Background
Burroughs, Robert Clark was born on March 1, 1923 in Milwaukee. Son of S. Dillon and Matta (Smith) Burroughs.
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Robert Clark Burroughs
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Robert Clark Burroughs, American Theatre educator, designer. Avocations: swimming, travel, reading.
M C. Recipient Directing and Design prize American College Theatre Festival, 1969, Citation of Merit, American College Theatre Festival, 1977; Research grantee U. Arizona Foundation, England, 1986, Humanities Grants Committee, 1986.
Education
Bachelor, Hanover College, 1943; Master of Arts, Iowa U., 1947; postgraduate, Cornell Univercity, 1951-1953.
Career
Art director, Tucson Children's Theatre, 1950-1970; professor drama, U. Arizona, Tucson, 1947-1991; head department drama, U. Arizona, Tucson, since 1978. Chairman theatre program National Music Camp, Interlochen, Michigan, 1958-1978. Guest director Arizona Theatre Company, Tucson, 1969, 74, 75.
Achievements
Membership
Narrator Annual San Xavier Festival, Tucson, 1958-1986. Designer Tucson Festival Society, 1950-1954. Board directors Junior League Children's Series, Tucson, 1952-1954, Tucson Medical Center Fund Raiser, 1968.
Served to sergeant United States Army, 1943-1946. Member Arizona Theatre Association, Dramatist Guild Inc., Association Communications Adminstrs., American Theatre Association, Arizona Alliance for Arts Education.
Connections
Married Patricia Yvon Genematas, December 29, 1951. Children: Robert Clark II, Christopher Dillon.
Awards
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Recipient Directing and Design prize American College Theatre Festival, 1969, Citation of Merit, American College Theatre Festival, 1977. Research grantee U. Arizona Foundation, England, 1986, Humanities Grants Committee, 1986.Recipient Directing and Design prize American College Theatre Festival, 1969, Citation of Merit, American College Theatre Festival, 1977. Research grantee U. Arizona Foundation, England, 1986, Humanities Grants Committee, 1986.