Eric Maxfield EVANS

Eric Evans studied at the The Hotchkiss School in Connecticut and later at Dartmouth College. He began paddling at Hotchkiss, but at Dartmouth competed in cross-country skiing. He continued to paddle however, and became the top American whitewater kayaker of the 1970s. Evans won 9 of 10 US titles through 1978 and competed at seven World Championships. He later became an executive with a cross-country ski equipment company, but later became a writer and photographer for various canoeing magazines. He then became a teacher and ski coach at The Putney School in Vermont.