AKA Warren Earl Burger

Born: 17-Sep-1907
Birthplace: St. Paul, MN
Died: 25-Jun-1995
Location of death: Washington, DC
Cause of death: Heart Failure
Remains: Buried, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA

Gender: Male
Religion: Presbyterian
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Judge

Nationality: United States
Executive summary: US Chief Justice, 1969-86

Father: Charles Joseph Burger
Mother: Katharine Schnittger
Wife: Elvera Stromberg (m. 1933, d. May-1994, 2 children)
Son: Wade Allen Burger
Daughter: Margaret Elizabeth Burger

    High School: John A. Johnson High School, St. Paul, MN (1925)
    University: University of Minnesota
    Law School: St. Paul College of Law (1931)
    Teacher: Mitchell College of Law (1931-48)

    US Supreme Court Justice Chief Justice (23-Jun-1969 to 26-Sep-1986)
    US Appeals Court Judge, DC Circuit (1955-69)
    Smithsonian Institution Chancellor, Board of Regents
    Alfalfa Club 1969
    American Bar Association
    American College of Trial Lawyers Honorary Fellow
    John Carroll Society Honorary Member
    National Center for State Courts Founder (1971)
    Order of the Coif Honorary
    Pilgrims Society
    Silver Buffalo 1988
    Hernia Operation Methodist Hospital, Rochester, MN (Sep-1973)
    German Ancestry
    Swiss Ancestry

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