martin
Father of Recreational Rowing
Designer & Manufacturer of Alden Ocean Shells

1991      Richard S. Dunham
Dartmouth College
, USOC
National Rowing Foundation

1991      Frederick "Fritz" Hagerman
F.I.S.A. Council
U.S. Rowing Assoc.

1996      Martha S. Ferguson
F.I.S.A. Umpire, 1st U.S. Woman
National Rowing Foundation
U.S. Olympic Committee

1998      William K. Engeman
Cincinnati Invitational Regatta
Greater Cincinnati Rowing Foundation
Brown University

1998      Jack H. Frailey
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology
President, N.A.A.O.

1998      Paul Fuchs
N.Y.A.C.
U.S. Rowing Assoc.
F.I.S.A.

 

Single-Sculls:

1956      Joseph W. Burk
Penn Athletic Club
1938 & 1939 Henley Royal Regatta - Diamond Sculls Winner

1956      Frank B. Greer
Springfield Boat Club
1904 Olympic Games - Gold Medal

1956      John B. Kelly, Sr.
Vesper Boat Club
1920 & 1924 Olympic Games - Gold Medal

1956      John B. Kelly, Jr.
Vesper Boat Club
1947 & 1949 Henley Royal Regatta - Diamond Sculls Winner
Portrait photograph of John B. Kelly Jr.

1958      Edward H. TenEyck
Wachusett Boat Club
1897 Henley Royal Regatta - 1st U.S. Diamond Sculls Winner

1966      Donald M. Spero
New York A.C.
Cornell University

1966 World Championships - Gold Medal

1977      Seymour L. Cromwell, Jr.
Princeton University, Riverside B.C. & San Diego
Olympic Games, Henley Royal Regatta, &
FISA Medalist, 1957-1966

1978      Jack Beresford
Duluth, Undine & Detroit B.C.
1922 Henley Royal Regatta - Diamond Sculls Winner
1921, 1925, & 1926 National Champion

1978      Larry Klecatsky
New York A.C.
N.A.A.O. National Champion

1978      William Belden
Undine Barge Club
1974 & 1979 World Champion - Gold Medals - Lightweight Single

1985      Joan Lind
Long Beach R.A.
1976 Olympic Games - Silver Medal

1991      James Barker
Undine Barge Club.
National Lightweight Champion - 1951, '54, '56, '57, '58, 60

1991      Scott Roop
Syracuse Chargers
1981 World Championship - Gold Medal - Lightweight Single

1999      Kris Karlson
1988 World Championships - Gold Medal - Women's Lightweight Single
1989 World Championships - Gold Medal - Women's Lightweight Single & Double

 

Double-Sculls:

1956      1904 Atalanta/New York A.C.
1904 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     William M. Varley
    2.     John F. Mulcahy

1956      1920 & 1924 Vesper/Penn A. C.
1920 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
1924 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Paul V. Costello
    2.     John B. Kelly, Sr.

1956      1932 Bachelors Barge Club
1932 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Kenneth Meyers
    2.     W. E. Gilmore

1971      1956 Detroit Boat Club
1956 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Bernard P. Costello, Jr.
    2.     James Gardiner

1983      1969 Long Beach Rowing Assoc.
1969 European Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     John VanBlom
    2.     Thomas McKibbon

1989      1984 U.S. Olympic Double
1984 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Brad A. Lewis
    2.     Paul Enquist

1999      1989 U.S. Women's Nat'l Team
1989 World Championship - Gold Medal
    1.     Kris Karlson
    2.     C.B. Sands

200?    Durham B.C.
1990 Worlds Championships - Gold Medal
    1.    Robert P. Dreher
    2.    Stephen L. Peterson
    Coach - Colleen M. Fuerst

Coxless-Pairs:

1960      1956 Navy/Stanford
1956 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     James T. Fifer
    2.     Duvall Y. Hecht

1971      1967-68-69 Potomac Boat Club
1967 European Championships - Gold Medal
1968 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
1969 European Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     P. Anthony Johnson
    2.     Lawrence A. Hough

1981      1952 Rutgers University
1952 Olympic Games - Gold Medal

    1.     Charles Logg, Jr.
    2.     Thomas Price

 

Coxed-Pairs:

1968      1964 Stanford Crew Assoc.
1964 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Edward P. Ferry
    2.     F. Conn Finlay
 Cox    H. Kent Mitchell

