1930
Mr. Burns is born in Oakland, California to Leland S. and Rachel Hammond Burns.
1948
Mr. Burns graduates from Piedmont High School.
1952
Mr. Burns receives a Bachelor of Arts in economics from Stanford University.
1952
Mr. Burns serves in the U.S. Army and receives the American Honor Medal.
1954
Mr. Burns becomes an account executive for Westinghouse Broadcasting Company in San Francisco, California.
1956
Mr. Burns joins the Piedmont Junior Chamber of Commerce.
1961
Mr. Burns becomes advertising and marketing director of the Philadelphia Reading Corporation in Elizabeth, New Jersey and New York, New York.
1965
Mr. Burns is appointed vice president of Edward S. Kellogg Company in San Francisco and Los Angeles, California.
1968
Mr. Burns is appointed vice president of Gross, Pera, Rockey Inc. in San Francisco, California.
1970
Mr. Burns is appointed president and director of Latham Foundation in Alameda, California.
1980
Mr. Burns is appointed president of Marketing Associates in Oakland, Piedmont, Lake Tahoe and Carmel, California.
2008
Mr. Burns becomes president and publishing executive at D & N Books.
2010
Mr. Burns writes “Live or Die: A Stroke of Good Luck,” about his experience recovering from a stroke.
2018
Mr. Burns writes “Tales of Our Times,” a collection of short stories about today’s life and times.
2019
Mr. Burns is working on “Live or Die – Act II,” a treatise on illnesses, hospitals, doctors, patients and survivors, nationally.