Background
Burkett, Albert Leroy was born on September 12, 1897 in Rye, Colorado, United States. Son of Frederick Marion and Cora Ann (Ryan) Burkett.
Burkett, Albert Leroy was born on September 12, 1897 in Rye, Colorado, United States. Son of Frederick Marion and Cora Ann (Ryan) Burkett.
Student, Colorado School of Agriculture, 1915-1917; student, American Business College, 1919-1920; student, University Nebraska, 1925-1926; student, California Technology, 1943-1944.
Salesman, division manager, Skelly Oil Corporation, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1920-1925; assistant president, Mid-Continent Petroleum, Tulsa, 1925-1932; vice president sales, Globe Oil Corporation, Wichita, Kansas, 1932-1935; district manager, Hamilton Fund, Pueblo, Colorado, 1935-1937; general manager, Bay Petroleum Company, McPherson, Kansas, 1937-1939; president, Western Mines & Plymouth Mill, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1939-1943; president, Western Mines & Combined Minerals, Denver, 1956-1963; president, director, Vital Earth Products, Florence, Colorado, 1963-1969; inventor, manufacturer, Centrifugal Waste Machine, Los Angeles, 1969-1973; consultant environment and waste, City of Tucson, since 1973. Lobbyist Colorado Senate, Denver, 1942-1952, United States Senate, Washington, 1946-1952.
Originator Newcomers Club, Pueblo, 1934. Delegate Republican National Convention, 1988. Member of Mason (32d degree), Shriners.
Married Cleta Martha Sterrett, June 20, 1920 (deceased October 1978). Children: Barbara L., Yvonne Carroll, Kathryn B. Correa.