Top Row
This weekend the Head of the Charles Regatta celebrates its 50th running. Originally a dozen races over a couple of hours among roughly 200 competitors, the event now hosts more than 10,000 athletes in 55 classes over two days. It has done great things, as have many of its alumni.
Norm Bellingham,Harvard
1988 Olympic gold medalist in canoe-kayak
Anderson Cooper,Yale
Host of Anderson Cooper 360° on CNN
Wyc Grousbeck,Princeton
CEO of the Celtics
Bill McNabb,Dartmouth
CEO of Vanguard
Jane Musky,Boston University
Emmy-nominated production designer
Heide Stefanyshyn-Piper,MIT
Astronaut, Atlantis and Endeavour
Cameron and Tyler WinklevossHarvard
Disputed Facebook cofounders
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