The Dean for Student Life (DSL) andthe Head of the Department of Ath-letics, Physical Education and Recre-

ation (DAPER) have received the reportfrom an ad hoc Rowing Analysis Commit-tee, created in February, 2005, to help analyze the current status of the rowingprograms at MIT, and to make recommen-dations for improvements to restore MITrowing to the level of its peer institutions inthe EARC and EAWRC leagues.

The Committee, chaired by independentconsultant Clayton Chapman, consisted ofeight people of diverse backgrounds, in-cluding former rowers and coaches fromMIT, as well as athletic administrators fromother comparable institutions.

Their charge was to identify the scopeand needs of the rowing programs throughthe examination of operations and man-agement structures in Pierce Boathouse,current program leadership, and elementsrequired to be competitive with peer insti-tutions that sponsor Division I rowing pro-grams.

The Committee cited disappointingmarks for the programs’ performancerecord which they attribute to coachingand absence of commitment to the recruit-ment of student athletes. In addition, theCommittee was critical of institutional anddepartmental administrative leadership ofthe rowing programs.

The Committee also noted that MITrowing operates with facilities and equip-ment that are barely adequate, but con-cluded that this piece of the program wasnot the central issue in their review.

It is the view of the Committee that row-ing has failed to meet the Institute’s stan-dards of excellence while allowing its his-toric rowing rivals to create a competitiveseparation that adversely affects studentand alumni pride.

The Committee also feels that the ab-sence of a single unifying force in theboathouse has significantly contributed to

difficulties in the rowing programs over thepast 25 years.

In the opinion of The Committee, theabsence of outstanding and consistentleadership has directly impacted team per-formance as well as the recruitment and re-tention of coaching staff and academicallyquaified rowers.

The Committee fully recognizes that theMIT and DAPER’s mission, is rooted in ex-cellence. Their report cited many recom-mendations that would make it possible for

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MIT Varsity Lightweight Women closing in on Radcliffe at the finish of the Foot of theCharles 2005

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WOMEN’S ROWING

VARSITY OPEN COACH ALISON DERRICK

VARSITY LT. COACH IRENE JENKINS

NOVICE OPEN COACH LIZ BOND

NOVICE LT. COACH AARON BENSON

MEN’S ROWING

VARSITY HVY. COACH GORDON HAMILTON

VARSITY LT. COACH TED BENFORD

FRESHMAN HVY. COACH DAN PERKINS

FRESHMAN LT. COACH MATT BEREAN

Season Preview - Heavyweight Men Traditionally the Foot of the Charles marks the end of the fall racing season and this year isno exception. It is more or less the “main event” of the season. The Varsity crews breakinto Fours, while the Frosh stay in Eights.

The First Four of the MIT VarsityHeavyweights with two sophomores,Sam McVeety and Tom Larsen, one Ju-nior, co-captain Martin Harrysson, andone senior co-captain Mike Whitaker,came in 16th in the Foot of the Charles.This was the best finish since their 14thplace in 2000. Other Varsity Heavy-weight Fours finished 37th, 42nd and43rd and 45th.

The First Frosh Heavy Eight came in10th out of 25 in the Freshman Eightscompetition. Looking toward the spring,the most encouraging thing is the per-formance of the First Four which beatDartmouth’s A and B fours by 32 sec-onds and 37 seconds respectively. Ourchallenge will be to bring up the stan-

dard for our second, third and fourth foursto give them a run for their money when

we meet them in the Cochrane Cup on April 29th in Madison, Wisconsin.Here are the results from the other fall races which the Heavyweights competed in:

Head of the Ohio:- 2nd of 14 in the Club Eight - 3rd and 11th of 19 in the Open Fours

Head of the Charles:- 31st of 51 in the Club Eight- 9th of 43 in the Youth (Frosh) Fours- 27th of 41 in the Collegiate Eight

Heavyweight men’s coach Gordon Hamilton

ACTIONS ALUMNI MAY TAKE TO ASSIST COACHES IN RECRUITING:1. Sign up as an Educational Counselor (EC) to help the admissions office by interviewing applicants to MIT. Contact Stu Schmill to become an EC. 2. Tell the MIT coaches about anystudent you meet who is or may be applying to MIT who may also be a candidate for the crews.3. Introduce the MIT coaches to rowing coaches of your local youth and high school rowingprograms. If you know a youth or high school coach, call the MIT coaches and let them knowabout your connection. 4. Offer to host the coaches if they are in your area on a recruiting visit.To contact MIT coaches, see contact information on page 12.

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A Bright Future for theWomen’s OpenweightSquad The MIT Women’s Openweight Squad is working to lay a founda-tion of strength and determination to build the program’s future.Head Coach, Alison Derrick is working with a small but very ded-icated group of varsity rowers while Novice Coach, Liz Bond isbusy teaching a strong nucleus of MIT student-athletes how torow.

The varsity women’s squad consists of two freshmen, twosophomores, two juniors and three seniors. All rowers. Fortu-nately one senior, Cynthia Wilson, has stepped up and taken onthe pivotal role as coxswain of the varsity boat. By doing so shehas brought both the rowing experience and maturity necessaryto lead her teammates into a successful spring season.

One of the bright new additions to the varsity squad is rowerKatja Lange who has come to MIT Crew from England via theUniversity of Cambridge-MIT Undergraduate Exchange (CME) -an MIT Junior Year Abroad Program. Stroking the varsity boat, Katis an accomplished sculler whose commitment to consistent, hardwork is providing inspirational athleticism. This fall her trainingresulted in a first place finish in the single at this year’s inauguralsmall boats race, the Toe of the Charles, finishing ahead of rowersfrom Harvard, Northeastern and Boston University.

If this fall’s novice race results reflect accurately the directionof the MIT Openweight’s program growth then the future certainlylooks bright. Coming in fourth at Dartmouth’s Green Monster In-vitational the Openweight Novice crew is chock full of rawpower and determination. Three rowers, Jane Wolcott, KateBroadbent, and Alison Greenlee epitomize the diversity ofstrength and background within the MIT Openweight NoviceSquad.

Jane Wolcott comes to the MIT Rowing program fromCharleston, IL. She was home-schooled and is the team’s youngestfreshmen. At 16 years, Jane currently holds the fastest erg time onthe squad. An avid runner, Jane’s strength and youthful determi-nation are a significant part of her boat’s success.

Kate Broadbent, from Salt Lake City, UT, was champion of the2005 CPHA California Professional Horseman’s AssociationMedal Finals held in San Juan Capistrano, California this fall. Shealso received a bronze medal for 5 first places in USET (UnitedStates Equestrian Team) Talent Search Finals qualification classes.In addition to competing in the IHSA (Intercollegiate Horse ShowAssociation) for MIT, Kate has joined the novice rowing squadwhere her competitive spirit and commitment to excellence com-plements the current goals and aspirations of the MIT rowing pro-gram.

Alison Greenlee comes to us from Seabrook, TX. A former bas-ketball player, Alison’s love for competition shines through inevery stoke she takes. Alison has brought pure enthusiasm to thesquad and is a pivotal part of the strength and speed of this in-spired novice squad.

Women’s Openweight coach Alison Derrick

Far left: MIT NoviceLightweights beatingRadcliffe; Middle left: Light-weights getting readyto launch; Left: Coxswain goesfor a swim.

