Robert Burns

Background

Burns, Robert was born on January 29, 1936 in Jackson, Mississippi, United States. Son of Robert Senior and Grace Hortense (Inmon) Burns.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Georgia Institute Technology, 1959; Bachelor of Architecture, Georgia Institute Technology, 1960.

Career

Architect, Overstreet, Ware, Ware & Lewis, Jackson, 1961-1970; architect, Ware, Lewis & Eaton, Jackson, 1970-1971; architect, Jones & Haas, Jackson, 1971-1974; architect, Leon Burton & Associations, Jackson, 1974-1975; architect, Glenn Albritton Designer, Jackson, 1975-1983; architect, Breland & Farmer, Jackson, 1983-1984; architect, The Plan House, Jackson, 1984-1986; part-time teacher art department, Mississippi College, 1987; architect, Johnny Wynne & Associations, Ltd., Jackson, 1995-1996.

Achievements

• Robert Burns has been listed as a notable Architect, freelance writer, artist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Tenor soloist 1st Baptist Church, Jackson, 1967-1968, 1st Christian Church, Jackson, 1968-1971, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Jackson, 1971-1974, Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church, 1989-1991, Northminster Baptist Church, Jackson, 1995-1997, St. Luke's United Methodist Church, Jackson, 1991-1994, song leader, 1991-1994. Member Friends of the Gallery, Municipal Art Gallery, Jackson, 1981-1993. Member review panel Arts Alliance of Mississippi, 1989.

Sergeant United States Army Reserve, 1961-1967. Member American Hemerocallis Society, Inc.

Interests

• Avocations: art, writing, music, growing daylilies and flowers.

Connections

Father:

Robert Senior Burns

Mother:

Grace Hortense (Inmon) Burns