Robert Landy Burger ’37

Bob died June 24, 2002, in Shelburne, Vt. He graduated from the Choate School, where he received the school's highest honor, the Seal, given for integrity, scholarship, and sportsmanship. At Princeton he majored in politics, was a member of Cap and Gown, and was captain of the 150-lb. football team.

As a captain in the Air Force during WWII, he headed the public information office at Greenville Air Base in South Carolina. Upon his discharge, he joined the Burlington, Vt., Daily News and WCAX Radio, where he became known as "the Sears Man on the Street." Bob founded the public relations office of the Mary Fletcher Hospital and initiated two award-winning health-related programs, Prognosis and Vermont Health Talk. He also began two hospital-related newspapers, Scoop and Progress and Care.

Bob was a charter member of New England Public Relations Assn. and the American Society of Hospital Public Relations. His numerous activities in Burlington included the dramatic, tennis, and Rotary clubs.

He is survived by Happy, his wife of 64 years, daughter Julie Pierson, son Gary, a grandson, three granddaughters, and two great-grandchildren.

The Class of 1937