Richard Grogan
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| Born | 1953 or 1954 (age 70–71)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Harvard University (1975) | ||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Rowing | ||||||||||||||
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Richard H. Grogan Jr. (born 1953 or 1954) is an American lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the lightweight men's eight.[2]
Biography
[edit]Grogan was a native of Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts. In September 1974, he was a student at Harvard University.[3] While there, he sat stroke position in the university's heavyweight rowing team, winning the 1975 Harvard–Yale Regatta varsity race.[4] He graduated from Harvard in 1975, and was inducted into the Harvard Varsity Club Hall of Fame in 1999.[5]
He graduated from Harvard Business School in 1979 and later worked as a senior partner at the London office of Bain & Company. He co-founded the company Talisman Management in 1987.[1]
Grogan was a close friend of Joseph P. Kennedy II,[6] having assisted him in running the successful 1976 senate campaign for his uncle Ted Kennedy.[7]
Personal life
[edit]According to Joseph P. Kennedy II, Grogan married a French art historian named Odile Claude Emelie Basch in 1981 before moving to London.[6]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "TRC Appoints Richard H. Grogan to Board of Directors". GlobeNewswire. March 30, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ "Richard Grogan". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
- ^ "U.S. oarsmen add more gold". The Flint Journal. September 13, 1974. p. B2. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ Concannon, Joe (June 8, 1975). "Harvard's crewmen rock and sock Yale by 42 seconds". The Boston Globe. p. 87. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ "Richard H. Grogan Jr '75". Harvard Varsity Club. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
- ^ a b Kennedy II, Joseph P. (September 23, 2002). "Tribute to Odile Grogan". Congressional Record. 148 (121): S9032.
- ^ Gorey, Hays (September 4, 1977). "Joe: 2d generation Kennedy old enough to run". Chicago Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
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