Herbert Morris

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Raised in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Morris had rowed on Puget Sound as a boy and took up sweep-oar rowing at the University of Washington. He rowed in UW senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and 1937.[2] At the 1936 Summer Olympics, he won the gold medal rowing in the bow seat of the American boat in the men's eight competition.[1][3]

Morris was a mechanical engineering graduate. In his professional career he worked on large scale dredging projects in the Seattle area.[2] He died on July 22, 2009, as the last remaining member of the crew.

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  1. ↑ a b Brown, Daniel James (2013). The Boys In The Boat, Viking / Penguin Group, New York. Template:ISBN.
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