Word: porcellian
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...from immigrants who arrived on The Arabella (the ship that followed The Mayflower). Whitney was the younger son of the president of a large Boston bank. He attended Groton, where he was the captain of the baseball and football teams, and Harvard, where he was a member of the Porcellian Club. At the age of 23, he bought himself a seat on the New York Stock Exchange and began a rapid rise to prominence on the Street as the bond dealer for the firm of J.P. Morgan...
...stroke Rick Grogan stroked the U.S. lightweight eight which also gold-medalled in Switzerland and two-man Ollie Scholle captured the Wyfold Cup at Henley in a straight four representing the Porcellian Club...
...Porcellian Club boat comprised of four Crimson heavyweight and lightweight oarsmen captured the Wyfold cup at the Henley. Bowman George Host, Scholle, Dave Porter, and Woody Canaday brought the Porcellian Club victory in its first Henley attempt...
...race marked the first time that Porcellian had ever entered a boat at Henley, and its triumph came as somewhat of a surprise to many observers. However, the crew was composed of four top-notch Harvard heavyweight and lightweight oarsmen. Bowman George Host was a member of this year's junior varsity lightweight crew and had rowed at seven for the varsity lights the two previous years; number two, sophomore Ollie Scholle, was on this year's undisputed collegiate national champion Harvard heavyweight crew; number three, sophomore Dave Porter, rowed seven for the Eastern Sprints champion junior varsity lightweight crew...
With that kind of talent, the victory by Porcellian should have surprised...