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Varsity Lightweight MenThe MIT Varsity Lightweights have begun their 2005-2006 cam-

paign with solid and steady commitment. This year’s team is com-prised mainly of sophomores led by captain Bill Garthwaite. Bill isjoined by nine returnees who are committed to building the team’sdepth and establishing our tradition of success. This year’s team is atightly knit bunch with a wholescale commitment toward long termspring success demonstrated by consistent improvement in our ergtimes and long miles rowed on the Charles.

The Varsity Lights raced with panache and spirit in the fall. Re-sults at the Head of the Charles, while seemingly in the back of thepack don’t reflect stoppage and collision with Harvard while we wereovertaking them. In practices and in smaller races, the Lights haveconsistently shown a tenacity that is the foundation for spirited racingand a confidence that wins big races. Spring racing will showcasethe hard work already started by the team. We are well on our waytoward setting a strong work standard and competitive spirit that willcarry us to success. The Freshman Lights are also showing strongpromise, especially with the recruiting efforts of Freshman CoachMatt Berean. The team has seen an infusion of energy and optimismin 2005 and we are eager to continue developing our program withthe class of 2010 and beyond.

The Lightweight Women are off to a strongstart this year. The varsity squad is larger dueto the excellent turnout of sophomores. Fill-ing five of the nine seats in the varsity eight,the sophomore class is eager to lead the teamto improve upon last year’s success at thenovice level. Only in its official third year,the Lightweight women are focusing main-ly on bringing their race times and erg scoresto a more competitive level.

They have taken on the challenge of beingcompetitive at the IRA’s. To this end, theyare devoting themselves to this goal over thecourse of the year. Making time for addi-tional workouts each week, the women areready to finish the job that the 2001 MITLights began. Missing IRA bronze by a sec-ond, the 2001 team has laid the gauntlet forfuture lightweight women. Things are look-ing hopeful for the group because the varsi-ty squad has doubled in size and there is an-other tremendous group of freshmen thisyear.

Starting the fall season off with a goldmedal at the Textile River Regatta, the Engi-neers are confident that they can carry thishunger for victory forward through the springseason. With the help of alumni support, thewomen have been graced with a new Res-olute 8 to help them with this goal. Rowingin the first ’size appropriate’ shell, the

varsity women are eager to hitthe sprint season. They fin-ished the fall season with astrong finish in the Foot of theCharles. Just nine secondsbehind the Radcliffe Varsity8, the Beavers are confidentthat hard work over the win-ter will pay dividends thisspring.

Meanwhile, the Engineersare toiling daily in the ergroom, weight room, andtanks. They have a goodsense of their competitionand are ready to put in thetime to reach the goal.Alongside the strong sophomore class are se-niors Kat Hung (captain), Cathy Yao, andSarah Newman who have risen to the occa-sion to lead the team. With a sense of insti-tutional memory, these three women areeager to pull for the many rowers who camebefore them and sought after the same goals.

Head Coach Irene Jenkins is eager to seethe MIT Women move up the ranks in yearsto come. Working with the new NoviceCoach, Aaron Benson, they have made re-cruiting a top priority on the way to this goal.Following the lead of the successful men’srecruiting initiative, the women hope to get

at least eight experienced rowers/coxswainsin the coming fall. In addition, Jenkins hasrecruited two new volunteer assistant coach-es to help Tech become more competitive.

At the Varsity level, Boston Universityalum Freddie Garnier has proven to be inte-gral in bringing a competitive edge to theprogram. Assisting at the freshmen level,Union alum Shanna Theriault has helped tocomplement the coaching of Aaron Benson.Working as a cohesive team, the Lightweightcoaches and athletes have a clear vision and path towards a more competitive racingfuture.

Women’s Varsity Lightweight

Lightweight Men’s coach Ted Benford

Lightweight Women’s coach Irene Jenkins

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Katherine Hung – LightweightWomenHometown: Liv-ingston, New Jer-seyMajor: Brain andCognitive ScienceCrew Highlights:Four year athlete atMIT and women’svarsity lightweightcaptainWhat do you likeabout MIT Crew?:

I think one thing that’s great about MIT crew is that peo-ple of all different athletic abilities can come in and haveequal chances of success as rowers. You don’t need to bea recruited athlete, or even have any athletic experience,but as long as you put in the hard work and dedication,you can have the opportunity to become an excellentrower. I think this is something that is pretty unique toour crew program, and it’s given me some wonderful op-portunities that I don’t think I would have the chance toexperience at other schools.

Leslie Sprague – Openweight WomenHometown: Augusta, GAMajor: Most likely will be Civil EngineeringCrew Highlights: Four year athlete during high school in

Augusta RowingClub Junior pro-gram. Freshmanrecruit this yearat MIT forwomen’s team.What do youlike about MITCrew?: Reallyenjoy MIT. I re-ally like how allthe rowers are

able to handle their coursework and still commit so muchtime and effort to crew. The teams are very supportive andfun to be a part of.

Luke Urban – Heavyweight MenHometown: Alexandria VA Major: Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Crew Highlights:Rowed for four yearsat West PotomacHigh School. Fresh-man recruit for men’sheavyweight teamWhat do you likeabout MIT Crew?:Crew serves as agood balance to thecourse load at MIT.It helps clear mymind, which makesproblem sets a littlemore manageable.

Bill Garthwaite – Lightweight MenHometown: Newtown Square, PAMajor: Environmental Science with possible minor inChemistryCrew Highlights:Current MIT light-weight men’s captain.Rowed for MalvernPrep in Philadelphia.Medalist at Stotes-bury, Scholastic Na-tionals, Navy Day,and Head of theSchuylkill.What do you likeabout MIT Crew?:MIT Crew offers theopportunity to turn aprogram around with the help of great teammates and agreat coaching staff. The varsity lightweights this year area young team looking to build on an attitude and momen-tum change started last year. Watch out in 2008!

This Season’s Featured Athletes

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Lightweight Men – Tentative Spring Race ScheduleApril 8 Joy Cup – MIT v. Yale, Boston College Cambridge, MAApril 15 Biglin Bowl – MIT v. Harvard, Dartmouth Hanover, NH – not confirmedApril 22 Geiger Cup – MIT v. Cornell, Columbia New York, NYApril 30 Holy Cross – Tentative Worcester, MAMay 13 Dad Vail Regatta - Tentative Philadelphia, PAMay 21 Eastern Sprints Worcester, MA June 1-3 IRA Regatta Cherry Hill, NJ

Heavyweight Men – Spring Race ScheduleApril 1 Alumni Cup: MIT v. Columbia Columbia, NY April 2 Alumni Race Cambridge, MAApril 9 WPI, University of Rhode Island, and Bates Worcester, MAApril 15 Compton Cup: MIT v. Harvard & Princeton Cambridge, MA April 22 Boston College and Cincinnati Cambridge, MAApril 29 MIT Frosh v. Dartmouth Hanover, NHApril 29 Cochrane Cup MIT v. Dartmouth, Wisconsin Madison, WIApril 30 Jablonic Cup MIT v. Boston University, Wisconsin Madison, WI May 21 Eastern Sprints Worcester, MAJune 1-3 IRA Regatta Cherry Hill, NJ

