Burtis B. Breese ’27

Burtis Breese died May 11, 1998. He was born in Rochester, N.Y., and was a lifelong resident. He came to us from Hughes H.S. Burr was a member of the freshman track squad, the varsity lacrosse squad, Whig, and Camera Club.

Burr graduated with honors from Harvard Medical School in 1931 and became affiliated with the Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester. He was a professor at the U. of Rochester Pediatric School of Medicine, and served in the Navy Medical Corps during WWII.

Burr married Eleanor Batchelor in 1930. She died in 1960, and he married Ann Kelly in 1961. He had one daughter, Anne Barr, and sons John McAlister '63 and Scott '65.

To his survivors, the class extends deep sympathy.

The Class of 1927