Johnnie Foreman Burke

Background

Burke, Johnnie Foreman was born on December 24, 1938 in Tuscumbia, Alabama, United States. Daughter of John Henry Garner and Mary Earline (Poole) Neal.

Education

Bachelor of Science in health and physical education, George Williams College, 1966; Master of Science in counseling psychology, Chicago State University, 1974; postgraduate, Loyola University.

Career

Internship, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 1992; physical instructor, Chicago Park District, Chicago, 1958-1965; physical education teacher, biology teacher, Chicago Public Schools, 1966-1969; guidance counselor, Chicago Public Schools, since 1969.

Achievements

• Johnnie Foreman Burke has been listed as a noteworthy Guidance counselor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Chairman scholarship advising committee Chicago Urban League, 1993, member women's board, 1995. Member of advisory board Harris Young Women’s Christian Association, Chicago, since 1994. Vice president Chicago Prairie Tennis Club, since 1994.

Election worker, Chicago, 1992. Member Kappa Delti Pi.

Interests

• Avocations: fashion show production, tennis.

Connections

Married James Wallace Foreman, July 29, 1956 (divorced January 1980). Children: Christopher James, Sherri Foreman Quinones. Married Baxter Burke, December 24, 1982.

Father:

John Henry Garner Neal

Mother:

Mary Earline (Poole) Neal

Spouse:

Baxter Burke

Spouse:

James Wallace Foreman

child:

Sherri Foreman Quinones Burke

child:

Christopher James Burke