Background
Burch, Francis Boucher was born on November 26, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Louis Claude and Constance (Boucher) Burch.
Burch, Francis Boucher was born on November 26, 1918 in Baltimore. Son of Louis Claude and Constance (Boucher) Burch.
Bachelor of Philosophy summa cum laude, Loyola College, Baltimore, 1941. Bachelor of Laws, Yale University, 1943. Doctor of Laws, University Baltimore, 1976.
President, Baltimore Civil Service Commission, 1960-1961; member, Baltimore Board Estimates, 1961-1963; member, Governor's Crime Commission, 1970-1978; city solicitor, Baltimore, 1961-1963; insurance commissioner, Maryland., 1965-1966; atty general, Maryland., 1966-1978; member firm, Siskind, Burch, Grady & Rosen instructor business law, Loyola College Evening School, 1945-1957; partner, Sheraton Fontainebleau Hotel, Ocean City, Maryland., 1972-1985; partner, Family Entertainment Centers, Florida, 1981-1987; partner, Cove Road Joint Venture, Stuart, Florida.
Chairman board Lauderdale '70, Inc., Fort Lauderdale, Florida, 1964-1968. Member board Baltimore Credit Union, 1961-1963. Member Pension Study Committee Baltimore, 1962.
Chairman Mayor Baltimore Committee Scholarship Program, 1961, Mayor Baltimore Committee Massachusetts Transit, 1961. Member Standard Salary Board Maryland, 196O-61, Mayor Baltimore Committee Conflict of Interest, 1960. Chairman Maryland Cancer Crusade, 1967-1968, Constitutional Prayer Foundation, 1963-1966.
President Baltimore Safety Council, 1963-1965, chairman executive committee, 1965-1967, vice president, 1958-1962. Lay chairman Papal Volunteers Committee Latin American, Archdiocese Baltimore, 1962-1965. Vice chairman Alumni division Loyola College Development Program, 1957, chairman special gifts division, 1971.
Chairman Maryland Catholic Lawyers Retreat, 1957-1959. President Reciprocity Club Baltimore, 1956-1957, board directors, 1954-1959. Board directors Legal Aid Bureau Baltimore, 1954, Goodwill Industries Baltimore, 1959-1965.
Trustee Loyola College, Baltimore, 1974-1975, Camp Fire Girls Baltimore, 1960-1965. Chairman major gifts division Loyola and Notre Dame College (Baltimore) Library Development Doctor, 1972. Vice chairman development drive Loyola College, 1981.
Served with United States Coast Guard Reserve, 1944-1945. Member American Bar Association, Maryland Bar Association, Baltimore Bar Association, American Arbitration Association (panel 1954-1987), National Association Attorneys General (president 1970-1971, executive committee 1969-1978, Wyman award 1975), Council State Governments (executive committee 1971-1978), Southern Maryland Society, Hibernian Society Maryland, St. Thomas More Society (president Maryland 1962-1963), St. Georges Society Maryland, Friendly Sons of St. Patrick. Clubs: Paint and Powder (board governors 1957-1963), Baltimore Country (Baltimore).
Tri-State Anglers (Maryland.-Delaware-Virginia). Sawgrass, TPC (Ponte Vedro, Florida).
Married Mary Patricia Howe, April 12, 1947. Children: Francis Boucher, Catherine Howe Jenkins, Richard Claude, Constance B. McGrain, Edwin Howe, Robert Stuart, Mary Patricia Burch Farrell.