Richard Grogan

Richard Grogan
Personal information
Born1953 or 1954 (age 71–72)[1]
Alma materHarvard University (1975)
Sport
SportRowing
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing  United States
World Rowing Championships
1974 Lucerne Lwt eight

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

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

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

  1. ^ a b "TRC Appoints Richard H. Grogan to Board of Directors". GlobeNewswire. March 30, 2011. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  2. ^ "Richard Grogan". International Rowing Federation. Retrieved December 1, 2017.
  3. ^ "U.S. oarsmen add more gold". The Flint Journal. September 13, 1974. p. B2. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  4. ^ Concannon, Joe (June 8, 1975). "Harvard's crewmen rock and sock Yale by 42 seconds". The Boston Globe. p. 87. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  5. ^ "Richard H. Grogan Jr '75". Harvard Varsity Club. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
  6. ^ a b Kennedy II, Joseph P. (September 23, 2002). "Tribute to Odile Grogan". Congressional Record. 148 (121): S9032.
  7. ^ Gorey, Hays (September 4, 1977). "Joe: 2d generation Kennedy old enough to run". Chicago Tribune. p. 4. Retrieved January 7, 2025.