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Waters, Dan

 
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Synopsis

T.K. Rivers as a student ran on the track team at the University of Iowa. Ten years later, he has been invited back to a lettermens banquet to present an award. T.K. reflects on his experiences as a student-athlete, as he travels to Iowa City for the banquet and a reunion with his coach and former teammates. Now an attorney, T.K. has reached a point where the shine has worn off his new career, where he feels depleted by the rigors of a sweatshop law firm and longs to rekindle the passion and optimism he felt as a college athlete.

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Biographie de l'auteur

Dan Waters was born in Des Moines, Iowa, in 1964, but grew up in the country near the small town of Lovilia in southern Iowa. Mr. Waters received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1986 and a law degree in 1989 from the University of Iowa. He ran track and cross country for the University of Iowa, and while studying abroad at Oxford University, he also ran with the Oxford Athletics Club. Mr. Waters has practiced law with the firm of Davis, Brown, Koehn, Shors & Roberts, P.C. in Des Moines since 1989. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in West Des Moines.

Présentation de l'éditeur

T.K. Rivers as a student ran on the track team at the University of Iowa. Ten years later, he has been invited back to a lettermens banquet to present an award. T.K. reflects on his experiences as a student-athlete, as he travels to Iowa City for the banquet and a reunion with his coach and former teammates. Now an attorney, T.K. has reached a point where the shine has worn off his new career, where he feels depleted by the rigors of a sweatshop law firm and longs to rekindle the passion and optimism he felt as a college athlete.

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