Chief Justice (b. 9/17/1907 d. 6/25/1995)

Born in St. Paul, Minnesota. Married to Elvera Stromberg on November 8, 1933, with a son and a daughter. Graduated magna cum laude from St. Paul College of Law, now William Mitchell College of Law, in 1931. He was admitted to the Minnesota Bar in 1931. He has been given honorary degrees from more than 20 colleges and universities.

Partner in Faracy, Burger, Moore & Costello 1931 to 1953. He was appointed assistant attorney general by President Eisenhower in 1953. Served as Judge of United States Court of Appeals 1956 to 1969. Appointed to the United States Supreme Court and served as Chief Justice June 1969 to 1987. Later chancellor at College of William and Mary. He received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1988.

Burger appears on a mint medal (USM 915) as one of the series for chief justices. He died in Washington, D.C.

bio: IntWW 92-93; NCAB 63 (photo); WAB; WW 93; WWA 94; NUM/NIN 5/96