Richard (Dick) Burke (June 4, 1934 – March 9, 2008)[1] was the co-founder of Trek Bicycle Corporation.
Trek is known among cyclists for making the bikes that Lance Armstrong rode in his Tour de France victories.
In December, 1975, Richard (Dick) Burke and Bevil Hogg established Trek Bicycle as a wholly owned subsidiary of Roth Corporation, a Milwaukee-based appliance distributor.
In early 1976, with a payroll of five, Trek started manufacturing steel touring frames in Waterloo, Wisconsin, taking aim at the mid to high-end market dominated by Japanese and Italian made models.
Besides his son, of Madison, Wis., Mr. Burke is survived by his wife, Camille; four daughters, Mary Burke; Kathleen Seiberlich, Michele Deubel, and Sharon Jonas; a stepbrother, Mike Trizil of Chicago; and nine grandchildren.