Donald Beer

American rower
Donald Beer
Personal information
Full nameDonald Andrew E. Beer
Born(1935-05-31)May 31, 1935
Manhattan, New York City, US
DiedJanuary 25, 1997(1997-01-25) (aged 61)
Princeton, New Jersey, US
Resting placeBuried in Trinity All Saints Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey
EducationYale University (BSE)
Harvard University (MBA)
Spouse
Nancy Gardner Beer
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(died 1997)​
Sport
SportRowing
Donald Beer
Medal record
Men's rowing
Representing the  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1956 Melbourne Eight

Donald A. E. Beer (May 31, 1935 – January 25, 1997) was an American competition rower and Olympic champion.

He received a gold medal in eights with the American rowing team at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.[1] The eight rowers were Yale undergraduates. Beer was a member of the Class of 1957 for Yale with a major in electrical engineering, and graduated from Harvard Business School in 1959 with a master's degree in business administration.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
  2. ^ "Donald Beer, 61; Won Olympic Gold in Rowing". The New York Times. 27 January 1997.
  3. ^ "Donald Andrew E. BEER". Olympics. Retrieved August 19, 2024.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  • Donald Beer's obituary
  • Donald Beer's Find a Grave
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