Background
Burnham, Charles Wilson was born on April 6, 1933 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Charles Hubbard and Anne (Wilson) Burnham.
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Charles Wilson Burnham
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Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Massachusetts Institute Technology, 1961; A.M., Harvard, 1966.
Career
Postdoctoral fellow, Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institution, Washington, 1961-1963; staff scientist, Geophysical Laboratory Carnegie Institution, 1963-1966; associate professor mineralogy, Harvard, 1966-1969; professor, Harvard University, 1969-1996; department chairman geological science, Harvard University, 1983-1984; professor mineralogy emeritus, Harvard University, since 1996.
Achievements
Membership
Member Acton (Massachusetts) Planning Board, 1974-1978, chairman, 1976-1977. Trustee Mt.Washington Observatory, since 1981, vice president, 1983-1995. Licensed technical delegate, official FIS Alpine Ski Racing, since 1994.
Served as First lieutenant United States Air Force, 1955-1957. Fellow Mineral. Society American (councillor 1980-1983, vice president 1988, president 1989);member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Crystallographic Association, American Geophysical Union, N.H. Alpine Racing Association (president 1991-1994), Sigma Xi, Phi Gamma Delta.
Connections
Married Mary Sue Morgan, June 21,1958. Children— Jeffrey Wentworth, David Wilson.
