| 词条 | David W. Burke |
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Born on April 3, 1936 [3] in Brookline, Massachusetts. Burke was the son of a police officer and grandson of a firefighter. He graduated from Tufts University with a degree in economics. Following Tufts University he began working at Lever Brothers factory mixing soap and loading freight cars. [3] After a year the plant was closed and Burke moved on to the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he earned his MBA, he worked for United States Senator Edward M. Kennedy (D-MA)as well as for New York Governor Hugh Carey (D-NY), as secretary.[2] One of his college professors, George P. Shultz, helped him get a job at the White House under President John F. Kennedy as executive secretary of the Advisory Committee on Labour-Management Policy. In 1965, Mr. Burke joined Senator Kennedy’s staff as a legislative assistant. Within three weeks he was shepherding legislation to abolish the poll tax and liberalize immigration. The next year, he became administrative assistant, the top job in a Senate office. [3] DeathBurke died at a hospital in Medford, Massachusetts on April 18, 2014,[4] aged 78. He had vascular dementia.[5] He was survived by his wife of more than a half century, Beatrice C. "Trixie" (née Pollock) Burke, their five children, his sister Constance, and a large extended family.[6] References1. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1990/08/23/arts/cbs-new-division-president-is-to-announce-his-departure.html CBS New Division President Is to Announce His Departure], New York Times; accessed April 20, 2014. {{Presidents of CBS News}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Burke, David W.}}{{US-business-bio-1930s-stub}}2. ^1 David Burke, former CBS News chief, dies at 78, CBS News; accessed April 20, 2014. 3. ^1 2 {{citenews | url= https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/us/politics/david-w-burke-trusted-aide-to-powerful-men-dies-at-78.html?_r=0 | title= David W. Burke, Trusted Aide to Powerful Men, Dies at 78 | newspaper= The New York Times | last= Martin | first= Douglas | date= April 26, 2014 | accessdate= March 15, 2017}} 4. ^Profile, legacy.com; accessed April 20, 2014. 5. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/26/us/politics/david-w-burke-trusted-aide-to-powerful-men-dies-at-78.html?_r=0 Notice of death], nytimes.com, April 26, 2014; accessed May 1, 2014. 6. ^Former CBS News President David Burke Dies, Worldnews.com; accessed April 20, 2014. 9 : 1935 births|2014 deaths|New York (state) Democrats|American business executives|Presidents of CBS News|Tufts University alumni|University of Chicago Booth School of Business alumni|Place of birth missing|Disease-related deaths in Massachusetts |
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