Openweight Women – Spring Race ScheduleFebruary 9 Row for Humanity Cambridge, MAApril 8-9 Knecht Cup Camden, NJApril 15 Northeastern University and Columbia Cambridge, MAApril 29 Boston University and Radcliffe Cambridge, MAMay 13 Eastern Sprints Camden, NJ

Lightweight Women – Spring Race ScheduleApril 8 -9 Knecht Cup Camden ,NJApril 15 URI, Radcliffe, and UMASS Cambridge MAMay 6 Radcliffe Cambridge MAMay 13-14 Eastern Sprints Camden NJJune 3 IRA Regatta Camden NJ

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Openweight WomenTextile Regatta: Varsity openweight women raced in the Club

8+ (22:44). This placed them in a tie for 11th of 29 crews. ColbyCollege won the event (21:22). In the Open 8+, MIT finished 10thout of 18. Riverside Boat Club won the event (20:58) with Univer-sity of Vermont placing 2nd (21:38), posting the fastest collegiatetime. The Open 8+ split into two Open 4+s, finishing 5th and 14thout of 28 (25:19 and 26:23). Riverside BC also won this event (23:11)and in 3rd place, UMass (25:05) was the fastest collegiate crew.

Head of the Charles: Varsity women raced in the Collegiate 8+event where they placed 28th out of 46 crews (19:47.1). The racewas won by Trinity College (17:50.7).

Dartmouth Freshman Invitational (the Green Monster) Coach-es send two even boats to this event rather than a first and secondboat with combined times of the two crews used to rank the schoolfor the event. Tech finished 4th out of 12 (17:06.3) with their onlycomplete openweight 8+. A combination boat of open and light-weights finished 12th (19:01.4). Dartmouth A and B took the firsttwo places (15:56.8 and 16:12.5) for the fastest combined time towin the event.

Foot of the Charles: The varsity 4+ competition started the morn-ing with the openweight women finishing 22nd out of 28 (16:48.7).Brown won the event (13:12.3). In the Novice 8+ event, Tech fin-ished 10th (15:19.5) out of 29. Brown (13:59.6) also won this event.MIT did not enter the Varsity 8+ competition.

Heavyweight MenHead of the Ohio: The heavyweight men finished 2nd out of

14 in the Club Eight and 3rd and 11th of 19 in the Open Fours.Head of the Charles: The varsity heavyweight men raced in the

Collegiate 8+ event where they placed 27th out of 41 crews(16:53.9). The race was won by Trinity College (15:58.7). The sec-ond varsity men raced in the Club 8+ event where they placed 30thout of 50 (16:54.3). Minnesota in 3rd (15:38.2) was the fastest col-legiate boat behind the winner from ASR Nereus (15:20.7). Fresh-man heavyweight men raced in the Youth 4+ event where theyplaced 9th out of 43 crews (19:16.5). The race was won by BostonUniversity (18:43.5).

Dartmouth Freshman Invitational (the Green Monster): Coach-es send two even boats to this event rather than a first and secondboat with combined times of the two crews used to rank the schoolfor the event. Tech finished 7th overall with their only boat (14:51.6)out of 17 heavyweight entries. Rutgers A and B finished 1st and3rd (14:21.1 and 14:36.9) for the fastest combined time to win theevent.

Foot of the Charles: Varsity 4+ competition started the morningwith the varsity men’s A 4+ finishing 16th out of 45 (14:11.7). Har-vard won the event (13:12.3). MIT B was 37th (15:19.6), MIT Dwas 42nd (15:38.3), MIT C was 43rd (15:49.1), and MIT E was 45th(16:58.6). In the Freshman 8+ event, Tech finished 10th (13:55.1)out of 25. Harvard (12:21.9) also won this event. MIT B finished24th (16:39.9).

Lightweight WomenTextile Regatta Varsity lightweight women won the Lightweight

8+ event (22:59.) beating two other crews in the regatta CRI andUMass.

Head of the Charles: Varsity lightweight women raced on Sun-day in the Lightweight 8+ event where they placed 11th out of 14crews (19:28.3). The race was won by the Canadian National TeamTraining Center (17:41.6). Wisconsin was the fastest collegiate boatin the event (18:09.4), having placed 3rd

Dartmouth Freshman Invitational (the Green Monster) Coach-es send two even boats to this event rather than a first and secondboat with combined times of the two crews used to rank the schoolfor the event. There is not a separate category for lightweight womenin this event. Tech lightweight women finished 10th overall (18:27.5)with the first 8+. A Combi 8+ of lights and heavies finished 12thout of 12 (19:01.4). Dartmouth A and B took the first two places(15:56.8 and 16:12.5) for the fastest combined time to win the event.

Foot of the Charles: The varsity 4+ competition started the morn-ing with the lightweight women finishing 18th out of 28 (16:39.2).Brown won the event (13:12.3) with Radcliffe A (15:43.4) in 9thplace posting the fastest lightweight time. In the Novice 8+ event,Tech finished 14th (16:15.8) and 29th (18:18.2) out of 29. Brown(13:59.6) also won this event, with Radcliffe A (15:38.9) in 12thposting the fastest lightweight time. Closing out the regatta, a fewschools entered varsity 8+s. The lightweight women were 3rd(14:52.6) out of the 6 crews racing with UNH taking first (14:26.4)in this open event.

Lightweight MenTextile Regatta: Tech’s 2V heavy men finished 10th out of 22

(21:09) in the Club 8+ which was won by Chaminade High School(19:31), while the 1V finished 8th out of 15 (20:40) in the Open 8+which was won by Holy Cross (19:14).

Head of the Charles: Varsity lightweight men raced on Sundayin the Lightweight 4+ event where they placed 14th out of 16 crews(19:37.8). The race was won by the Canadian National Team Train-ing Center (17:15.2). Yale was the fastest collegiate boat in the event(17:49.2), having placed 2nd.

Dartmouth Freshman Invitational (the Green Monster) Coach-es send two even boats to this event rather than a first and secondboat with combined times of the two crews used to rank the schoolfor the event. Tech finished 5th and 6th overall (16:35.0 and17:42.6) out of 6 entries in the Lightweight Division. Harvard LightsB and A finished 1st and 4th (14:59.4 and 15:28.3) for the fastestcombined time to win the event.

Foot of the Charles: Varsity 4+ competition started the morningwith the lightweight men A finishing 36th out of 45 (13:37.8). Har-vard won the event (13:12.3) with Harvard Lights B (13:37.8) in 6thplace posting the fastest lightweight time. MIT Light B was 39th(15:36.6). In the Freshman 8+ event, Tech finished 13th (14:19.5)out of 25. Harvard (12:21.9) also won this event, with DartmouthLight A (13:19.1) in 6th posting the fastest lightweight time.

