David W. Burke, Date of Birth, Date of Death

David W. Burke

business executive

Date of Birth: 07-Jun-1935

Date of Death: 18-Apr-2014

Profession: business executive

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

David Warren Burke (April 3, 1936 – April 18, 2014) was an American news executive and political administrator.
He was President of CBS News (1988–90), and later served as an executive at ABC News, where he worked with Peter Jennings and Barbara Walters, among others.Born on April 3, 1936 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.
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.
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.