Background
Burrus, Robert Lewis was born on September 16, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Lewis and Bessie (Hart) Burrus.
Burrus, Robert Lewis was born on September 16, 1934 in Richmond, Virginia, United States. Son of Robert Lewis and Bessie (Hart) Burrus.
Bachelor, U. Richmond, 1955; Bachelor of Laws, Duke U., 1958.
Associate, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Limited liability partnership, Richmond, Virginia, 1959-1963;
partner, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Virginia, since 1963;
chairman, McGuire, Woods, Battle & Boothe, Richmond, Virginia, since 1990. Board directors CSX Corporation, Richmond, Heilig-Meyers Company, Richmond, S&K Famous Brands, Inc., Richmond, O'Sullivan Corporation, Winchester, Virginia, RivertonInvestment Corporation, Winchester, Capitol Cement Corporation, Martinsburg, West Virginia, Concepts Direct, Inc., Longmont, Colorado, Smithfield Foods, Norfolk, Virginia. Secretary Genicom Corporation.
Trustee Circuit City Foundation.
Member Council Higher Education for Virginia, 1985-1993, chairman, 1990-1992. Board associations U. Richmond, 1984-1989, trustee, since 1993, former board chairman. Board directors, Executive Committee, 1982-1983, chairman of the executive committee, 1987-1988, Richmond Renaissance, Inc., trustee, since 1993.
Board visitors Duke U. Law School, Durham, North Carolina. Trustee History Richmond Foundation, Virginia Museum Fine Arts, since 1993. Past board dirs.Richmond Children's Museum.
Member governments Commission Intercollegiate Athletics, 1991-1992. Past president Foundation St. Christopher's School, Richmond. Fellow American Bar Foundation, Virginia Law Foundation.
Member American Bar Association, Virginia Bar Association (Chairman.corp. law committee 1975-1977, chairman business section 1976-1977), Richmond Bar Association, Omicron Delta Kappa.
Married Ann Williams, August, 1964. Children: David Curran, Peter Tandy, Lewis Graves.