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’66William R Glock ’67Isom H Herron ’67Guillermo W Arnaud ’67John A Yasaitis ’68Sherman D Hanna ’68Michael J Marcus ’68John E Liess ’68Frank Sheeman ’68Frank W Sheeman ’68Roger P Gaumond ’68William H Ryder ’68Robert C Hill ’68Richard E Barringer ’68Stephen E Nadeau MD

’69Michael I Titelbaum ’70George E Biehl ’70Hans P Rasmussen ’70Bryan Lewis, III ’70Tim Heatwole ’70Christopher Morgan ’71Thaddeus S Nowak Jr ’71Paul W Sullivan ’71Robert W Wilson ’71Robert D Marshall Jr ’71Jim Mannoia ’71Robert L Justice ’71Gary E Stahl ’72Wilford D Gardner ’72A Warren Lippitt ’72Elaine Kant ’73Joan S Gildin ’73Larry W Esposito ’73Daniel T Clark ’73Edward J Hayes Jr ’73Arleen Feng ’73Gregory C Chisholm ’73David J Zahniser ’73Jere B Leffler ’73William M Decampli ’73Robert Noah Lambe ’74Robert Ray Puckett ’74Derrick B McKie ’74Andrew W Moehlenbrock

’74William D Kingery Jr ’74Janice L Benson ’74Diane M McKnight ’75Richard S Withers ’75David I Katz ’75John Robert Stiehler ’75Michael A Paluszek ’76Michael D McNamee ’76John G Everett ’76Ricardo E Francke ’76Anthony S Foti ’76Jonathan S Herland ’77David A Gunter ’77Thomas R Crawford ’77Carl R Hampf ’78David H Wiederspahn ’78John P Zuman ’78Viesturs H Ule ’78Maureen A Debicki ’78Corey D Chaplin ’79Paul E Denney ’79Theodore K. Pounds ’79Andrew L Jaszewski ’79Jeff Dugal ’79

Laura A. Derevensky ’80George A Ozuna ’80Susan T Ehrhardt ’80Edward R Gillett MD ’80John O Borland ’80Vicki S Woolworth ’81J Robin Rohlicek ’81Joel T. Garcia ’81Alexana Roshko ’81Toby B Petti ’82Eve D Ahlers ’82Daniel M Chernoff ’82Richard W Schaaf ’82Katherine A Yelick ’82Alan R Ringen ’82Janet L Jozwiak ’82Randolph W Schweickart

’83Laura L Kiessling ’83Catherine G Coleman ’83James R Keith Jr ’83Thomas G Rucker ’83Lillian Cuthbert ’83Marcello DiMare ’83Robert A Kukura ’84Scott M Causbie ’84C Heide Piper ’84Andrew H Mutz ’84Selina Lin ’84Lock See Yu-Jahnes ’84Ahsan Iqbal ’84Robert K Heineman ’84Elizabeth C Patterson ’85Linda E Mar ’85Jennie Kwo ’86Katrina K Ling ’86Marjolein C van der

Meulen ’87Alan D Gordon ’87Katharine F Moore ’87Donald L Alvarez ’87Stanley S Oda ’87David A Jesurum ’87Brett V Gaspers ’87Michael S Cuffe ’87Gary L Waldman ’88Laura Grunbaum ’88Michael D Carlson ’88James E Pierce ’88Mark E McDowell ’88Chan-Li Lin ’88Daniel J Canaday ’89Richard M Franklin ’89Ted Pascaru ’89Jennifer L Lund ’89Laura S Stark ’90Brian L Vajda ’90Laura N Venditti ’90Shaun L Meredith ’90Maria S Mistral ’91Lynore M Abbott ’91Dylan D Cors ’91Sean M Gelston ’91Mary C. McCorkindale

’91Thomas J Cole ’91Roger G Knapp ’91Kristin L Newton ’91Alex B Min ’91Miss Georgina Maldona-

do ’91Shanna L Kovalchick ’91Gregory G Loboda ’92Andreas Mikhailo

Turanski ’92Scott K Jacobsmeyer ’92Tyler L Worden ’92

This list acknowledges Fiscal Year 2005 gifts to MIT Crew including matching gifts. Donations made from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005

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NORS TO MIT CREWChristopher E Couch ’92Barbara S Kremenliev ’92Adam S Lechner ’92Marco A Morales ’93David S. Cho ’93Geoffrey G Parker ’93Prajoy P Kadkade ’94Tiina Hameenanttila ’94Rebecca L Berry ’95Brett W Bader ’95Peter Y Yao ’95Bradley J Lichtenstein ’95Sherry H Hsiung ’95Michael W P Hermus ’95Shelly E Sakiyama-Elbert

’96Lara Ivey Kauchak ’96Elaine A Dickerson ’96Basak Ertan ’96Nicole L Weymouth ’96Christopher S Putnam ’96Andrea A Cotner ’96Emily G W Lilly ’97Matthias Baxmann ’97Robert Dowling Lentz ’98Susan A Loh ’98Daniel J Weber ’98Heidi Y Chang ’98Benjamin D Boehm ’99Karsten August Kallevig

’99Dave Lykens ’99Paul T Oppold ’99Katherine E. Nadell ’00Kathleen G Vokes ’00Paul R Ojanen ’00Jeremy R Hui ’00Sahar Aminipour ’00Jasper J Chen ’00Megan L Galbraith ’01Igor L Belakovskiy ’01Myung Shik Jhon ’01Christine Ann Karlovich

’02Dan Itsara ’02Richard John Frank ’02Robert H Kelly ’03Jonathan Louis Berkow

’03Mary E. Bernhard ’04Carol L. McCoy ’07

$1-$99Robert and Diane VeitMellon Trust of

New EnglandRichard H Valentine ’33Robert K Roulston ’34W Whitney Stueck ’35Norman R Klivans ’40David B Mitchell ’42Weston W Goodnow ’44Gerald Dennehy ’44Thornton E Smith ’45Stephen E Eppner ’45Theodore P Heuchling ’46John H Banks ’48

Howard N Feist Jr ’48Charles L Storrs Jr ’49Albert A Levingston ’49Robert V Garvin ’50John M Cord ’50Robert J Uhl ’50William R Freeman Jr ’51John D Freitag ’51Leroy N Blumberg ’51Allen B Fonda ’51Robert A Manning ’52Sam Mitchell ’52Donald W McGrath ’54Irwin I Sterman ’55Edward W Boggs ’56Capt Lloyd N Hoover ’56Thomas G Kudzma ’56James F Fleming ’56Edward C Crowley ’57Leonard F Glaeser Jr ’57Paul H Carr ’57David C Lukens ’57Allen R Philippe ’58Stanley C Drozd ’59Leonard E Carr Jr ’59Gerald L Schroeder ’59N Eric Jorgensen ’60Michel M Goutmann ’60Frederick A Kinch ’60Freeman W Fraim 3D ’61Allen E Armstrong ’61William F Anderson ’61Merlin Dorfman ’61Alvin R Klancnik ’61Bror O Hultgren 3D ’62Chester H Riley ’62Roger M Rowe ’62Murray Morton ’63Ronald Eng Young ’63Alan C Weintraub ’63Don H Siefkes ’64Kerry L Weinhold ’64Peter W Staecker ’64Brian D Schumacher ’66Raymond L Pfau ’66David D Milligan ’66Robert M Taylor ’66Thomas A Scott ’66Alan R Hausrath ’67Raymond J Giglio ’67Richard R Coulter Jr ’67Nathan A Gammon ’67L Donald Partridge ’67Lawrence R Burgess ’67Stephen F Haase ’68Harvey W Emery Jr ’68John C Lamy ’68Dennis W Ducsik ’68Bruce H Parker ’69Robert A Trapp ’69Linda C Sharpe ’69Thomas W Caldwell ’70Lee J Scheffler ’71Zane L Swanson ’71Renee Maria Woodard ’71Stephen R O’Dea ’72Stephen C Perrenod ’72

