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TheP. Sue Beckwith, M.D., Boathouse is anathletic facility at theUniversity of Iowa. The building primarily serves the university's women'srowing team. The university's club men's rowing team also uses the facility, along with the Hawkeye Community Rowing Program and the Old Capitol Rowing Club.[1] It was a joint project of the City ofIowa City, the Athletics Department and Recreational Services of theUniversity of Iowa.[2] designed by Iowa-based Neumann Monson Architects.[3]Groundbreaking took place on March 12, 2008. The P. Sue Beckwith, M.D., Boathouse wasdedicated on September 18, 2009.[4] The project cost US$7.2 million and includes
... a terrace, training area, locker room, meeting room, storage space, easy access to theIowa River, and a UI College of Engineering-designed indoor rowing tank. It's also the first UI building designed to meet the standards for the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification.[5]
P. Sue Beckwith is a former alumni of theUniversity of Iowa. She obtained a bachelor's of science degree in psychology in 1980 and completed her doctor of medicine degree in 1984. Following a fellowship in colon and rectal surgery at the Mayo Graduate School of Medicine in Rochester, Minnesota she returned toDes Moines to run a successful surgical practice. Beckwith when younger was a basketballer and began rowing later in life. The lack of rowing facilities for student athletes resulted in her lead pledging US$1 million towards the building of a new boathouse which was named in her honor.[5]
The program is open to citizens of Iowa City and surrounding areas. It includes sessions for beginners and advanced for high schools and adults.[6] It includes adaptive rowing for those with disabilities both physical and intellectual.[7]
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