Hall of Honor
A dual-sport star in swimming & diving and water polo, Chesebro earned three Varsity letters with each team and captained both squads for two years apiece, as well as the freshman water polo team despite entering college with no competitive experience. The leading scorer all four years on the water polo team, he certainly made his mark in swimming as well, claiming the 50 Free SCIAC title as a junior in a conference-record 22.8 and anchoring two 400 Free Relay SCIAC champion squads, setting one conference and another meet record. Chesebro was also a two-time runner-up in the 100 Free to earn All-SCIAC First Team honors both years he competed, leading Caltech to a pair of team SCIAC championships with the two highest scores in team history. Although he missed the 1963 SCIAC Championships as a senior studying abroad in Europe, he went on to break both the school and SCIAC records in the 100 Free at the National AAU Championships. Among his many honors, Chesebro was awarded swimming’s Campbell Award for sportsmanship, improvement and ability, named the 1961-62 Outstanding Caltech Athlete and received one of 12 national awards from Chemical and Engineering News for achievements in scholastics and extra-curricular activities.Â
