William Arthur "Bill" Stowe (March 23, 1940 – February 8, 2016) was an American rowing

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. He won gold medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1967 Pan American Games, and a bronze medal at the 1965 European championships.

Early life

Stowe was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He graduated from Kent School in 1958 and Cornell University, class of 1962. After that he joined the U.S. Navy and was dispatched to Vietnam, where he rowed at the Club Nautique in

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. He returned from Vietnam as a lieutenant, and was stationed in Philadelphia, where he joined the Vesper Boat Club.

Later life

Stowe was the crew coach of Columbia University from 1967 to 1971 when he went to the

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to start the rowing program there. He was also the "color" commentator for ABC during the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games. Stowe wrote of his eight's experience in the 1964 Summer Olympics in the book ''All Together'' (2005). In his final years, Stowe lived at the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, New York.William A. Stowe (2005). ''All Together: The Formidable Journey to Gold with the 1964 Olympic Crew''. Back cover. In 2011 he received the Jack Kelly Award.

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* 1940 births 2016 deaths American male rowers Kent School alumni Cornell Big Red rowers Rowers at the 1964 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1964 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for the United States in rowing Columbia Lions rowing coaches Coast Guard Bears rowing coaches Sportspeople from Oak Park, Illinois Rowers at the 1967 Pan American Games Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing European Rowing Championships medalists United States Navy personnel of the Vietnam War United States Navy officers Military personnel from Illinois {{US-rowing-Olympic-medalist-stub