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1961-1962

Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen '75. Please send any additions and/or corrections to the NavyLites Staff Historian. Vintage photos should be sent to info@navylites.org.

1962 Eastern Sprints Lightweight Crew Three-Way Dead Heat Championship

Navy- near-shore; Cornell- middle; MIT- foreground
Clipping courtesy of Ernie Fischer '62

1V W-2 L-2 Three-way tie for 1st EARC [ Navy , Cornell, MIT]
2V W-2 L-2 5th Grand EARC [Won by Harvard]
1F W-1 L-2 Did not row at EARC

4-7-62 George Washington HS at Annapolis, Maryland - canx due to rough water

4-14-62 Harvard University at Cambridge, Massachusetts

1V 2V
1- Harvard 1- Harvard
2- Navy 2- Navy

4-14-62 Hammond HS at Annapolis, Maryland - canx due to rough water

4-21-62 Princeton University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F
1- Princeton 1- Navy 1- Princeton
2- Navy 2- Princeton 2- Navy

4-28-62 St Andrew's HS at Annapolis, Maryland

1F 2F
1- St Andrew's 1- St Andrew's
2- Navy 2- Navy

5-5-62 Yale University at Annapolis, Maryland

1V 2V 1F
1- Navy 1- Navy 1- Navy
2- Yale 2- Yale 2- Yale

5-12-62 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1V 2V
1- Navy 1- MIT
2- MIT 2- Navy
3- Penn 3- Penn

5-19-62 EARC Championships at Worcester, Massachusetts

1V 2V 3V
1- Navy 1- Harvard 1- Harvard
1- Cornell 2- Cornell 2- MIT
1- MIT 3- MIT 3- Cornell
4- Harvard 4- Navy did not enter
5- Princeton 5- Navy

Three-way dead heat MVL8 championship finish

Ernie Fischer Letter to Parents 20 May 1962

Courtesy of Ernie Fischer '62

Coach: Robert B. (Bob) White, LT, USN [Columbia]
Plebe Coach: Robert Jones, CAPT, USMC
Officer Rep:
Captain: Paul R. Harvey '62
Manager: John L. Hammer III '62

Baltimore Sun Article

Courtesy of Ernie Fischer '62

The Night Before the Eastern Sprints

The night before the 1962 Eastern Sprints Championship race. Paul Harvey '62 in the letter sweater; John LaVoo '62 (wristwatch showing); cox Larry Yandell '62 facing away.
Upon graduation John LaVoo was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Marines and subsequently earned his Wings of Gold. On 19 September 1968, John was killed in action over North Vietnam. John came home 31 years later. Requiescat in Pace.
Photo courtesy of Ernie Fischer '62.

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