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Ruth Davidon Rodgers (born March 20, 1964, in New York City) is an American rower and medical doctor. As Ruth Davidon, she finished 6th in the single sculls at the 1996 Summer Olympics and 4th in the double sculls at the 2000 Summer Olympics. A San Francisco-area anaesthesiologist who practices under the name Ruth A. Rodgers, M.D., her parents were essayist Ann Morrissett and physicist William C. Davidon, noted peace and justice activists.

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