Rick Burns, Beloved Kirkwood Educator, Dies at 69
Family and friends will celebrate the life of Dr. Rick Burns Saturday in KHS' Keating Theatre.
Editor's Note: The following article was provided by the Kirkwood School District. Dr. Rick Burns, former associate principal of Kirkwood High School, passed away on Saturday, January 7, 2012, at St. Louis University Hospital. He was 69 years old. Dr. Burns joined the KHS staff as an assistant principal in 1979 and served a total of 23 years at the high school. He was raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, as one of six children. After his high school years, his family moved to St. Louis. He earned his undergraduate degree from Southeast Missouri State, his master's degree from University of Missouri at St. Louis, and his doctorate from St. Louis University. Dr. Burns began his career in education as a teacher at Beaumont High School and later…
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Bob Edmunds
7:38 pm on Friday, January 13, 2012
Bob Edmunds Noted author, Leo Rosten** said: “I cannot believe that the purpose of life is just to be ‘happy.’ I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, and to be compassionate. It is, above all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all that’s what gives zest to life.” Through his love of and dedication to his family, … more ›