Germain
Glidden won his first intercollegiate squash championships in 1935, (85
years ago) repeating that win in 1936! He was the last great Harvard
squash champion coached by Harry Cowles.
Germain retired after his second nationals win, but returned to take
three veterans (over 40) titles in 1953-1955-1956. He also won the
national doubles squash championships with Dick Remsen in 1952, as well
as two Canadian national doubles titles with Harvard classmate Tanny
Sargent.
Germain attended both Phillips Exeter Academy and Harvard University,
where he was a painter, muralist and especially a cartoonist, where he
may be best known for his frogs...playing squash!
Germain's art-work is displayed at various national museums, including
the National Churchill Library Center, the Fogg Museum and national
halls of fame of baseball, basketball and tennis. The Portraits he
painted of Ronald Reagan and George H. W. Bush were commissioned to be
included in the National Art Museum of Sport, which Germain founded in
1959.
Sculptor A. Thomas Schomberg was also commissioned for the National Art Museum of Sport with this sculpture...
