Charles Livingston Grimes (July 9, 1935 – February 5, 2007) was an American competition

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and Olympic champion.

Early life

Born in

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, Grimes was the son of Charles Pennebaker Grimes and Louise Davis Ireland Grimes. He was prepared at Groton School. He graduated from

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in 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

Grimes competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in

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, where he won a gold medal in ''eights'' with the American rowing team."1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing"
(Retrieved on May 15, 2008) Grimes was physically imposing 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

"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." Grimes was also the plaintiff in the ''Grimes v. Donald'', 673 A.2d 1207 (Del. 1996), one of the landmark Delaware corporations cases.
/ref> His wife

Jane Brown Grimes Jane Brown Grimes (born Trowbridge Gillespie; January 20, 1941November 2, 2021) was President of the United States Tennis Association from 2007 to 2008. Her tenure made Brown Grimes the second female president in USTA history. Brown Grimes was i ...

is the second female Chairperson and President of the

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. They had three children.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Grimes, Charles Livingston 1935 births 2007 deaths Sportspeople from Washington, D.C. Groton School alumni Yale University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Rowers at the 1956 Summer Olympics American male rowers Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics