Celebrate another successful Milton Reads season on Tuesday, March 31st – 7pm with a special program recognizing two Olympic rowers who live nearby and have experienced the same challenges and successes as in the best selling book.

WILLIAM BECKLEAN
William “Beck” Becklean, was the coxswain for the 1956 Olympic Gold Medal winning crew team. Beck will share a very special video commemorating the day he won Gold.

JOHN BIGLOW
John Biglow, competed in the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and his
crew was the subject of David Halberstam’s book The Amateurs. John grew up in Seattle with Judy Rantz, the daughter of Joe Rantz, the leading character in The Boys in the Boat. John will share his own success story and talk about Judy’s role as the collaborator with the book’s author Daniel James Brown.

Don’t miss this very special event!