Publication Date
6-14-2013
Abstract
If “Katie” could talk, she undoubtedly would say “THANK YOU!”
With the help of the dogged efforts of 2013 Lawrence University graduate Will Evans, Katie has been rescued, refurbished and restored to a place of honor, or at least high visibility, after spending more than half of her life in near forgotten oblivion.
Katie, a 55-foot-long, oak-and-cypress, eight-person racing shell, was “born” in 1938 in Foxboro, Mass., and spent the first 26 years of her life as a member of the rowing team at the all-women’s Milwaukee-Downer College.
But when Milwaukee-Downer consolidated with then-Lawrence College in 1964 and 50 of its students matriculated to Appleton, Katie remained in a Milwaukee boathouse.
Recommended Citation
Lawrence University, "Rescued: A Student’s Curiosity Helps Bring Long-Lost Rowing Shell “Home”" (2013). Press Releases. 52.
https://lux.lawrence.edu/pressreleases/52