Background
Burgess was born and raised in Alpine, Utah.
Burgess was born and raised in Alpine, Utah.
After graduating from high school, he attended the College of Southern Utah on a basketball scholarship for one year.
After returning to Utah, he graduated in 1970 from Brigham Young University with a degree in business management. From 1997 to 2000, Burgess presided over the Brazil Belo Horizonte East Mission of the church. At the April 2004 church general conference, Burgess was accepted by the church as the first counselor to Charles West. Dahlquist II in the general presidency of the Young Men organization.
Burgess also served on the National Boy Scouts of America Advisory Council.
Dahlquist and his counselors were released in April 2009. In January 2015, Burgess began a two year term as president of the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah.
Burgess married Annette Christensen in the Provo Utah Temple in 1973. The couple are the parents of five children and reside in Sandy, Utah.
He has also been a stake president, member of a stake presidency and a bishop.