Adam McNeill
Adam McNeill (CAS’98) of Milwaukee, Wisc., writes, “In July 2016, alumni of BU men’s crew, Classes of 1995–2001, spent a long weekend in Toronto, Ontario, for the seventh edition of their annual ‘Boys of Summer’ excursion. The events began in 2010 as a way for old friends and teammates to reconnect each year in a different city and take in a Major League Baseball game. To date, 32 alumni have attended at least one of the seven weekends. Other events so far include Milwaukee in 2010, Denver in 2011, Washington, D.C., in 2012, Dallas in 2013, San Diego and Anaheim in 2014, and Cincinnati in 2015. This July, ‘the Boys’ will be heading to Minneapolis for the eighth long weekend in the series, and with a mission statement of Visiting Every Major League Ballpark to Raise Awareness of the Awesomeness of Boston University Crew Alumni, they expect to complete the circuit of 30 MLB stadiums in the late 2030s.” The BU men’s rowing alumni attendees to date include J. Patrick Birkemose (CAS’98), Walker Christie (CGS’95, CAS’97), Jon A. Clark (CAS’97), Jon E. Clark (CGS’95, CAS’97), Sean Corcoran (CAS’01), Scott DeMoss (SAR’97), Matt Elwood (CAS’00, GRS’00), Drew Hankins (CAS’00), Tim Holland (Questrom’98), David Kobasa (SAR’98,’00), Ed Leonard (ENG’00,’05), Matt Lusins (CGS’96, CAS’98), Mike Lyons (CAS’97), Aaron Martlage (COM’00), John McCann (CGS’98, Questrom’00), Jake Morton (CAS’96), Tom Nocella (CAS’98), David Padgett (SAR’99, SED’08), Chris Perry (COM’01), Joe Pizonka (CGS’98, CAS’02), Gilbert Reese (ENG’00,’06), Vlad Rozanovich (ENG’96), Rob Rogers (CAS’00), Ian Ruegg (CAS’00), Ray Sontag (CGS’95, CAS’97), Justin Stoger (CAS’98), Walt Swenton (CGS’96, CAS’99), Matt Tomlinson (CAS’97), Chris Torney (CGS’97, CAS’00), Wyeth Towle (CAS’97), and Rob Walker (COM’98).
From the Summer 2017 issue.