Bill Stowe

Bill Stowe won many championships as a stroke-oar. He began rowing at the Kent School and then went to college at Cornell. As a freshman he stroked the Cornell freshman eight to a victory at the IRAs, and repeated that victory with the varsity in both 1961 and 1962. In 1963 he had an unusual club affiliation, rowing for the Club de Nautique de Saigon at the Hong Kong Regatta, while a lieutenant in the Navy. Upon returning home in 1963 he joined the Vesper BC and again was the stroke oar for their Olympic eight in 1964. At the 1967 PanAmerican Games he also won a gold medal, this time in the fours. Two of his teammates in that boat were from the 1964 Vesper Olympic eight, Hugh Foley and coxswain Bob Zimonyi).