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| Born | August 23, 1936 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | January 18, 2019 (aged 82)[1] | ||||||||||||||
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Robert Willis "Jack" Morey Jr. (August 23, 1936 – January 18, 2019) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the men's eight with the American team.[3] He graduated from Yale University in 1958 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He served in the United States Navy aboard the icebreaker USS Atka as a lieutenant jg.[4] and would later earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.[1]
References
- ^ a b Robert Morey's obituary
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Jack Morey". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2019-01-28. Retrieved 2015-06-21. "Robert Willis 'Jack' Morey Jr."
- ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ^ "Miss Frances A. Ritter Engaged to Lieutenant". New York Times. 5 June 1960. p. 105.
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