Burden, Ione Easter, 1896-1983

Ione Easter Burden, Pike Burden, and Steele Burden, the principal creators and the children of Ollie Steele and William Pike Burden, were prominent Baton Rouge philanthropists.

Ione Burden served as Assistant to the Dean of Student Affairs and Assistant to the Dean of Women (1933-1947) and Director of Student Activities (1948-1961) at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. She and her brothers donated family land for the establishment of Burden Research Plantation, Ollie Steele Burden Manor, Windrush Gardens, and the LSU Rural Life History Museum.

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