Charles C Goodrich ’72David M Evans ’72Stephen A Chessin ’72Peter F Billings ’73Peter G Kambour ’73John T Dieckmann ’73William Goddard Pride

’74Larry E Brazil ’74Andre R Jaglom ’74Tim Reiser ’74Andrew S Elliott ’74Jeffrey Mayne ’74Eric J Schaffer ’75David A Campanella ’76David A August ’76Gabor L Szakacs ’76Michael B Shields ’76Michael A Neff ’76Richard T Gilbane ’76John E Jaynes ’77Robert S Granetz ’77Arthur L Bieser Jr ’77Louis L Touton ’77Dennis D Poulin ’77Barbara K Ostrom ’78David B Burns ’78Frances R Scovil ’78Philip R Kesten ’78Sharon E Plon ’79George F Feliz ’79Martha A Choroszy-

Marshall ’79Carol R Schwartz ’79Kathrene E Dutrow ’80Susan W Bates ’80David F Lerner ’80Todd H Hubing ’80John K. Stenard ’80Daniel H Ehrenfried ’80Lee Y Moriwaki ’81Anna C Pennella ’81Thomas J DeBoissiere ’81B J Messinger-Rapport ’81Michael G Davis ’81Harvey J Woehlck ’81David W Copeland ’81Duane T Nakahata ’81Michael A Savin MD ’81Mark D McMillen ’82Allison S Warren ’82Robert V Duncan ’82Annette Sobel ’82Anita M Nagem ’82Tara J Neider ’83David W Trop ’83John W Smith Jr ’83William C Benack ’83Judith B Bergwerk ’83Jean Kwo ’84Philip C Michael ’84Stephen J Smith ’84Ruth F Van Sciver ’85Barrett S Caldwell ’85Maureen S Bonk ’85Sergei K Samoylenko ’85Nancy C Walworth ’85

Suzanne T Lane ’85Andrew G Ziegler ’85Mary C Engebreth ’86Laura C Angotti ’86Michael W Howard ’86Marvin A Guiles ’86Stuart Schmill ’86Alexander F Mayer ’86Felicia Dunham ’87Eric J Andrews ’87Lorenz A Muller ’87Michelle R Kirshen ’87Stephen E. Brown ’87Andrew S Plump ’87Gretchen A Bowder ’87Michael D Fox ’88Major Jeffrey W Johnston

’88Sheila Neville Flory ’88Karen L Cianciulli ’88John C Chan ’88Susan R Stewart ’88Miss Martha C King ’88Elizabeth P Turtle ’89Eric K Eileraas ’89David L Forbes ’89Rachel E Kaminer ’89Douglas E Vincent ’89Magda F Nour ’89Kia L Freeman ’89Nicholas C Newman ’89Christopher R Doerr ’89Harald Quintus-Bosz ’90Eriko J Yagi ’90Miss Elizabeth G Ambrogi

’90Michael L Dickens ’90Todd M Bryan ’90M Beth Neils ’902Lt Josiah W Duke ’90Dan L Gildor ’90Russel T. Herrin ’90Rebecca L Dumas Herrin

’90Jason B Slibeck ’91Kristine R Chan-Lizardo

’91Susan Perrin Nagle ’91Victoria Atherton ’91Garet G Nenninger ’91Philip J Brown ’91Michael D Plusch ’91Cynthia J Holcroft ’92Bradley E Layton ’92Joe Melvin ’92Geoffrey C Mayne ’92Adam T Singer ’92Sean M Olson ’93Kristine E Yoder ’93Bethany F Grant ’93Suzelle A Hendsch ’93Cole D Robison ’93Gwendolyn Shelton

Lattimore ’93Brian A Rubin ’93Michael K Chung ’94Candice S Klug ’94

Paul M Moody ’94M Morgan Conn ’94Sonia Ensenat ’94Andrew G Carrillo ’94Javier L Vila ’94Eleni C Digenis-Bury ’94Diane Hodges Popps ’95Steven J Carbone ’95James M Nohrden ’95James A Pearson ’95Kevin A D Young ’95Christopher P Sanders ’96Louise W Bedsworth ’96Shruti Sehra ’96Jason A Wertheim ’96Kevin H Yeh ’96Timothy A Theiss ’96Jonathan R Grant ’96Anand Raghunathan ’96Alice S Wang ’96Roberto C De Leon ’96Carol Y Lee ’96Rebeccah J. Brown ’96Judy A Schuler ’96Amy C Gieffers ’97James N Miner ’97Sameer B Shah ’97Torrey O Radcliffe ’97Brian M Smith ’97Kelly M Huntington ’97Melissa C Henderson ’97Susan A Lucas Kamat ’98David E Nadell ’98Matthew D Blum ’98Jeffrey S Zickus ’98Elliot Francis Hicks ’98Robin M Greenwood ’98Jason Black ’98Joel P Johnson ’98Nikhil Iyengar ’98Daniel G Frisk ’99Elaine Lykens ’99John Marcus Bustamante

’99Michael M Perry ’99Jeffrey C Munro ’99Jennifer L Lykens ’99Solar C Olugebefola ’99Alexander Sherman ’99Mariah D Luff ’99Shannon L. Dahl ’99Eugene Weinstein ’00Elizabeth V Rose ’00Emily J Hanna ’00Victor Hugo Martinez ’00Michael J Salamina ’00Stuart L Jackson ’00Michael P Dewberry ’00Eric M Ferreira ’00Sneha Madhavan-Reese

’00David R Manz ’00Kartik M Mani ’00Stephanie E Chen ’00Marc A Moesse ’00Louis J Nervegna ’01Darlene M Staines ’01

Richard K Moy ’01James P Morash ’01Heather K Marshall ’01Katherine S Graham ’01Touradj H Barman ’01Daniel G Adkins ’01Julie E Zeskind ’01Mark H Jhon ’01Margaret F Nervegna ’01Melahn L Parker ’01Brian Kelleher Richter ’02Daniel J Bedard ’02Jackie M Wilbur ’02Daniel Joseph Talavera ’02Hillary K Rolls ’02Edward Cotler ’02Jason M Bell ’02Isaac M Dinner ’02Jeannie Hahn ’03Brian Michael Wong ’03David Thomas Garcia ’03Eric A Dauler ’03Chandra J Claycamp ’03Jeffrey T Loh ’03Elina Cotler ’04John T Carpenter ’04Lee Carpenter ’04Tenley D McHarg ’04Kavitha S Ramaswamy

’04Michel A Rbeiz ’04Michael P Farry ’04Atif Zohair Qadir ’04Jeanette C. Abad ’04Jessica L Wargo ’04Annemarie N Grandke ’04Derrick O Carpenter ’04Maria E Tanner ’04Kenneth G Nesmith ’04Raymond A Hill ’05Jack Lai ’05Grace Lai ’05Frederick D Wang ’05Craig J Rothman ’05Peter S Jaglom ’05Laurel Y. Lee ’05Robert A Figueiredo ’05Wesley R. Kaczmarek ’06Janet Kaczmarek ’06Debra Lichter ’06Ann B. Smith ’06Steven Shurick ’06Laurie Anne Biszko ’08Irina Fuchs ’08Boris Mirkin ’08Kee-Chin Ho ’08Raymond J. Biszko ’08Chay-Tiang Kwek ’08Neil J. Gallagher ’08Tommie L. Zimmerman

