 Yearbook photo published online by ancestry.com as public domain, April 4, 2013. | ||
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men'srowing | ||
Representingthe United States | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1932 Los Angeles | Men's eight |
Burton Albert Jastram (June 5, 1910 – May 20, 1995) was an Americanrower who competed in the1932 Summer Olympics and won the Gold Medal as a member of theAmerican boat in the Eights Competition[1] at the Long Beach Marine Stadium, beating the Italian crew from the University of Pisa by inches.[2] Jastram won 1st Place in Eight Oared Shell - 6m. 6s. in the final tryouts at Worcester, MA held by The American Olympic Committee to select a team to represent the United States of America at the games of the X Olympiad Los Angeles, California 1932.[3]
Burt Jastram was the son of Burton Albert Jastram Sr. and Alma Marie Smith of Lakeshore Avenue in Oakland and grandson of German immigrants, Joachim Christian Ludwig Jastram and Sophia Mernitz. He was born in San Francisco and raised as an only child. "Iron Man" Jastram, a graduate ofOakland High School, rowed in the No. 4 position and set the crew record of having more hours in the California university shell than any other oarsman at the time.[4][5]
He graduated from theUniversity of California at Berkeley with a degree in architecture and a seat on theUnited States' Olympic rowing crew. After winning hisOlympic Gold Medal he did post-graduate work in Engineering and began a career with Standard Oil of California.
Jastram was Chief Architect with Standard Oil and supervised construction of the company's towers—one 20- and one 40-story building, as well as a garden plaza on Market Street in San Francisco.
On June 9, 1935, Jastram married Frances Wanless Christie. A daughter, Cathy Ann, was born to the couple on July 24, 1942.[6]
Jastram belonged to the Museum Societies of bothSan Francisco andOakland, Delta Sigma Chi Architectural Honor Society,National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Big "C" Society, and was a life member of theMechanics' Institutes.[7]
