Oberlin College Athletics

MICHAEL JARVIS, CLASS OF 1969, earned four varsity letters as a member of the swimming and diving team and served as team captain his senior year. In 1969 he became just the second Oberlin swimmer to earn All-America honors when he placed second in the 100-yard butterfly and 11th in the 200-yard butterfly at the NCAA championships. His school-record time of 53.40 in the 100 butterfly set the Oberlin standard in 1969 and stood for 22 years. Jarvis was a three-time Ohio Athletic Conference champion, winning the 500 freestyle in 1967 and the 200 butterfly in 1967 and 1968. Jarvis attended the University of Southern California, where he earned a masterís in 1976 and a PhD in 1980 in clinical psychology. Jarvis has worked as a clinical psychologist in childrenís mental health in Orange County, California and has served as the mental health director at Laguna Shanti in California.