30 November 2023
By Göran R Buckhorn
Time to sign up for the last of the Committee 50 Story Hour for the year.
The zoom event will be honoring boatbuilder George Pocock, whose career and contributions to the sport of rowing helped rowers to reach their protentional. Among those he helped were the now famous 1936 “Boys in the Boat”.
Among the guests for this event, you will find:
Jim Pocock, Jr – Grandnephew of George Pocock (grandson of George’s brother Dick)
Nicole Klein – Coordinator of the Shell House Restoration Project
Steve Chapin – Builder and Restorer of Pocock Racing shells
Al Mackenzie – West Coast historian on Pocock boats and rowing memorabilia
Judy Rantz Willman – daughter of Joe Rantz, 7 seat in the 1936 Husky crew who won the gold medal in the eights in Berlin
Builder of Boats and the Boys: A Pocock Legacy
Story Hour, which is free, will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, 6 December at 7 pm.
All are welcome to join the conversation!
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing the zoom credentials to join the call.
The Committee 50 writes in their invitation that,
Our Story Hours are dedicated to recording the history of our sport in Philadelphia and around the world and finding a means to institutionalize a collective archive of rowing documents and materials. Be sure to check out recordings of prior Story Hours on the HOSR YouTube page!
Feedback is welcome and reach out with any thoughts or suggestions you might have, and please share this with friends!
See you at the event!