Burr Gymnasium is a multi-purpose

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in Washington, D.C., which opened in 1963.Women's Division I Home Court Records
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Bison men's and women's

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teams and women's volleyball team. It is named after John Harold Burr Jr., chairman of the physical education department from 1923 to 1958.Burr Gymnasium
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of 2,700. The Burr Gymnasium Pool located in the gym is home to the men's and women's swimming and diving teams.

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