Résumé

Draftsman, Broadfoot Construction Company, Seattle, WA, 1956.

Draftsman, Paul A. Thiry, FAIA, Architect, Seattle, WA, 1960. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 222.)

Partner, [Leon] Bridges-Burke Architects, Seattle, WA, 1966-1972.

Principal, The Burke Associates, Architects and Planners, Incorporated, Seattle, WA, 1972- . Burke had an office address of 2033 6th Avenue in 1995. (See Ancestry.com, Source Citation City: Seattle; State: Washington; Year(s): 1995 Source Information Ancestry.com. U.S., Phone and Address Directories, 1993-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005, accessed 03/20/2024.)

Professional Activities

Member, American Institute of Architects (AIA), Seattle Chapter.

President, AIA, Seattle Chapter, 1971.

Member, American Institute of Planners (AIP).

Professional Awards

Recipient, Government of Japan, Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette. This award was bestowed by the Japanese Emperor for Burke's efforts to preserve the Nippon Kan Theatre and for his leadership in the Washington State Japan-America Society. As noted by former AIA Seattle Executive Director Marga Rose Hancock, "Architectural accomplishments include his purchase and redevelopment of Seattle's Kobe Park Building, containing the abandoned Nippon Kan Theatre (its historic curtain later incorporated into the Tateuchi Theatre at the Wing Luke Museum of the Asian Pacific American Experience). The restoration effort -- and his coauthorship with his wife Elizabeth Burke of Seattle's Nippon Kan: The discovery of Seattle's other history, from which Ed offered a reading recorded for Seattle Channel at The Wing, May 19, 2012 -- drew attention to an underappreciated segment of regional social history, providing a source of cultural pride to Japanese Americans. Ed Burke's leadership of the Washington State Japan-America Society saw the growth of effort for international understanding. In 1991, the Emperor of Japan conferred on Ed Burke the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Rosette, honoring his life's work." (See Marga Rose Hancock, MargaInk.com, "Edwrd M. Burke, FAIA," accessed 03/20/2024.)

Fellow, American Institute of Architects (FAIA), 1992. He was nominated by Prof. Norman Johnston, FAIA, (1918-2015) and had his investiture ceremony in the College of Fellows in Boston, MA, in 1992. (See Marga Rose Hancock, MargaInk.com, "Edwrd M. Burke, FAIA," accessed 03/20/2024.) Johnston's wife L. Jane Hastings (born 03/03/1928) was Chancellor of the AIA College of Fellows in 1992.

College

B.Arch., University of Washington, Seattle (UW), Seattle, WA, 1959.

Relocation

Prior to residing in Seattle, Burke lived in NY State.

In 1956, Edward and Elizabeth Burke lived at 4532 Sears Drive in Seattle.and, by 1960, at 4431 Sears Drive. (See Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1956, p. 194 and Seattle, Washington, City Directory, 1960, p. 222.)

The architect died at age 82 in Kitsap County, WA.

Spouse

He wed Elizabeth A. Burke. The two co-wrote the book, Seattle's Nippon Kan: The Discovery of Seattle's Other History.

Biographical Notes

SSN: 065-24-2207.