Compiled, researched and written by Gary Lundeen ’75. Please send any additions and/or corrections and vintage photos to the NavyLights Staff Historian.
1V W-1 L-1 Did not qualify for EARC [Won by Princeton]
2V W-1 L-1 3rd Grand EARC [Won by Cornell]
1F W-3 L-1 Did not enter EARC [Won by Princeton]
4-14-56 St Joseph Prep School at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1- St Joseph 6:45 |
| 2- Navy 6:47 |
Boating (Class of 1959)
Bow- Adolf Otto Lekebusch; 2- Frederick Edward Naef, Jr.; 3- Richard Leon Engel; 4- Byron Noble MacFarlane; 5- Hardy Gregory, Jr.; 6- Milton Reid “Pete” Gorham, Jr. 7- Joshua Clifton “Sam” Dickinson III; Stroke- Tylor Field II; Cox- Paul Austin Thornton
4-21-56 George Washington HS & Washington & Lee HS at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1- Navy 5:01 |
| 2- Geo Wash HS 5:03 |
| 3- Wash & Lee HS 5:09 |
Boating (Class of 1959)
Bow- Adolf Otto Lekebusch; 2- Frederick Edward Naef, Jr.; 3- Richard Leon Engel; 4- Byron Noble MacFarlane; 5- Hardy Gregory, Jr.; 6- Milton Reid “Pete” Gorham, Jr. 7- Joshua Clifton “Sam” Dickinson III; Stroke- John William Turner; Cox- Paul Austin Thornton
4-25-56 Prendergast HS at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1- Navy 6:30 |
| 2- Prendergast HS 6:48 |
Boating (Class of 1959)
Bow- Adolf Otto Lekebusch; 2- Frederick Edward Naef, Jr.; 3- Richard Leon Engel; 4- Byron Noble MacFarlane; 5- Hardy Gregory, Jr.; 6- Milton Reid “Pete” Gorham, Jr. 7- Joshua Clifton “Sam” Dickinson III; Stroke- John William Turner; Cox- Paul Austin Thornton
4-28-56 Cornell University, Princeton University at Ithaca, NY
| 1V | 2V |
| 1- Princeton 7:15 | 1- Cornell 7:18 |
| 2- Cornell 7:17.4 | 2- Princeton 7:24 |
| 3- Navy 7:34.4 | 3- Navy 7:28 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook III ’57; 2- Clarence Lee Walker, Jr. ’57; 3- Terry Richard Priebe ’58; 4- Albert Paine Williams, Jr. ’57; 5- Barry Jack Howard ’58; 6- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57; 7- Ejnar Sigred Christensen, Jr. ’57; Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56; Cox- Paul Donald Coon ’57
2V: Bow- David Jackson Harriss ’58; 2- James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56; 3- Gerald Herbert Bee, Jr. ’57; 4- Max David Marbain ’58; 5- J. C. Port; 6- Robert Morgan Wellborn, Jr. ’57; 7- Frederick Bradley “Brad” Stumcke, Jr. ’58; Stroke- Keith Pierson Garland ’58; Cox- Charles Thacher Pinkham ’58
5-5-56 University of Pennsylvania (Callow Cup) at Annapolis, Maryland
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Navy 7:29 | 1- Navy 7:59 | 1- Navy 8:19 |
| 2- Penn 7:34.4 | 2- Penn 8:10 | 2- Penn 8:39.8 |
Boatings
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook III ’57; 2- Clarence Lee Walker, Jr. ’57; 3-Terry Richard Priebe ’58; 4-Albert Paine Williams, Jr. ’57; 5- Barry Jack Howard ’58; 6- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57; 7- Ejnar Sigred Christensen, Jr. ’57; Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56; Cox- Paul Donald Coon ’57
2V: Bow- Richard Carl Stober ’57; 2- Gary Harold Minar ’58; 3- Hugh Horne Gates ’58; 4- Eugene Elbert Lindsey, Jr. ’58; 5- Jack Robinson Nicholas, Jr. ’58; 6- John Douglas Burns ’57; 7- Harvey Karl Altergott ’57; Stroke- George Dallas Peyton II ’58; Cox- Philip Clayton Holmen ’57
Plebe (Class of 1959): Bow- Adolf Otto Lekebusch; 2- Frederick Edward Naef, Jr.; 3- Richard Leon Engel; 4- Byron Noble MacFarlane; 5- Hardy Gregory, Jr.; 6- Milton Reid “Pete” Gorham, Jr. 7- Joshua Clifton “Sam” Dickinson III; Stroke- John William Turner; Cox- Paul Austin Thornton
5-12-56 EARC at Princeton, New Jersey
| 1V | 2V | 1F |
| 1- Princeton 6:31 | 1- Cornell 6:47.3 | 1- Princeton |
| 2- Cornell 6:33.4 | 2- Harvard 6:47.5 | 2- MIT |
| 3- Harvard | 3- Navy 7:01.1 | 3- Harvard |
| 4- Yale | 4- Yale 7:03.3 | Navy did not enter |
Navy Varsity did not qualify for Grand Final
Boatings
1V: Bow- John Henry “Jack” Cook III ’57; 2- Clarence Lee Walker, Jr. ’57; 3-Terry Richard Priebe ’58; 4-Albert Paine Williams, Jr. ’57; 5- Barry Jack Howard ’58; 6- James Darrow Kirkpatrick ’57; 7- Ejnar Sigred Christensen, Jr. ’57; Stroke- John Alden Webster, Jr. ’56; Cox- Paul Donald Coon ’57
2V: Bow- Richard Carl Stober ’57; 2- James Rogers “Jim” Copeland ’56; 3- Joseph Clinton Port ’58; 4- Robert Morgan Wellborn, Jr. ’57; 5- Jack Robinson Nicholas, Jr. ’58; 6- John Douglas Burns ’57; 7- Gerald Herbert Bee, Jr. ’57; Stroke- George Dallas Peyton II ’58; Cox- Philip Clayton Holmen ’57
Coach: Hubbell Young (Hub) Davidson, LCDR, USN [USNA ’45]
Plebe Coach: Ed M. Krech, ENS, USNR
Officer Rep:
Captain: John A. Webster, Jr. ’56
Manager: Ben W. George ’56