Daniel Burke:
CLASS OF 1960
Franklin Pierce High SchoolClass of 1960
Tacoma, WA
Arizona State UniversityClass of 1972
Tempe, AZ
Arizona State UniversityClass of 1968
Tempe, AZ
Collins Elementary SchoolClass of 1956
Tacoma, WA
Central Avenue Elementary SchoolClass of 1953
Tacoma, WA
Daniel's Story
Life
Georgia and I celebrated our 58th wedding anniversary in June 2026 Dan also celebrated his 84tht birthday and Georgia her 78th birthday in June 2026.
We have lived in the Ahwatukee Village area of Phoenix AZ now for 37 years. We remain in relatively good health and enjoy nature outings, concerts, museums and international travel. We have visited more than 80 countries, territories, and islands. Dan is finally completely retired from his careers in business and engineering.
We still see and communicate with FPH classmates, Gene Anderson, Gary Hornbuckle, Anne Martin, Lyle Haller. and Joe Heidel. Look forward to the class of 1960 reunion luncheon on September 25th, 2026. Contact Gary Hornbuckle or Joe Heidel for details.
We will be vacationing on the Oregon Coast the week before the reunion in September 2026 with the Hornbuckle's
College
After discharge from the Navy, Dan earned an associate degree in pre-engineering at Olympic College. Gary Hornbuckle was his roommate as was a Navy friend from Montana. I Then transferred to Arizona State University where I received a BS in Engineering (Electronic Technology.) and met wife Georgia in Psych. 101. Georgia and I were married on the ASU campus (Gary was our Best Man) and then Georgia and Dan traveled to Washington where she completed her BA in Elementary Education at UPS.
The Boeing Company provided a two-year position for Dan as a research engineer in the Military Airplane Division (where he held a secret clearance.), We th...Expand for more
an returned to Arizona where Dan worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Bureau of Business & Economic Research at ASU and earned his MBA. Georgia became a third-grade teacher in Phoenix area. She worked as an elementary school teacher in the Phoenix area for more than 25 years including many years with Special Needs Children
Military Service
Gary, Paul (Simon) and I were raised in small country communities in the northwest, used to getting up early, having chores every day, and we were able to swim at an early age in rivers, lakes, oceans, and sounds, a prescription for success in the US Navy. Ken Denton, Dick Jefferies, and Jim Dovey, from the class of 1960, were Navy men as well. I completed my basic training, as well as my Interior Communications Electricians schooling at the San Diego Naval Training center. I achieved the rating of IC2 (Petty Officer 2nd Class). Gary Hornbuckle served in a US Navy helicopter crew with deployments aboard ship & to Asia in sometimes hazardous duty while Paul Simon spent his enlistment as a Jet engine mechanic. I served 3 years, 4 months out of my 4-year enlistment in foreign service/sea duty aboard three ships: USS Klondike; the USS Sirius; and the USS Mattaponi including two deployments to the southern and western Pacific and the South China Sea while Sargent Lyle Haller served in country in Viet Nam in combat operations. Dan received a "Thank you letter from the Secretary of Defense for his service during that period, last year.
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