Robert Morey | |
Birth Date: | August 23, 1936 |
Birth Place: | Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
Death Date: | [1] |
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Robert Willis "Jack" Morey Jr. (August 23, 1936 - January 18, 2019) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion. He was born in Cleveland, Ohio.[2] He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, where he received a gold medal in the men's eight with the American team.[3] He graduated from Yale University in 1958 and was a member of Skull and Bones. He served in the United States Navy aboard the icebreaker USS Atka as a lieutenant jg.[4] and would later earn an MBA from Harvard Business School.[5]