Duvall Young HECHT

Duvall Hecht rowed in the 1952 Olympic pairs with while still a student at Stanford. He then joined the marines and continued to row, teaming up with 1952 teammate, Jim Fifer, to make the Olympic team. At the 1956 Olympic Trials, Hecht and Fifer beat the defending Olympic champions, Tom Logg and Charles Price, to win their spot on the team. Hecht graduated from Stanford in 1952, but returned there to take an M.A. degree in journalism in 1960. He later became the president of Books on Tape, Inc.