Background
He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
In 1969, he rowed for the Vesper Boat Club. In 1965, rowing for the Detroit Boat Club, he beat Donald Spero the best American single sculler in the National Rowing Championships. Also at the United States Nationals in 1969, he stroked the winning Vesper Quad, teaming with Paul Wilson, Bob Arlett, and Bob Montgomery.
In 1967 he won the single again at the National Rowing Championships. In 1968 he won the bronze medal with his partner John Nunn in the double sculls event. In 1969, now rowing for the United States Army at Vesper Boat Club, he won the single yet again, and then represented the United States at the European Championships at Klagenfurt, Austria.