’08Lucy Garcia ’08Else Gallagher ’08Ting He ’08Jie Chen ’08Amy H. Kramer ’08Edward F. Kramer ’08

The above names and donation amounts were provided to us by MIT’s Alumni Association. If your name

is missing or you feel that your placement in a certain giving level does not reflect your giving history,

please let us know so we can correct our records. Thanks so much for your continuing support!

g matching gifts. Donations made from July 1, 2004 to June 30, 2005

10 Squaring the Blade

By Mike Scott ’73, Mark Findeis’81, Amy Gieffers ’97

We had another successful year in rais-ing funds for MIT Crew! For fiscal year2005 (FY05 = July 1, 2004 to June 30,2005), we received $222k in donationsto the FOMITC Fund ($216k) and theWomen’s Crew Fund ($6k). This is incontrast to $134k you contributed inFY03 and $232k in FY04.

We thank you very much for yourcontributions and support! MIT and,most importantly, the crew membersgreatly appreciate this!!

In addition to the FOMITC andWomen’s Crew funds, we also have 8MIT Crew endowment funds that gener-ate expendable income that help pay forMIT Crew expenditures. The originalcontributions to the 8 MIT Crew endow-ments funds total almost $1.2 million,but the market value of the funds havegrown to almost $5 million with MIT’sendowment investments over the years.The contributions to the endowmentfunds in fiscal year 2005 totaled $18k.

MIT has paid 47-58% of the cost ofthe crew program with alumni support(endowment earnings & annual giving)paying 38-47%. The remaining costsare paid by students (winter training tripexpenses), equipment sales and summerrowing charges (4-6%).

FOMITC has committed to fund$324k in fiscal year 2006, which is al-most 50% more than we raised in fiscalyear 2005. $80k of the $324k is to payfor 3 new racing shells for the Women’s

MIT CREW NEEDS YOUR FINANCIAL HELP!Crews. Board member Amy Gieffers ’97will focus on fund raising amongWomen’s Crew alumnae. For those ofyou in a reunion class (2001, 1996,1991, 19x6, 19x1), we ask that you beas generous as you possibly can – be as-sured that your gift will also be fullycredited to your class total. Board mem-ber Mark Findeis ’81 is helping to raisecontributions to crew from the reunionclasses.

DAPER has recently launched a newLeadership Circle initiative that aims tosolicit alumni with the capacity for amultiyear commitment to DAPER of$5000 or more. Donors can designatetheir gifts to any area of activity withDAPER or make undesignated gifts.These donors receive special recognitionincluding an annual gathering with anotable speaker and complementary useof MIT’s athletic facilities.

Several members of the FOMITC areactive participants in the Friends ofDAPER organization and we would liketo be the leaders in this endeavor by theearly identification of crew alums thatcan make this commitment.

Please contact Mike Scott ’73 aboutyour interest in making this commitmentto MIT Crew! Bruce Anderson ’69, whowent to Henley in ’69 with the Light-weight Varsity eight, is the first crewalum to make this commitment! Severalothers have already followed Bruce andhave joined the Leadership Circle!

Please be generous in your contribu-tions to MIT Crew this year! Crewalums over the years have contributed

over $150 million to MIT. Of this $150million, only $3 million or 2% has beenin support of MIT Crew. We hope to in-crease the total giving to MIT by crewalums AND to increase the percentageof giving to MIT Crew!! We need yourhelp in raising these funds. Please takeadvantage of any matching funds yourcompany may provide. Donate onlineat http://www.fomitc.org/designate.html

The most important financial issuefacing us now is finding the funds to im-plement the Rowing Analysis Committeerecommendations, which includes at-tracting and retaining the best coachespossible.

Note the article in the upcoming STBabout this by Candace Royer. It is veryclear that substantial additional fundswill be required. The level of increasedfunding we are talking about is on theorder of $150-250k/year or $4-6 millionin additional endowments.

FOMITC and MIT/DAPER are workingtogether to pin this down as soon as pos-sible. As you may know, spending isvery tight at MIT with a myriad of finan-cial demands, coupled with a significantreduction in federal funding of basic re-search. MIT/DAPER would like to fundlong-term spending increases via in-creases in endowments to the variousMIT Crew endowments, but that is clear-ly not something that can occur overnight although the needs are very clearand very immediate.

We will report to you as soon as wehave a solid plan that has been agreedupon with MIT/DAPER.

Friends of MIT Crew Donation InformationMore than $3,000,000 has been raised since 1971 through thousands of individual

donations by alumni/ae and friends. Most contributions are made to the Friends of MIT Crew Account No. 3855200. Checks can be mailed to MIT Alumni Fund, Massachusetts Institute of Technology,

77 Massachusetts Avenue, W92-280, Cambridge, MA 02139-4307. For donating online, go tohttp://www.fomitc.org/designate.html. When you donate online, you can browse for gift designations by typing in “crew” and you will see the two MIT Crew expendible funds

(FOMITC, Women’s Crew), 8 endowment funds, and the Sloan Crew Fund. Make sure you take advantage of any matching funds that you have available.

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bbyy JJoohhnn GG.. EEvveerreetttt ’’7766Coaching highlights: Mike Teti was named US Rowing’s Head

Men’s Sweep Coach following the 1996 Olympic Games. Teticoached the only men’s eight in US history to win three consecu-tive world championship titles, from 1997 to 1999. In 2004, Teticoached the US men’s eight to a world record in the heat and agold medal in the final at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Itwas the first medal of any color in the event since 1988 and thefirst gold medal in the event since 1964. Most recently, the USmen’s eight won another gold medal in the 2005 world champi-onships. Teti also coached several fours, pairs, and lightweighteights and fours to medals at the Olympics and world champi-onships. Teti’s coaching career began in 1982 at Temple Univer-sity where his crews won six Dad Vail titles in his seven years ascoach. In 1989, Teti became the men’s freshmen coach at Prince-ton University, winning the freshmen men’s eight at the IRA fivetimes.

Competitive highlights: Teti is a 12-time national team mem-ber and 3-time Olympian. He rowed at Monsignor Bonner HighSchool and St. Joseph’s University, graduating with a degree in so-ciology in 1978. From 1977 to 1993, Teti won 24 national cham-pionships, a silver medal at the 1979 Pan Am Games in the four, abronze and a gold in the world championships in the eight (1985

and 1987), and a bronze at the 1988 Olympic Games in theeight.

Mike Teti started by showing a video from the gold medal per-formance of the US men’s eight at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.It had been forty years since the US had won the event, but theroad to victory had been a bumpy one. Success came quickly toTeti in coaching at the international level. He was named headmen’s sweep coach after the 1996 Olympics and coached the USmen’s eight to three consecutive gold medals at the world cham-pionships in 1997, 1998, and 1999. The US men’s eight washeavily favored to win the gold medal at the 2000 Olympics inSydney. Teti thought he had it all figured out, and could also winmedals in the four and pair. The results: all three heavy sweepboats made the finals and the pair won a silver medal, but thefour was sixth and the eight was fifth. A huge disappointment.

