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Henry Robert Burke

103 Muskingum Terrace * Marietta, Ohio * 45750

Phone: 1-740-373-0218

E-Mail: <burkeh@charter.net

March 1, 2002

Birth Date: 1/21/40

Birth Place: Columbus, Ohio

Residence: Washington County, Ohio (62 Years)

Education:

Marietta Public Schools (1945-1957)

Marion Elementary (Grad)

Marietta High School (Grad)

Attended:

Washington State Community College, Marietta, OH 45750

University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio University, Athens Ohio

Military Record:

US Army [1958-1967] [Overseas duty 60 Mo. Europe.]

Honorable Discharge

Highest Rank: S/Sgt (E-6)

Unit: 3rd Recon. Squadron, 14th Armored Cavalry Regiment.

Job: [Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare Monitor].

Medals: [Good Conduct ( three awards)] -[ National Defense] [Parachute Badge] [Cold War Recognition Certificate]

Military Training and Certification:

Airborne Training (Fort Benning, GA).

Medical Laboratory, [US Army Medical Center, Landstuhl, Germany.]

Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare [Fort Dix, NJ]

Non -Commission Officer Academy [Fort Dix, NJ].

Civilian Occupation:

Retired: [Environmental Engineering Technician] [Ohio State Certified Strip Mine Foreman] [Operating Engineer]

Affiliation:

(International Union of Operating Engineers, Dist. 6, Akron, Ohio.

Certification:

Strip Mine Foreman, Ohio Dept. of Indus. Relations, Div. of Mines, (Certificate #8666). (First African American Certified Strip Mine Foreman in Ohio).

Duties & Responsibilities:

Supervised 35-75 employees in strip coal mine reclamation.

Implemented and supervised compliance with state and federal safety regulations, and state and federal strip mine laws.

Construction Project Manager (Environmental Quality Control Systems).

Construction Superintendent

Construction Foreman

Heavy Equipment Operator (Journeyman)

Major Construction Projects:

Highway: I-70, I-77, I-79, US Route #50, Ohio Route 32, etc.

"Big Muskie" Construction Project

Strip Coal Mine Reclamation: (Consolidation Coal Company)

Fly Ash Dam Construction: (Monongehela Power Plant, Willow

Island, WV) , (Cardinal Power Plant at Brilliant, Ohio.)

Waste Water Treatment Plant (Huntington, WV)

Oil Well Development (American Petrol Corporation, Marietta, OH)

Nuclear Waste Project (L.B. Foster Plant, Parkersburg, WV)

Memberships:

OHIO BICENTENNIAL COMMISSION

(Underground Railroad and Civil War Advisory Counsel.)

Ohio Underground Railroad Association (South East Coordinator)

Camp #2 Benjamin D. Fearing, Sons of Union Civil War Veterans Camp Historian

Multicultural Genealogical Center (Board Member)

Southeastern Ohio Horse Exhibitors Association (Past Member)

Current Interests and Activities:

Underground Railroad Historian

Author of:

THE ESCAPE OF JANE

THE MASON-DIXON LINE

RIVER JORDAN (Henry Burke & Dick Croy)

History Lecturer

References furnished upon request .