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Member winning eight-oared crew in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Depicted in the 2023 movie, The Boys in the Boat.
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Don Hume was the stroke oar for the University of Washington eight that won the 1936 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) meet and then the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In World War II he served in the Merchant Marine, based in San Francisco. He later worked in the oil and gas industry, a career that saw him traveling much of his life. He was eventually a president of the West Coast Mining Association.
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Don Hume was the stroke oar for the University of Washington eight that won the 1936 Intercollegiate Rowing Association (IRA) meet and then the gold medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. In World War II he served in the Merchant Marine, based in San Francisco. He later worked in the oil and gas industry, a career that saw him traveling much of his life. He was eventually a president of the West Coast Mining Association.
