By RASHAD ROLLE

Tribune Staff Reporter

rrolle@tribunemedia.net

FORMER Olympian Dr Norris Stubbs, a structural engineering expert and one of the Bahamas’ top sprinters, died in a hospital in the United States on Saturday night at the age of 65.

He was admitted to hospital in Texas for treatment, but passed away, The Tribune was told.

A graduate of Government High School in 1966, Dr Stubbs was part of the men’s 4 x 100m relay team that ran a national record of 39.45 seconds which held for 25 years.

He was also a part of the team that participated in the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City.

That team included renowned sprinter Thomas A Robinson, Kevin Johnson and current National Security Minister Dr Bernard Nottage.

Dr Stubbs obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics at Grinnell College in Iowa before earning a Bachelor of Science degree and Master of Science in civil engineering from Columbia University.

He eventually became a doctor of engineering science in engineering mechanics and was a professor in the Civil Engineering Department at the University of Texas A&M until his death.

One of his best friends, fellow Grinnell and Government High graduate Carl Brennen, 65, had remained close to him over the years, and remembered him yesterday as a “brilliant person and an excellent sprinter”.

“He was a very good friend and many, many people would remember the name of Norris Stubbs,” he said.