Charles Grimes (rower)
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| Men'srowing | ||
Representingthe United States
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1956 Melbourne | Men's eight |
Charles Livingston Grimes(July 9, 1935 – February 5, 2007) was an American competitionrowerand Olympic champion.
Early life
[edit]Born inWashington, D.C.,Grimes was the son of Charles Pennebaker Grimes and Louise Davis Ireland Grimes. He was prepared atGroton School.He graduated fromYale Universityin 1957 and had an LL.B. from Harvard Law.
He played varsity football and basketball at Yale. Grimes accelerated his four-year course of study, graduating half way through his senior year. He attended Christ Church, Oxford, for one year after Yale.
Career
[edit]Grimes competed at the1956 Summer OlympicsinMelbourne,where he won a gold medal ineightswith the American rowing team.[1]
Grimes was physically imposing[2]and powered the 1956 gold medal Olympic crew in Melbourne where he pulled so much water on his side that there was a problem balancing the boat. That team was the last university team to bring home the gold.
Later life
[edit]"Grimes graduated from Yale in 1957 and from Harvard Law School in 1960. After a brief law career, he worked as an independent financial advisor and investor."[3]
Grimes was also the plaintiff in theGrimes v. Donald,673 A.2d 1207 (Del. 1996), one of the landmark Delaware corporations cases.[4]
His wifeJane Brown Grimesis the second female Chairperson and President of theUSTA.They had no children.
References
[edit]- ^"1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"Archived2007-12-08 at theWayback Machine(Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ^Sports Reference
- ^LA Times Feb. 9, 2007 Obituary
- ^Lawyerlinks