2000      1956 Stanford Crew Assoc.
1956 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     A. Daniel Ayrault, Jr.
    2.     F. Conn Finlay
 Cox    Kurt A. Seiffert

 

Coxless-Fours:

1962      1878 Columbia College
1878 Henley Royal Regatta
Wyfold Cup - First American Winner
    1.     Edwin E. Sage
    2.     Cyrus Edson
    3.     H.G. Ridabock 
    4.     J.T. Godwin

1965      1960 Lake Washington R. C.
1960 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Arthur D. Ayrault, Jr.
    2.     Theodore A. Nash
    3.     Richard D. Wailes 
    4.     John A. Sayer

1974      1928 Penn. Barge Club
1928 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
    1.     Ernest H. Bayer
    2.     William G. Miller
    3.     George A. Healis 
    4.     Charles G. Karle

1980      1956 Detroit Boat Club
1956 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
    1.     John R. Welchi
    2.     Arthur McKinlay
    3.     John McKinlay 
    4.     James McIntosh

1997      1986 U.S. Men's Nat'l Camp
1986 World Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     Ted Swinford
    2.     Dan Lyons
    3.     John Riley 
    4.     Robert Espeseth
   
Coach - Ted A. Nash

1997      1986 U.S. Women's Nat'l Camp
1986 World Championship - Gold Medal
    1.     Carolyn Mehaffey
    2.     Sandy Kendall
    3.     Mandi Kowal 
    4.     Ann Martin
    Coach - Andy Anderson

1998      1987 U.S. Women's Nat'l Camp
1987 World Championship - Gold Medal
    1.     Sandy Kendall
    2.     Lindsay Burns
    3.     Angie Herron 
    4.     Mandi Kowal
    Coach - Andy Anderson

2003     1993 U.S. Men's Nat'l Camp
1993 World Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     Christopher Kerber
    2.     Jonathan E. Moss
    3.     Thomas W. Beetham 
    4.     Matthew J. Collins
    Coach - Andrew Card

 

Coxed-Fours:

1975      1948 Univ. of Washington
1948 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Gordon S. Giovanelli
    2.     Robert I. Will
    3.     Robert D. Martin 
    4.     Warren D. Westlund
 Cox    Allen J. Morgan

 

Eights:

1956      1952 U.S. Naval Academy
1952 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Frank B. Shakespear
    2.     William B. Fields
    3.     James R. Dunbar 
    4.     Richard F. Murphy
    5.     Robert M. Detwiler
    6.     Henry A. Proctor
    7.     Wayne T. Frye
    8.     Edward G. Stevens, Jr.
 Cox    Charles D. Manning
Coach Russell S. Callow

1956      1953 U.S. Naval Academy
1953 I.R.A. Regatta - Champs
    1.     Frank B. Shakespeare
    2.     William B. Fields
    3.     James R. Dunbar 
    4.     Richard F. Murphy
    5.     Robert M. Detweiler
    6.     Henry A. Proctor
    7.     Wayne T. Frye
    8.     Edward G. Stevens, Jr.
 Cox    Robert Jones
Coach Russell S. Callow

1958      1956 Yale University
1956 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Thomas J. Charlton, Jr.
    2.     David H. Wight
    3.     John P. Cooke
    4.     Donald A.E. Beer
    5.     Charles L. Grimes
    6.     Caldwell B. Esselstyn
    7.     Richard D. Wailes
    8.     Robert W. Morey, Jr.
 Cox    William R. Becklean
Coach James A. Rathschmidt

1958      1957 Cornell University
1957 Henley Royal Regatta - Grand Challenge Cup Winner
    1.     John M. VanHorn
    2.     Robert W.  Stanley
    3.     Dave F. Davis 
    4.     Todd S. Simpson
    5.     William J. Schumacher
    6.     Clayton W. Chapman
    7.     George F. Ford
    8.     Phil T. Gravink
 Cox    Carl W. Schwartz
Coach R. Harrison Sanford

1963      1914 Harvard University
1914 Henley Royal Regatta - Grand Challenge Cup Winner
    1.     Leverett Saltonstall
    2.     James C. Talcott, Jr.
    3.     Henry H. Meyer 
    4.     Henry S. Middendorf
    5.     J. William Middendorf
    6.     David P. Morgan
    7.     Louis Curtis
    8.     Charles C. Lund
 Cox    Henry L.F. Kreger
Coach Robert F. Herrick