After so much success, what had gone wrong? Teti had to re-think his coaching philosophy and attitude. He finally conclud-ed, “It’s not about me; it’s about the athletes.” He decided to givethe athletes more control and more responsibility. Control overtraining, control over when and where to race, and control overthe selection process. They could take control and responsibilitythrough their actions and especially through their performances.

It’s not about me; it’s about the athletesMike Teti’s talk at the FOMITC dinner, October 22, 2005

Rowers from the Openweight Varsity Squad talking with alumni, Jake Everett, and USRowing’s Head Men’s Sweep Coach, Mike Teti, at the2005 FOMITC dinner. From left: Mike Teti, Kat Lange ‘07 CME, Samantha Bennett ‘06, John (Jake) Everett ’76, Katya Jarrell ’08

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Success under the new philosophy did not come immediately,but it did come steadily. With many new faces in the lineup, theeight was fourth in 2001, third in 2002, and second in 2003.

After following up some trash talk with a convincing win inthe four in the World Cup regatta at Lucerne in the early sum-mer of 2004, Teti had a potential Olympic gold medal four.When the four returned to the US (Teti had stayed home withrest of the team), Teti asked the athletes if they wanted to stay to-gether as a four or take a chance and go for the eight. Theychose the eight.

Before the opening heat in Athens, Teti knew he had a fasteight, but the rest of the world had not seen them in any races.He asked his team if they wanted to give up the element of sur-prise and go flat out for the win, or hold back and save some-thing for the repechage. The choice was not as easy as it mightappear. For a team with little racing experience, an additionalrace could help. With a full week between the opening heatand the final, there would be almost too much layoff betweenraces if they won the heat. The athletes responded emphaticallywith a world record time in the heat. On the day of the finals,after several centuries of tailwind, there was a headwind. Tetiknew his team could not be beaten.

During the morning warm up row, Teti waved his eight overto the dock. They did not know what was going on, after all, henever talked to them during training at the race venue. He wasstanding on the awards dock, and just wanted to remind themthat the winning crew should come to the middle of the dock,while second and third went to the left and right.

In the second 500, after letting everyone else take their move,the US put the race away.

the MIT rowing programs to, once again,fulfill that mission.

Their major recommendations include: • assigning a proven leader/coach to the

helm of the program; • acquiring and compensating appropri-

ately, top quality varsity and freshmencoaches for each rowing programwhose job descriptions are similar tothose of our peer institutions

• providing the time required to eachcoach to effectively recruit academical-ly qualified students who are capable ofcompeting at the Division I level

• a comprehensive pre-admission andpost-admissions recruitment program

• upgrades of Pierce Boathouse space• continued attention to renewal of capi-

tal equipment• re-affirmation by MIT/DAPER of its com-

mitment to rowing as a Division I sportThe Committee clearly underscores the

need for leadership as the singular focalrecommendation and one that demands

immediate attention. Without this leader-ship, it is believed that the other two pri-mary recommendations, (freshman coachcompensation and increased marketing/promotions/recruitment) would be com-promised.

The Department plans to conduct asearch for the Director of Rowing/PrincipalCoach during the 2005-06 academic year.

DAPER Position It must be mentioned that while the De-

partment has taken the Committee recom-mendations very seriously, addressing thefull complement of recommendationsmade by the Rowing Analysis Committeeis a complicated and costly undertaking.

Thus, the FOMITC will be asked towork closely with DAPER and MIT to in-crease giving and create endowment sup-port needed for program enhancements aswell as long-term sustainability of the pro-

gram. In addition, the coaches of the 8rowing programs will be substantially in-volved in all aspects of continuing pro-gram analysis and strategic planning for fu-ture success.

Department NoteThis synopsis of the 2005 Rowing Com-

mittee Report is intended to provide thereaders of Squaring the Blade with thecontent and tenor of the report submittedto the Department and Dean Larry Bene-dict.

The findings of this report represent theindependent opinion of the Rowing Analy-sis Committee, a group of eight people ofdiverse backgrounds and broad experiencein college athletic programs who wereasked in February 2005 to help analyzethe current status of the rowing programsat MIT and to make recommendations forimprovements to the programs.

Summary of MIT Rowing Analysis Committee Report – from page one

MIT Recruiting ContactInformationBelow is contact information for alumni/ae in-terested in assisting with recruiting scholar-athletes for MIT.

MIT Admissions Office, Education Counselor(EC) ProgramStu Schmill, stucrew@mit.edu,617-258-5529

Men’s Heavyweight SquadDan Perkins, dperkins@mit.edu, 617-253-1826

Men’s Lightweight SquadTed Bedford, tbenford@mit.edu, 617-253-9676

Women’s Openweight SquadLiz Bond, bond@mit.edu, 617-258-3299

Women’s Lightweight SquadAaron Benson, benson@mit.edu, 617-324-0375

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The Friends of MIT Crewwould like to express oursincere gratitude to JoanKravit, mother of varsityheavyweight oarsman BenKravit, 2008. Joan orga-nized and set up the MITCrew tent in Reunion Vil-lage at the Head of theCharles this year. She alsodonated an "MIT Crew"banner to identify our tentand the food and bever-ages that were available toalumni there during Satur-day and Sunday of theHead of the Charles week-end. We really appreciateand are grateful for all thatJoan did to create a placefor alumni to gather andwe plan to do more eventslike this for parents andalumni at races this Spring.If you would like to volun-teer to help with this effort,please contactdoakes@alum.mit.edu.

Head of the Charles 2005The MIT Women's Openweight 8 from the Head of the Charles. They competed in the Collegiate Women's Eight Event and placed 28thout of 46 competitors.

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The Women’s Coaching staff at MIT ishoping to revive the Alumnae Mentorprogram this Spring. It would mean somuch to the young women to havecontact with alums who devoted them-selves to MIT Crew.

We currently have fifteen alumssigned up as mentors, but we needmany more to accommodate the 55athletes between the Open and Light-weight squads. The aims of theWomen’s Mentor program are as fol-lows:

• To create a link between current andpast rowers

• To cultivate an understanding of thebenefits of rowing at MIT (felt dur-ing and after one’s rowing days)

by Jack Frailey, ’44Two of MIT’s most able and memorable Head Rowing Coachespassed away in 2005: Bob Moch on January 18 and Jim McMillinon August 31. Both were members of the University of Washing-ton Huskies eight-oared crew that represented the United Statesand won the Gold Medal in the 1936 Olympic games held inBerlin, Germany. Moch was the coxswain and McMillin the cap-tain in the five seat. Here’s an excerpt from an article in the Seat-tle Post-Intelligencer written by Dan Raley about it:

“On Germany’s Lake Grunau, in front of Adolph Hitler andwith international relations starting to fail everywhere in advanceof World War II, the Huskies scored an inspiring victory, rushingfrom last place halfway through the race to beat the favored Ital-ians and hosting Germans.

“The Huskies had been placed in Lane 6, where they were ex-posed to the most weather. The Germans were in Lane 1. Theydidn’t hear the start and were in last place with less than 1,000meters left in the 2,000-meter race.

