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...Burr was born in Nahant, MA. in 1915 to Isaac T. Burr, class of 1906, and Evelyn Thayer...

Author: By Illeana Ojeda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Francis Burr, Harvard Corporation Chair, Dies at 90 | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

After his undergraduate years, Burr obtained a degree from Harvard Law School in 1938 and then joined the law firm of Ropes, Gray, Best, Coolidge and Rugg...

Author: By Illeana Ojeda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Francis Burr, Harvard Corporation Chair, Dies at 90 | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...Second World War broke out soon after Burr joined the firm and Burr left to join the war effort as an intelligence officer in the Navy...

Author: By Illeana Ojeda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Francis Burr, Harvard Corporation Chair, Dies at 90 | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...friends, Burr was known as “Hooks,” a nickname inherited from his uncle, according to his brother Tucker Burr...

Author: By Illeana Ojeda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Francis Burr, Harvard Corporation Chair, Dies at 90 | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

...been a long-time friend of Burr’s, said Burr himself came to break the news of the presidential decision...

Author: By Illeana Ojeda, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Francis Burr, Harvard Corporation Chair, Dies at 90 | 12/3/2004 | See Source »

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