1964      1920 U.S. Naval Academy
1920 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Virgil V. Jacomini
    2.     Edwin D. Graves
    3.     William C. Jordan 
    4.     Edward P. Moore
    5.     Alden R. Sandborn
    6.     Donald H. Johnson
    7.     Vincent J. Gallagher
    8.     Clyde W. King
 Cox    Sherman R. Clark
Coach Richard A. Glendon

1965      1964 Vesper Boat Club
1964 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Joseph B. Amlong
    2.     Hugh M. Foley
    3.     Stanley F. Cwiklinski 
    4.     Thomas K. Amlong
    5.     Emory W. Clark
    6.     H. Boyce Budd, Jr.
    7.     William Knecht
    8.     William A. Stowe
 Cox    Robert Zimonyi
Coach Allen P. Rosenberg

1967      1928 Univ. Cal-Berkeley
1928 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Marvin Stalder
    2.     John Brinck
    3.     Francis Frederick 
    4.     William O. Thompson
    5.     William Dally
    6.     James Workman
    7.     Hubert Caldwell
    8.     Peter D. Donlan
 Cox    Donald F. Blessing
Coach Carroll F. Ebright

1969      1932 Univ. Cal-Berkeley
1932 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Winslow Hall
    2.     Harold Tower
    3.     Charles Chandler 
    4.     Burton Jastram
    5.     David Dunlap
    6.     Duncan Gregg
    7.     James Blair
    8.     Edwin Salisbury
 Cox    Norris Graham
Coach Carroll M. Ebright

1970      1900 Vesper Boat Club
1900 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Roscoe C. Lockwood
    2.     Edward Marsh
    3.     Edwin Hedley 
    4.     William Carr
    5.     John F. Geiger
    6.     James B. Juvenal
    7.     Harry G. DeBaeke
    8.     John O. Exley
 Cox    Louis C. Abell
Coach

1971      1936 Univ. of Washington
1936 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Herbert R. Morris
    2.     Charles W. Day
    3.     Gordon B. Adam
    4.     John G. White
    5.     James B. McMillin
    6.     George E. Hunt, Jr.
    7.     Joseph H. Rantz
    8.     Donald B. Hume
 Cox    Robert G. Moch
Coach Alvin M. Ulbricksen
  Alt.   Delos Schoch

1972      1924 Yale University
1924 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Leonard G. Carpenter
    2.     Frederick Sheffield
    3.     Alfred M. Wilson 
    4.     James S. Rockerfeller
    5.     J. Lester Miller
    6.     Howard T. Kingsbury, Jr.
    7.     Benjamin M. Spock
    8.     Daniel A. Lindley
 Cox    Lawrence R. Stoddard
Coach Edwin O. Leader

1973      1948 Univ. Cal-Berkeley
1948 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     John C. Stack
    2.     Justus Smith
    3.     David Brown 
    4.     Lloyd Butler
    5.     George L. Ahlgren
    6.     James Hardy
    7.     David Turner
    8.     Ian G. Turner
 Cox    Ralph Purchase
Coach Carroll M. Ebright

1974      1929 Columbia University
1929 I.R.A. Regatta - Varsity Champions
    1.     Henry G. Walker, Jr.
    2.     John F. Murphy
    3.     Samuel R. Walker 
    4.     William B. Sanford
    5.     Arthur Douglas
    6.     William H. Blesse
    7.     Horace E. Davenport
    8.     Alastair MacBain
 Cox    Robert Berman
Coach Richard J. Glendon

1975      1947 Harvard University
1947 Outstanding Collegiate Crew
    1.     Michael J. Scully
    2.     Clarence S. Clark
    3.     Richard S. Emmett, Jr. 
    4.     Robert G. Stone, Jr.
    5.     Justin E. Gale
    6.     Frank R. Stong
    7.     Paul W. Knaplund
    8.     Francis Cunningham, Jr.
 Cox    Albert C. Petite
Coach Thomas D. Bolles

