William Arthur "Bill" Stowe (March 23, 1940 – February 8, 2016) was an American rowing stroke. He won gold medals at the 1964 Olympics and 1967 Pan American Games,^[2][3][4] and a bronze medal at the 1965 European championships.^[5]

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William Stowe

Stowe at the 1964 European Championships[1]
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Born	(1940-03-23)March 23, 1940 Oak Park, Illinois, U.S.[2]
Died	February 8, 2016(2016-02-08) (aged 75)
Height	191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
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Sport	Rowing
Club	Vesper Boat Club
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1964 Tokyo Eight Pan American Games 1967 Winnipeg Four European Rowing Championships 1965 Duisburg Eight

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Stowe was born in Oak Park, Illinois.^[2] He graduated from Kent School in 1958 and Cornell University, class of 1962. After that he joined the U.S. Navy and was dispatched to Vietnam, where he rowed at the Club Nautique in Saigon. He returned from Vietnam as a lieutenant, and was stationed in Philadelphia, where he joined the Vesper Boat Club.^[6]

Stowe was the crew coach of Columbia University from 1967 to 1971 when he went to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to start the rowing program there. He was also the "color" commentator for ABC during the 1968 and 1972 Olympic Games.^[6] Stowe wrote of his eight's experience in the 1964 Summer Olympics in the book All Together (2005).^[3][7] In his final years, Stowe lived at the Olympic Village of Lake Placid, New York.^[3][8] In 2011 he received the Jack Kelly Award.^[6]