1960
Edwin G. Quattlebaum As an Andover student, Ed Quattlebaum played varsity basketball, ran varsity cross-country, and was involved in a variety of clubs, including Student Congress and Phillips Society. Class president his senior year, Quattlebaum was awarded the prestigious Morehead Scholarship to UNC and the Aurelian Honor Society Prize. He received the Bierer Prize at Commencement for “outstanding in character and personality.” Quattlebaum went on to study at Harvard. Cut from the basketball team, he was recruited by new crew coach Harry Parker, who had been on the 10
lookout for versatile athletes who might be interested in trying out for crew. Quattlebaum rowed for the legendary Parker for four years and rowed for Harvard at Henley Regatta his senior year. Undefeated that year, the Crimson also won the Eastern Sprints title. After Harvard, Quattlebaum taught history and coached crew at St. Paul’s. He received a PhD degree from UC-Berkeley in 1972 and then returned to Andover in 1973 to teach history and social science with great passion, enthusiasm, and new ideas. He served as history department chair from 1989 to 1994 and for several
years also coordinated the AndoverExeter Washington Intern Program. Along with quickly establishing himself as an inspirational teacher, Quattlebaum coached JV II basketball for several years and, for his entire 36 years at Andover, coached crew. For many students, it was Coach Quattlebaum’s instruction on the water that will resonate with them for a lifetime. Quattlebaum and wife Ruth, PA archivist and instructor in art emerita, live in Charlestown, Mass. They have two sons, Gus ’93 and Hugh ’96.