Eric Tennyson Sollee was an American fencer and fencing coach.
12 Facts About Eric Sollee
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Eric Sollee fenced at Harvard University, where he earned National Collegiate Athletic Association All-America honors.
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Eric Sollee coached at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Harvard, and the Carroll Center for the Blind, among others.
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Eric Sollee was born in Los Angeles, California, to a Norwegian immigrant father, Oben Sollee, and Filipino mother, Delores Sollee.
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Eric Sollee learned to fence from Rene Peroy, Harvard fencing coach, European sabre champion, and member of the 1924 US Olympic fencing team.
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Eric Sollee was inducted into the Harvard Athletic Hall of Fame in 1999.
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At MIT, Eric Sollee started as the assistant fencing coach and the women's team first fencing coach under the direction of Edwin Richards, Edo Marion, Silvio Vitale, and Branimir Zivkovic.
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When Vitale retired, Eric Sollee became head coach and Maitre d'armes at MIT.
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In developing his approaches to teaching and fencing, Eric Sollee used his understanding of a wide range of subjects.
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Eric Sollee applied psychology and his experience teaching fencing to the blind at the Carroll Center.
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Eric Sollee taught well over a thousand students at the Carroll Center helping people regain their orientation in space.
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In 1980, the team tied for 2nd at the NCAAs, resulting in Eric Sollee's peers naming him NCAA Coach of the Year.