- F. D. Colson
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name = Frederick D. Colson
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caption = Frederick D. Colson c. 1903
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education =B.L. 1897,LL.B. 1898
alma_mater = Cornell University
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Harvard University
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occupation = Amateur Rower
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footnotes =Frederick D. Colson (died
May 6 ,1958 ) was a nationally known American amateur rower, rowing coach andlawyer . As a student atCornell University he rowed for CoachCharles E. Courtney in several of the Cornell Navy’s most noted races. During his coaching career he was Courtney’s top assistant coach Cornell as wellHarvard University head rowing coach in 1904. After coaching he dedicated himself to public service including being theState of New York law librarian, and Deputy and Assistant Attorney General of New York.Cornell University
Colson started Cornell University in the fall of 1893. After rowing for the freshman crew in the summer of 1894, he made the Cornell varsity eight-oared team in his sophomore year under Coach Charles E. Courtney. That year he rowed in the
Grand Challenge Cup at theHenley Royal Regatta inEngland . The following year he was part of the crew that defeated Harvard, Pennsylvania and Columbia atIntercollegiate Rowing Association Championship regatta inPoughkeepsie, New York . In his senior year Colson wascoxswain of the crew which defeated Yale and Harvard at Poughkeepsie onJune 24 ,1897 and Pennsylvania and Columbia on the same course less than two weeks later. Colson was elected to the Sphinx Head Society, Cornell's oldest senior honor society. He graduated in the spring of 1897, but returned to Cornell in the fall of 1898 to study law. That school year he captained the crew which defeated Yale and Harvard atNew London, Connecticut .cite journal | last = | first = | title = F. P. COLSON TO COACH AT HARVARD | journal = Cornell Alumni News | volume = VI | issue = 10 | pages = 73 | publisher = The Cornell Alumni News publishing Co. | location = Ithaca, New York | date = DECEMBER 2, 1903| url = http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3168/9/006_10.pdf | accessdate =2008-06-10]Coach
Colson graduated from Cornell with a law degree and practiced law for two years in
Buffalo, New York . He then returned to Cornell to become instructor in procedure in the law school and assistant coach of the rowing team under Courtney. As the assistant coach, his main responsibility was to development of thefreshman eight-oared crew. [Citation |last =|first =|author-link =|last2 =| first2 =| author2-link =|title = Coach Colson Arrives at Cornell | newspaper = New York Times | pages =4| year = 1904| date = March 26, 1899| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9B00E0DE153CE433A25755C2A9659C94689ED7CF ] In 1904 Colson coached the Harvard University varsity crew. Citation |last =|first =|author-link =|last2 =| first2 =| author2-link =|title = Colson to Coach Cornell Again | newspaper = New York Times | pages =6| year = 1904| date = October 5, 1904 | url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9D01E6DD113BE631A25756C0A9669D946597D6CF ] To coach at Harvard he received a leave of absence from Cornell for the spring term. In addition to coaching, he did research work and attended lectures in the Harvard law school. In Harvard’s annual intercollegiate regatta on the Thames with Yale. Colson’s Harvard crew split the two races, Yale capturing the eight-oared four-mile race by eight boat lengths, while Harvard took the four-oared two-mile race by a length after a Yale rower broke his oarlock. Citation |last =|first =|author-link =|last2 =| first2 =| author2-link =|title = YALE CREW WINS 'VARSITY RACE EASILY; Beaten from the Start, Harvard Finishes Eight Lengths Behind| newspaper = New York Times | pages =5| year = 1904| date = July 2, 1904,| url = http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9F0DE2DB1130E333A25751C0A9619C946597D6CF ] In the fall of 1904 Colson will returned to Cornell and resumed his duties in the law faculty and his work with Coach Courtney.Colson coached at Cornell until 1907. During his tenure as Courtney assistant Cornell won several
Intercollegiate Rowing Association National Championship as well as freshman National Championships in 1902, 1903, and 1905. [cite web |url= http://www.rowinghistory.net/IRA.htm |title= Intercollegiate Rowing Association Regatta Results |accessdate=2008-05-13 |format= |work= Friends of Rowing History at www.rowinghistory.net]Legal Career
In the fall of 1908, Colson was appointed law
librarian in the State Library inAlbany, New York . With the appointment Colson resigned from the faculty of Cornell. [cite journal | last = | first = | title = Colson Leaves the Faculty | journal = Cornell Alumni News | volume = XL | issue = 9 | pages = 97 | publisher = The Cornell Alumni News Publishing Co. | location = Ithaca, New York | date = November 25, 1908| url = http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3173/9/011_09.pdf | accessdate =2008-06-10] After leaving the library he continued to dedicated himself to public service including being the Clerk of the State Court of Claims, (1915-1924); Deputy and AssistantAttorney General of New York , (1925-1931); and First Deputy State ReporterCourt of Appeals (1931-1945). cite journal | last = | first = | title = NECROLOGY | journal = Cornell Alumni News | volume = 61 | issue = 10 | pages = 357 | publisher = The Cornell Alumni News Publishing Co. | location = Ithaca, New York | date = Feb. 1959| url = http://ecommons.library.cornell.edu/bitstream/1813/3602/9/061_10.pdf | accessdate =2008-06-10]Notes
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