Walter Burke '29

Harvard College,  A.B. '33 2
Harvard Law School, LL.B. '36`2

Bio

Partner in the practice of general law in Natick;  
Representative in the Massachusetts House of Representatives, 1959-1978.
Chair, Natick committee for John F. Kennedy's 1952 and 1958 runs for Senator, and his 1960 run for President.
As a state representative he filed the bill that required there be a daily program of physical education in all public schools in Massachusetts.
He filed the bill that cleared the way for the development of the Natick Mall.

Community service

Town Meeting member and Trustee of Morse Institute Library. 

Advice to Students

Cultivate a sound mind and a sound body (mens sana in capore sano) and love of God and all mankind. 


Inducted November 24, 1998