Herbert Morris

Herbert Roger Morris (July 16, 1915 – July 22, 2009) was an American rower who won Olympic gold at the 1936 Summer Olympics.

Raised in the Fremont neighborhood of Seattle, Morris rowed on Puget Sound as a boy and took up sweep-oar rowing at the University of Washington. He rowed in UW senior varsity eights which won US national Intercollegiate Rowing Association titles in 1936 and 1937.

Morris was a mechanical engineering graduate. In his professional career he worked on large-scale dredging projects in the Seattle area. He died on July 22, 2009, as the last remaining member of the crew.