Patrons are people who have made a difference, a big difference in rowing. People who have given back at a level well above what would be expected. Sometimes making a difference by financially contributing to the health of rowing. Or perhaps by dedicating huge blocks of time to manage programs or referee regattas so that rowing could thrive and benefit the competitors. Perhaps it's by changing or influencing the course of rowing in the US.

Mike Meehan's dedication to rowing spans over five decades of giving back big time.

After graduating from U Penn, in 1963, Mungo was approached by his legendary coach, Joe Burk, and asked to head up the Friends of U Penn Rowing. Mungo says it was a "thrill, the greatest honor of my life". Joe was like a god to Mungo... and many others. And Mungo is still active with Friends of U Penn rowing.

Following graduation, Mungo headed to Wall Street. With success there, he began paying back. And he was able to tap into his other rowing buddies on Wall Street. Mungo is the definition of giving back, and he never attached strings to his donations. Jamie Koven says, "He always wanted the donations to be used where it was best needed ".

Mungo has been President of the National Rowing Foundation for decades. He emphasized that the NRF should be inclusive. He added women and lightweights to the Board of Directors. He worked diligently to make sure women's rowing and lightweight rowing would be FAIRLY treated.

In the mid 1970s he co-founded the Power Ten New York Inc. with the late Frank Shields and has been very involved ever since.

He never gave up the oar, racing in masters' events, as he says "until aching bones left him on the embankments."