1976      1930 Penn. Athletic Club
1930 European Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     Charles L. McIlvaine
    2.     Thomas A. Curran
    3.     John C. Bratten 
    4.     John W. McNichol
    5.     Myrlin B. Janes
    6.     Joseph M. Dougherty
    7.     Daniel H. Barrow, Jr.
    8.     George C. Turner
 Cox    Thomas P. Mack, Jr.
Coach Frank J. Miller

1977      1955 Univ. of Pennsylvania
1955 Henley Royal Regatta - Grand Challenge Cup Winners
    1.     John E. Weise
    2.     Harry L. Parker
    3.     Barclay W. Fitzpatrick 
    4.     Charles J. Schaffer
    5.     A. Thomas Friend
    6.     Francis M. Betts
    7.     Bruce A. Crocco
    8.     Frederick S. Lane
 Cox    John L. DeGurse
Coach Joseph W. Burk

1977      1946 Univ. of Wisconsin
1946 Outstanding Collegiate Crew
    1.     Chester T. Knight
    2.     Paul J. Klein
    3.     Ralph V. Falconer, Jr. 
    4.     Gordon T. Grimstad
    5.     Fred R. Suchow
    6.     Richard E. Mueller
    7.     Richard E. Tipple
    8.     Carl Holtz
 Cox    Charles W. Fay
Coach Allen W. Waltz

1979      1939 Univ. Cal-Berkeley
1939 I.R.A. Regatta - Champions
    1.     Benson B. Row
    2.     P. Stanley Backlund
    3.     David T. DeVerona 
    4.     Linton L. Emerson
    5.     Emil M. Berg
    6.     Stanley B. Freeborn
    7.     Chester M. Gibson
    8.     A. Kirkham Smith
 Cox    James W. Dietrich, Jr.
Coach Carroll M. Ebright

1984      1974 U.S. Men's Nat'l Camp
1974 World Championship - Gold Medal
    1.     Timothy C. Mickelson
    2.     Kenneth G. Brown
    3.     John G. Everett
    4.     Michael L. Vespoli
    5.     Mark A. Norelius
    6.     Richard M. Cashin
    7.     Hugh Stevenson
    8.     Alan W. Shealy
 Cox    David L. Weinberg
Coach Allen P. Rosenberg

1986      1974 U.S. Ltwt. Nat'l. Camp
1974 World Championship - Gold Medal
    1.     H. Scott Baker
    2.     Joseph P. Gaynor
    3.     David B. Harmon 
    4.     Eric L. Aserland
    5.     Ralph Nauman
    6.     Richard T. Ewing
    7.     Nickolas Feld
    8.     Richard H. Grogan
 Cox    John D. Hartigan
Coach Peter V.W. Gardner

1990      1980 U.S. Men's Nat'l Camp
1980 Olympic Games - Honored Crew
    1.     Sean P. Colgan
    2.     Richard M. Cashin
    3.     Kurt Somerville 
    4.     Charles Altekruse
    5.     Thomas H. Woodman
    6.     Steven Christensen
    7.     John Everett
    8.     Bruce Ibbetson
 Cox    Robert Jaugstetter
 Cox    John Chatsky 
Coach Harry Parker

1991      1980 U.S. Women's Nat'l Camp
1980 Olympic Games - Honored Crew
    1.     Peggy McCarthy
    2.     Carol Brown
    3.     Carol Bower 
    4.     Pat Spratlin
    5.     Jan Harville
    6.     Carrie Graves
    7.     Nancy Storrs
    8.     Karla Drewson
 Cox    Holly Hatton
Coach Kris Korzeniowski

1994      1984 U.S. Women's Nat'l Camp
1984 Olympic Games - Gold Medal
    1.     Shyril O'Steen
    2.     Holly Metcalf
    3.     Carol Bower 
    4.     Carie Graves
    5.     Jeanne Flanagan
    6.     Kristine L. Norelius
    7.     Kristen J. Thorsness
    8.     Kathryn E. Keeler
 Cox    Betsy Beard
Coach Robert Ernst

1998      1987 U.S. Men's Nat'l Camp
1987 World Championships - Gold Medal
    1.     Michael Teti
    2.     Jonathan Smith
    3.     Ted Patton 
    4.     Mike Sill
    5.     Peter W. Nordell, Jr.
    6.     Jeffrey D. McLaughlin
    stroke     John A. Pescatore
    8.     W. Douglas Burden
 Cox    Seth D. Bauer
Coach Kris Korzeniowski