Franklin Hobbs
{{Short description|American rower (born 1947)}}
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| name = Franklin Hobbs
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| fullname = Franklin Warren Hobbs, IV
| nickname = Fritz
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|July 30, 1947}}
| birth_place = Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Men's rowing }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
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{{MedalSilver | 1972 Munich | Eight }}
{{MedalCompetition | European Rowing Championships }}
{{MedalSilver | 1967 Vichy | Eight }}
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Franklin Warren "Fritz" Hobbs, IV (born July 30, 1947) is an American rower who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
He was born in Manchester, New Hampshire and is the older brother of rower Bill Hobbs.
In 1968, he was a crew member of the American boat which finished sixth in the eight event. Four years later he won the silver medal with the American boat in the 1972 eights competition.
Education and business career
Fritz Hobbs was educated at the Milton Academy (1965), Harvard College (1969) and the Harvard Business School (1972), after which he spent the next 25 years with the investment banking firm of Dillon Read & Co., the last five of which he was Chief Executive Officer. When Dillon Read merged with SBC Warburg, and subsequently with Union Bank of Switzerland, Hobbs continued as Chairman of the resulting UBS Warburg. He then moved to Houlihan Lokey as CEO. He has been a director of Molson Coors, Lord Abbett, Ally Financial, BAWAG, and other corporations, as well as serving on the Boards of Harvard University and Milton Academy.Harvard Crimson, http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2000/5/2/franklin-w-hobbs-iv-hobbs-calls/[https://web.archive.org/web/20090924193905/http://people.forbes.com/profile/franklin-w-hobbs/54611 Forbes profiles]
References
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External links
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/franklin-hobbs-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121017212215/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ho/franklin-hobbs-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2012-10-17}}
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Category:Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Category:Rowers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:American chief executives of financial services companies
Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Milton Academy alumni
Category:Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in rowing
Category:Harvard College alumni
Category:Rowers at the 1967 Pan American Games
Category:European Rowing Championships medalists
Category:Harvard Crimson rowers
Category:Medalists at the 1967 Pan American Games
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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