BURKE, AMBROSE JOSEPH
College President; b Sigourney, Iowa Nov 27, 1895; s of John Burke-Julia Manion; ed Sigourney; St Ambrose Coll 1913-15; St Mary's Seminary, Baltimore Md, BA 1917; Cath U, Washington D C, STB 1921; Yale U, MA 1929, PhD 1936; U of Iowa, research work in England; ordained May 26, 1921; 1921-28 English tchr St Ambrose Coll HS dept; 1929-30 HS prin, St Ambrose; 1930-32 tchr of English, St Ambrose Coli; 1936-40 chmn dept of English St Ambrose Coli; 1940- pres St Ambrose Coli; C of C; Modern Language Assn; KC; hobbies golf, travel; off & res 518 W Locust, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1089.