“In front of an estimated 75,000 spectators, most of whomwere Germans chanting ‘Deutschland’ in thunderous fashionwith each stroke lifted in and out of the water by the home crew,the Huskies slipped across the finish line eight feet in front.”

Bob and Jim came together to MIT in 1939 – Moch as HeadCoach and coach of the Varsity Heavyweights and McMillin ascoach of the Freshmen. Bob immediately entered Harvard LawSchool, got his degree two years later, and returned to Seattleafter the 1944 season to practice law.

It was Jim that coached MIT to victory – MIT’s only Heavy-weight Varsity victory – at the EARC Sprint Regatta in 1950.MIT’s neighbor upstream had lost only nine varsity races in thepreceding thirteen years, and had already beaten MIT twice thatyear. Jim was determined to turn the tables on Harvard at theSprints.

Tribute to Bob Moch and Jim McMillin

• To widen the support system for row-ers who are struggling to find thebalance between academics andcrewWhat does the mentor-mentee rela-

tionship entail?Interested alums will be asked to fill

out a brief questionnaire which will helpus to make the most beneficial pairings.

The mentor will receive informationabout her mentee and will then initiatethe link, through e-mail and then a fol-low-up phone call.

Once the link has been made, thementor is encouraged to share storiesfrom rowing at MIT and to help thecoaches with the mission of athlete re-tention and continued support.

The mentor can expect monthly e-mail updates from the coach (includingphotos, results etc.) and will be asked tocontact her mentee once per monthwhile school is in session.

The mentor is also invited to join inthe celebration of MIT Women’s Rowingat the 2006 Head of the Charles gather-ing.

If you are interested in participatingin the Alumnae Mentor program, pleasecontact Women’s Varsity LightweightCoach Irene Jenkins at ijenkins@mit.eduor 617-324-0375.

We appreciate the support of thealums on a daily basis. We thank you formaking our sport stay afloat!

Mentor Update

For the first mile MIT and Harvard matched strokes in thirdand fourth place behind Pennsylvania and Princeton. Harvardwas rowing smoothly at a steady 32 strokes per minute; the MITcrew was rowing a little higher. As the twelve varsity crews hitthe final stretch, MIT and Harvard spurted into the lead, uppingthe beat to 40 strokes per minute as they skimmed across the finish line. The crews were so close that it took the officials anagonizing ten minutes to reach a decision.

Harvard had lost. MIT’s winning margin: four feet.

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On the warm and sunny afternoon of Sat-urday, April 16, a racing eight for themen’s varsity lightweight crew was dedi-cated in honor of Charles S. Butt, Jr ’41 –“Charlie” – in ceremonies at the PierceBoathouse. The Charlie Butt Crew ShellEndowment Fund, established in 1992 byover fifty of his friends and crew mates,has enabled us to ensure that there will al-ways be a boat with Charlie’s name on itin the boathouse.

It was our good fortune to have with ussome members of Charlie’s family – hiswife, Millie, and theirdaughter Nancy and herchildren, and his sonCharley. Now the Light-weight Varsity Coach atHarvard, Charley has fol-lowed in his father’s foot-steps with great successjust like his dad, and hadthis to say:

“No question my fa-ther loved his rowing.Sculling, and coaching.From his first strokes inthe fall of 1937 to his last year of coach-ing in 1991 he remained a passionaterower, coach and patron. He was proudto win his first and last Scholastic BoysVarsity Eight title in 1949 and 1989, a 40-year testament to his passion and commit-ment to producing competitive crews.

My father discovered rowing at MIT inthe fall of 1937, and while slated as acoxswain for the first few weeks, he foundhimself drafted as a rower for class dayracing. With no basic skills he caught nu-merous overhead crabs in the warm up.For his lack of skill the coaches handi-capped his crew a significant lead, atwhich point a clever teammate suggestedthat he keep his blade square. Rowingcrab free his crew easily won the class dayand were awarded miniature class day tro-phy oars, which to this day remain part ofour home in Virginia.

All aeronautical engineers at MIT wererequired to be ROTC in those days, whichmeant moving to Dayton, Ohio to spendthe war years testing all sorts of airplanesfor combat. He always warned me andothers to take the time necessary to getthings right, a message drummed into the

young engineers from MIT to the airspaceabove Wright Field. The entire class of ’41was assigned to Wright Field and togetherthe former rowers among them bought asingle scull.

Following the war my father moved toWashington DC to work for the Navy. By1949 he found himself coaching crew forWashington and Lee High School in Ar-lington. The first and last varsity scholas-tic titles came in ’49 and ’89, but the realsalad days were the 1960s when Washing-ton Lee High School won the Henley

Royal Regatta’s Princess Eliz-abeth Cup in 1964 and 1969.

My father happily spentmore than 40 years coachingrowing on the Potomac river.If you’ve ever flown intoWashington DC’s ReaganAirport you know that theflight approach follows theriver, as it has since the 1930sand 40s. The Potomac Riveris the perfect spot for anyonewho enjoys airplanes androwing. I remember riding in

my father’s coaching launch and the con-versation forever revolved around the air-plane passing overhead and the crewspracticing on the river.

In the last decade of his coaching myfather won several awards, and in accept-ing he would credit my mother for her patience and support for his rowing,coaching, and airplanes. He had a goodlife and he made the most of it. On a

more personal note, I must say that I amdelighted to see the Charles S. Butt, Jr.’41gliding up the Charles River. I like tothink that the rowers in that boat are asmuch enamored of their time on the river,as my father was during this time in thelate’30s and early ’40s.”

The many, many accomplishments ofhis dad to which Charley referred include:• Washington & Lee High School: Team

Founder, Head Coach 1949–1991• U.S. Jr. National Team Men’s Coach

1967, ’71-’72, ’77-’80• Coach Potomac Boat Club ’49-’92• 1981 U.S. Rowing Association’s John

Carlin Service Award• 1987 U.S. Rowing Association’s Jack

Kelly Award• 1979 & 1980 Washingtonian Magazine

“Washingtonian of the Year”• Washington Post “All-Met Men’s Row-

ing Coach” 1987, 1989• Virginia Athletic Directors, Administra-

tors, and Coaches Association Award• Point man and Finance Chairman for

the building of the Occoquan RowingFacility

• Helped start Yorktown High School,Wakefield High School, George Wash-ington University, Georgetown Univer-sity, and University of Virginia crews,among many others.After the presentation to his wife of a

plaque commemorating the dedication, thetraditional christening ensued as Milliepoured champagne over the bow of theshell. The reception that followed in theMcCurdy lounge was a fitting conclusion toa most inspiring and memorable occasion.

Charlie Butt Memorial Dedication

“From his firststrokes in the fall of1937 to his last yearof coaching in 1991he remained a pas-sionate rower, coachand patron. ”

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• MIT Rowing Analysis Committee Reportpage 1

• Season Previewspages 2-4

• This Season’s Featured Athletespage 5

• Spring Race Schedules and Fall Race Resultspages 6- 7

• FIscal Year 2005 Giftspages 8-9

• Appeal for Financial Helppage 10

• Mike Teti’s talk at the FOMITC dinnerpage 11

• Tribute to Bob Moch and Jim McMillinpage 14

• Charlie Butt Memorial Dedicationpages 13-15

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