Donald Beer
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Donald Andrew E. Beer |
| Born | May 31, 1935 Manhattan, New York City, US |
| Died | January 25, 1997 (aged 61) |
| Resting place | Buried in Trinity All Saints Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey |
| Education | Yale University (BSE) Harvard University (MBA) |
| Spouse |
Nancy Gardner Beer (died 1997) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Rowing |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's rowing | ||
Representing the  United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 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
[edit]- ↑ "1956 Summer Olympics – Melbourne, Australia – Rowing" Archived 2007-12-08 at the Wayback Machine (Retrieved on May 15, 2008)
- ↑ "Donald Beer, 61; Won Olympic Gold in Rowing". The New York Times. January 27, 1997.
- ↑ "Donald Andrew E. BEER". Olympics. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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