Background
Burgess, Charles Orville was born on January 18, 1932 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Rex Orville and Glendora Almanda (Sundrud) Burgess.
Burgess, Charles Orville was born on January 18, 1932 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Rex Orville and Glendora Almanda (Sundrud) Burgess.
Bachelor, University Oregon, 1957. Master of Science (Danforth fellow), University Wisconsin, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, 1962.
National Postdoctoral fellow, Harvard University, 1968.
Assistant professor, University of California, Riverside, 1962-1964;
assistant professor of history education, U. Washington, Seattle, 1964-1966;
associate professor, U. Washington, 1966-1970;
professor, U. Washington, since 1970;
chairman area educational policy studies, U. Washington, 1970-1992;
professor emeritus, 1992. Vice president division F American Ednl. Research Association, 1977-1979.
Foreign expert Peoples Republic of China, 1984-1985.
Member Washington committee civil rights American Civil Liberties Union, 1965-1967. Board directors Seattle Folklore Society, since 1966. Served in United States Air Force, 1950-1954.
Member Organisation American Historians, American History Association, History Education Society (president 1971-1972), Associations for Research on Private Education (trustee 1982-1983), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Cora Cloepfil, June 22, 1952. Children: Donna Claire Majer, Jo Dell Nicholls, Robert Charles. Married Patricia Stewart Anderson, April 22, 1976.
Children: Marc Richard Anderson, Brian Stewart Anderson, Tricia Louise Crozier, Kristen Anne Klein.