Stephens is set, nonetheless, on returning to Canada after graduation to begin his job. He will once again put rowing on the back burner.
But according to Schroeder, Orion Securities should suit Stephens just fine.
“We spend our spare time speculating in the Kazakhstani gold market,” Schroeder says. “We have a good time doing that.”
Good times abound for Stephens and the No. 1 Harvard lightweight crew, which enters as the solid favorite in this weekend’s race against Princeton and Yale. The Crimson will likely take its No. 1 ranking into the Eastern Sprints and IRA national championships, where it has won in every odd-numbered year since 1991.
And winning, at least for these last few weeks of the 2005 season, is close to No. 1 on Dave Stephens’ list of favorite things to do.
—Staff writer Aidan E. Tait can be reached at atait@fas.harvard.edu.