Durand Echeverria (February 26, 1913 – May 21, 2001) was an American historian, studying and writing about French writers and eighteenth-century ideas about democracy.
[1] He was captain of Princeton's lightweight crew which won the Goldthwait Cup in 1933 and 1935, and competed for the Thames Challenge Cup at the 1933 Henley Royal Regatta.
[3] Echeverria taught at several boys schools, and served in the South Pacific for the United States Navy during World War II.
He also served as coach of the Brown crew for several seasons.
[6][7] Between his 1980 retirement and his death in 2001, Echeverria lived with his wife in Wellfleet, Massachusetts, where he served the town as a commissioner and conservation activist.