Herbert Roger Morris (July 16, 1915 – July 22, 2009) was an American

rower Rowing, sometimes called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars are attached to the boat using oarlocks, while paddles are not connected to the boat. Rowing is ...

who won Olympic gold at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. 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 The University of Washington (UW, simply Washington, or informally U-Dub) is a public research university in Seattle, Washington. Founded in 1861, Washington is one of the oldest universities on the West Coast; it was established in Seattle a ...

. He rowed in UW senior varsity eights which won US national

Intercollegiate Rowing Association The Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) governs intercollegiate rowing between varsity men's heavyweight, men's lightweight, and women's lightweight rowing programs across the United States, while the NCAA fulfills this role for women's ope ...

titles in 1936 and 1937. At the

, he won the gold medal rowing in the bow seat of the American boat in the men's eight competition. Morris was a mechanical engineering graduate. In his professional career he worked on large scale

dredging Dredging is the excavation of material from a water environment. Possible reasons for dredging include improving existing water features; reshaping land and water features to alter drainage, navigability, and commercial use; constructing da ...

projects in the Seattle area.Brown, Daniel James (2013). ''The Boys In The Boat'', Viking / Penguin Group, New York. . He died on July 22, 2009, as the last remaining member of the crew.

References

External links

Herbert Morris at databaseOlympics.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Morris, Herbert 1915 births 2009 deaths Rowers from Seattle American male rowers Rowers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Washington Huskies men's rowers Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics