By Ed Kromer UW’s Foster School of Business has educated some of the finest coxswains ever to captain the Husky Rowing juggernaut From the shore’s remove, the motion of the vessel and her crew appears almost balletic. The sleek shell skims across the racecourse swiftly, elegantly, the crisp whoosh of eight oar blades flashing through…
The job of a coxswain is complex, and completely distinct from the rowers they lead. “From the moment the shell is launched, the coxswain is the captain,” wrote Daniel James Brown in his bestselling “The Boys in the Boat.” “He or she must exert control, both physical and psychological, over everything that goes on in…
On July 9 of this year, the Army Corp of Engineers, in conjunction with a number of historical organizations, will celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the completion of the Lake Washington Ship Canal with a boat parade through the locks and into Lake Union. On hand will be a Washington 8-oared crew, as well as…