Joseph Russell Burck

Background

Burck, Joseph Russell was born on December 28, 1937 in Roswell, New Mexico, United States. Son of William Joseph and Leta Gladys (Menefee) Burck.

Education

AB, Princeton University, 1959. Bachelor's Degree, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1964. Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1976.

Career

Associate editor bibliography in political science Princeton Information Technology, 1967—1969. Educator in pastoral care in Germany, seminaries in Lueckendorff near Zittau, Herborn, Stuttgart, Tuebingen University, Innere Mission, Berlin, 1972—1974. Director chaplaincy services Larned (Kansas) State Hospital, 1976—1978.

Assistant professor of religion and health Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, 1978—1985, associate professor religion, health, and human values, since 1985, director program in ethics and ethics consultation service, 1988—2005. Peer reviewer of articles Critical Care Medicine, Des Plaines, Illinois, since 1999. Chairperson ethics advisory committee Institute of Medicine of Chicago, 1990—1991.

Project director Clergy Ethics Study Group, 1988—1990. Interpreter International Congress on Pastoral Care and Counseling, Arnoldshain, Germany, 1973, member, United States delegate, Edinburgh, 79, San Francisco, 83. Outside member animal care and use committee University of Illinois at Chicago, 1988—1993.

Member national task force to prepare a brief course in ethics Association of Professional Chaplains, 1993—1995. Chairperson committee on senior faculty appointments and promotions, College Health Sciences Rush University, 1988—1992. Editor, Rush ethics reporter Rush-Presbyterian St. Luke's Medical Center, 1991—1994.

Board of directors representing Rush College of Health Sciences Rush Geriatric Interdisciplinary Team Training Program, Chicago, since 1997. Co-course director ethics in medicine Rush Medical College, Chicago, 1998—2005, course director, clerkship, medical ethics, since 1993. Vice-chair work group on governance and administration NCA accreditation review Rush University, Chicago, 1997.

Chair ethics grand rounds Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's, 1980—1999. Consultant to author of book, ethical issues, and patient rights Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Health Care Organizations, Chicago, 1997—1998. Course director spiritual dimensions of health care Teleconference Network of Texas, Austin, 1992—1997.

President Chicago Clinical Ethics Programs, 1994—1995. Lay member, national ethics and peer review committee American Association of Electrodiagnostic Medicine, 1993—2000. Marshal Rush University graduation, representing College Health Sciences, 2004.

Chair faculty council College Health Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, since 2005. Member Illinois Task Force on Preparedness for Avian Flu Pandemic, since 2006.

Achievements

• Joseph Russell Burck has been listed as a noteworthy medical educator, consultant, minister by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Adult Christian educator, instructor courses in adult Christian education, faith and illness, theology of genetics, medical ethics, faith and money, various churches, Chicago, since 1980. Member of Presbytery of Chicago, Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Association of Professional Chaplains (nominated to White House bioethics advisory commission 1999), Institute of Medicine of Chicago (board of governors 1990-1991), Association for Bioethics and the Humanities.

Interests

• Travel, photography, hiking, opera, films.

Connections

Married Dorothy Antoinette Pilc, August 6, 1960. Children: Peter Warren, Elisabeth Varner.

Father:

William Joseph Burck

Mother:

Leta Gladys (Menefee) Burck

Spouse:

Dorothy Antoinette Pilc

child:

Elisabeth Varner Burck

child:

Peter Warren Burck