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political science professor

Walter Dean Burnham, American political science professor. Fellow Social Science Research Council, 1963, Guggenheim Foundation, 1974, Center Advanced Study in Behavioral Science, 1979. 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).

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.

Education

Bachelor, Johns Hopkins University, 1951. AM, Harvard University, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1962.

Doctor of Letters (honorary), Rutgers University, 1982.

Career

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.

Achievements

  • Walter Dean Burnham has been listed as a noteworthy political science professor by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

All works

Membership

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).

Interests

  • Avocation: opera.

Connections

Married Patricia Ann Mullan, June 7, 1958. Children: John Patrick, Anne More.

Father:
Alfred Huntington Burnham Junior

Mother:
Gertrude Elinor (Hamburger) Burnham

Spouse:
Patricia Ann Mullan

child:
Anne More Burnham

child:
John Patrick Burnham