Some really shocking news out of West Lafayette today: Morgan Burke, who served as Purdue’s athletic director from 1992 until retiring in 2017, passed away this morning. He was 68 years old. WLFI confirmed the news moments ago:
Most recently Burke had been serving as Vice President of Purdue Global and as a consultant for CarrSports Consulting. In his 25 years as athletic director, Purdue won two of its three all-time NCAA team championships: Women’s Basketball in 1999 and Women’s Golf in 2010. Several other Purdue athletes won individual NCAA championships including Maria Hernandez, David Boudia, Steele Johnson, Casey Matthews, and more.