William Douglas BURDEN

Doug Burden rowed at Princeton, captaining the crew squad in his senior year. He later obtained an MBA from IESE in Barcelona. Burden rowed on three Olympic teams, winning a bronze medal in the eight in 1988 and a silver in the four in 1992. He also rowed at the 1986 and 1990 Goodwill Games, winning a silver medal in the four in 1986. Burden competed at five World Championships (1986-87, 1989-91), highlighted by winning gold in the eight at the 1987 Worlds. He also won a 1986 World bronze in the four.

Burden became a financial advisor, later working as a vice-president at Fiduciary Trust Company in Boston. While he was rowing, he worked with the Student Loan Marketing Association from 1991-93. Burden was inducted into the US Rowing Hall of Fame in 1998.