Background
Burnham, Walter Dean was born on June 15, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Alfred Huntington Junior and Gertrude Elinor (Hamburger) Burnham.
Burnham, Walter Dean was born on June 15, 1930 in Columbus, Ohio, United States. Son of Alfred Huntington Junior and Gertrude Elinor (Hamburger) Burnham.
Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1951. AM, Harvard University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.
Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1982.
Instructor political science, Boston College, 1958-1961; assistant professor, Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio., 1961-1964; assistant professor, Haverford (Pennsylvania) College, 1964-1966; from associate to full professor, Washington University, St. Louis, 1966-1971; professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1971-1988; Ruth and Arthur Sloan professor political science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1984-1988; Frank C. Erwin Junior Centennial professor government, University Texas, Austin, since 1988. Visiting scholar Phi Beta Kappa, since 1995.
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With United States Army, 1953-1956. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Political Science Association (member council 1984-1986, president organized section on politics and history 1993-1994), Phi Beta Kappa (visiting scholar 1995-1996).
Married Patricia Ann Mullan, June 7, 1958. Children: John Patrick, Anne More.