William Armistead Moale Burden Jr. (April 8, 1906 – October 10, 1984) was an American banker, art collector, and philanthropist who served as U.S.

[13] In 1927, after his graduation from Harvard, he was hired as an aviation research analyst at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. From 1932 to 1938, he worked for Scudder, Stevens and Clark.

[14] In 1940, he was named to the board of trustees of Central Hanover Bank & Trust Co.[15] During World War II, he was Special Assistant for Research and Development to the Secretary of the Air Force.

[17] The firm is considered a pioneer in the "family office" space and continues to this day, managing half a billion dollars as of 1998.

[20] He was elected President of the Board in 1953, succeeding Nelson Rockefeller, who resigned to accept appointment as Under Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare.

[29] The original 4,500 square-foot house, known as "Sea Change," was completed in 1947 and in the early 1980s, an indoor swimming pool was added bringing the home up to 6,500-square-feet.

[42] His granddaughter, Wendy Burden,[43] wrote a memoir entitled Dead End Gene Pool about her family,[44] including her grandfather William, who in the waning years of his life “had a bathroom and dressing room lined with two inches of foam to avoid bruising himself.