August 28, 2007 Sad News

Just got an email from USA Weightlifting informing it's members that our executive director Rodger DeGarmo had passed away today. Seems that he was on a business trip and was found in his hotel room and was unable to be revived. I knew Rodger when he was a strength coach for Nebraska and our state USAW director. He was a solid guy, who was passionate about his profession and the sport of WLing, so much so after he left Nebraska a few years later he ends up as the executive director of the USAW. Rodger was a young man. Thoughts and prayers go out to his wife and children.