On Tuesday, October 27, 1998, Julia was driving three other debaters to the nearby UC Berkeley library to do research. She lost control of the car on the freeway offramp, and they hit a tree. Despite wearing her seatbelt, she sustained a massive head injury and succumbed three days later on October 30, 1998.
Julia was a passionate advocate of organ donation and her expressed wishes were honored, giving her the opportunity to give the gifts of life and sight to others.
Julia was a young woman of substance, and filled her life with activities. In addition to being a debater, she was the coxswain for a championship men's crew team, she was a competitive figure skater for five years, she played soccer for nine years, was on a swim team for three years, was in Girls Scouts for five years, played the flute for seven years, and was an altar server at her church for six years. At the time of the accident, she was a junior at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California where she was on the debate team, did photography for the yearbook, and made many friends.
For more information on Julia, or to find out how you can donate money to the foundation established in her name, please visit the Julia Burke Foundation.
Julia was a passionate advocate of organ donation and her expressed wishes were honored, giving her the opportunity to give the gifts of life and sight to others.
Julia was a young woman of substance, and filled her life with activities. In addition to being a debater, she was the coxswain for a championship men's crew team, she was a competitive figure skater for five years, she played soccer for nine years, was on a swim team for three years, was in Girls Scouts for five years, played the flute for seven years, and was an altar server at her church for six years. At the time of the accident, she was a junior at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California where she was on the debate team, did photography for the yearbook, and made many friends.
For more information on Julia, or to find out how you can donate money to the foundation established in her name, please visit the Julia Burke Foundation.
On Tuesday, October 27, 1998, Julia was driving three other debaters to the nearby UC Berkeley library to do research. She lost control of the car on the freeway offramp, and they hit a tree. Despite wearing her seatbelt, she sustained a massive head injury and succumbed three days later on October 30, 1998.
Julia was a passionate advocate of organ donation and her expressed wishes were honored, giving her the opportunity to give the gifts of life and sight to others.
Julia was a young woman of substance, and filled her life with activities. In addition to being a debater, she was the coxswain for a championship men's crew team, she was a competitive figure skater for five years, she played soccer for nine years, was on a swim team for three years, was in Girls Scouts for five years, played the flute for seven years, and was an altar server at her church for six years. At the time of the accident, she was a junior at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California where she was on the debate team, did photography for the yearbook, and made many friends.
For more information on Julia, or to find out how you can donate money to the foundation established in her name, please visit the Julia Burke Foundation.
Julia was a passionate advocate of organ donation and her expressed wishes were honored, giving her the opportunity to give the gifts of life and sight to others.
Julia was a young woman of substance, and filled her life with activities. In addition to being a debater, she was the coxswain for a championship men's crew team, she was a competitive figure skater for five years, she played soccer for nine years, was on a swim team for three years, was in Girls Scouts for five years, played the flute for seven years, and was an altar server at her church for six years. At the time of the accident, she was a junior at The College Preparatory School in Oakland, California where she was on the debate team, did photography for the yearbook, and made many friends.
For more information on Julia, or to find out how you can donate money to the foundation established in her name, please visit the Julia Burke Foundation.
Inscription
A Young Woman of Substance, The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved, desirous of everything at the same time, the ones who never yawn or say a commonplace thing, but burn, burn, burn like fabulous yellow roman candles exploding like spiders across the stars and in the middle you see the blue centerlight pop and every goes 'Awww!'. Bench Memorial: Julia Burke signature 'A Young Woman of Substance', quote on top: It suddently became so obvious to me that she was the one who had it right all along. The importance of people, not things; your integrity, not your successes; your contributions, not your awards.
