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Purdue Athletic Director Morgan J. Burke, timing at the Big Ten Triple Duals meet in 2014. Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n
It started in the pool for Burke, who was regarded as \u201cthe athletics director who came down from the grandstands,\u201d for his long-standing fandom at his alma mater. Burke won varsity letters in 1970, 1971 and 1973, the latter as a team captain. A member of Phi Beta Kappa and an industrial management major, Burke earned a master\u2019s degree from Purdue in 1975 and a law degree at the John Marshall Law School in Chicago in 1980. He worked in private industry for two decades before returning to athletic administration at Purdue.<\/p>\n
Among the capital projects that Burke invested in was the building of the Boilermaker Aquatic Center, which in 2017 was rechristened<\/a> the Morgan J. Burke Aquatic Center.<\/p>\n
He remained involved to the point that in 2014, at a tri-meet, Burke stepped in to serve as a lane timer<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Purdue won two team NCAA championships under Burke \u2013 the 1999 women\u2019s basketball title and 2010 women\u2019s golf crown \u2013 and 14 Boilermakers captured individual championships. Among those titles are six NCAA diving championships by David Boudia<\/strong> and two by Steele Johnson.<\/strong> (Johnson would win two more in 2017 after Burke\u2019s retirement.)<\/p>\n
Boudia tweeted his condolences Monday, saying, \u201cA sad loss for Boilermaker Nation. I would not be at Purdue if it wasn\u2019t for the hard work Morgan did to build the aquatic center and continued to do for all of Purdue athletes even after retirement. He is the epitome of a Purdue Boilermaker. Morgan, Thank you\u201d<\/p>\n
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A sad loss for Boilermaker Nation. I would not be at Purdue if it wasn\u2019t for the hard work Morgan did to build the aquatic center and continued to do for all of Purdue athletes even after retirement. He is the epitome of a Purdue Boilermaker. Morgan, Thank you<\/p>\n
\u2014 David Boudia (@davidboudia) June 15, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n