Betsy Beard

Betsy Beard coxed the eight for the US at the 1984 and 1988 Olympics, winning a gold medal in 1984. Beard also coxed the eight at the 1985-87 World Championships, winning a silver medal in 1987. She started college at Washington College in Maryland, but transferred to the University of Washington in 1981, earning a BS in pharmacy in 1984. She was later employed as a pharmacist at the Swedish Medical Center in Seattle, specializing in investigational drugs undergoing clinical trials, mostly related to oncology treatment, and also worked in the neonatal intensive care pharmacy.