Malin Burnham (born November 12, 1927, in

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) is an American sailor, real estate developer and philanthropist.

Sailing

At the age of 17, he won the

Star World Championships The Star World Championship are international sailing (sport), sailing regattas in the Star (sailboat), Star class organized by the International Star Class Yacht Racing Association sanctioned by International Sailing Federation. American sailo ...

in 1944 (crewing for Gerald Driscoll) and 1945 (together with

Lowell North Lowell Orton North (December 2, 1929 – June 2, 2019) was an American sailor and Olympic gold medalist. He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, where he received a gold medal in the Star class with the boat ''North Star'', toge ...

). He was involved in

Dennis Conner Dennis Walter Conner (born September 16, 1942) is an American yachtsman. He is noted for winning a bronze medal at the 1976 Olympics, two Star World Championships, and three wins in the America's Cup. Sailing career Conner was born September ...

's 1987 and 1988 Stars & Stripes

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campaigns and named to the America's Cup Hall of Fame in 2002. Burnham was inducted into the

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in 2016. In 2022 the position of assistant sailing coach at Stanford was endowed as the Malin Burnham Assistant Sailing Coach.

Career

Burnham has a bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering from

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. He has been an active real estate developer in the San Diego area since the 1940s; his family owns real estate brokerage firm, Burnham Real Estate Services, was founded in 1891 and was acquired by

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in 2008.

Philanthropy

He is also known for his extensive charitable activities in San Diego. The

Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute Sanford Burnham Prebys is a 501(c)(3) non-profit medical research institute focusing on basic and translational research, with major research programs in cancer, neurodegeneration, diabetes, infectious, inflammatory, and childhood diseases. The ...

is partially named in his honor for his gift in 1996. Beginning in 2014 he led a group of San Diegans seeking to acquire the ''

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'' newspaper from

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and run it as a nonprofit entity.Frank Gormlie
"What Does Malin Burnham’s Possible Take-Over of the U-T San Diego Mean?"
''

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'', October 23, 2014, an
"Malin Burnham and the U-T San Diego Idea Factory"
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'', October 23, 2014. He is a board member to Katerva, called b
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as the Nobel Prize for Sustainability.

References

External links

Malin Burnham
executive profile,

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Burnham, Malin American male sailors (sport) Star class sailors People from San Diego Philanthropists from California American real estate businesspeople Living people 1927 births 1987 America's Cup sailors 1988 America's Cup sailors 1977 America's Cup sailors Star class world champions World champions in sailing for the United States