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July 15, 2014 (95 years old)
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Leo
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Born in 1918
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James MacGregor Burns is an American historian and political scientist, presidential biographer, and leadership studies expert. He is Woodrow Wilson Emeritus Professor of Government at Williams University and Outstanding Leadership Fellow at the James MacGregor Burns School of Leadership at the School of Public Policy at the University of Maryland, College Park. In 1971, Burns received the Pulitzer Prize and the National History and Biography Book Prize for his work on the 32nd President of the United States, Roosevelt: Freedom Soldier. Burns shifts the focus of leadership studies from the characteristics and actions of great people to the interaction of leaders and their members as collaborators. He is best known for his contributions to schools of transactional, transformative, ambitious and visionary leadership.
BornAugust 3, 1918, Melrose, MA
DiedJuly 15, 2014, Williamstown, MA
Alma materLexington High School, Williams College, BA 1939, Harvard, PhD 1947, London School of Economics
EmployerWilliams College (1947–1986)
Political partyliberal Democrat
Opponent(s)Silvio Conte in 1958
Spouse(s)Janet Thompson (May 1942-div.), Joan Simpson Meyers (1968–1990)
Partner(s)Susan Dunn
ChildrenDavid (deceased), Stewart, Deborah, and Mecca Antonia, Stepchildren: Trienah Anne Meyers, Peter Alexander Meyers
ParentsRobert A. Burns (father), Mildred Bunce Burns (mother)

About James MacGregor Burns

Non-Fiction Author James MacGregor Burns was born in Boston, Massachusetts, United States on August 3, 1918. He dies at the age of 95, on July 15, 2014.

Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom, a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer, won the National Book Award in History and Biography. His writings on leadership philosophy earned him much more acclaim.

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James MacGregor Burns before becoming famous

James MacGregor Burns was born in the Zodiac sign Leo (The Lion), and 1918 is the year of the Chinese Zodiac Horse (馬).

In 1958, he ran for the First Congressional District of Massachusetts as a Deomocratic candidate.

Achievement of James MacGregor Burns

He argued that the 22nd Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prevents presidents from serving more than two terms in office, should be repealed.

James MacGregor Burns's Family, Spouse, Dating and Relationship

He grew up in the Massachusetts town of Burlington.

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At Williams College, he was named the US President Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government Emeritus.

Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924) (US President)
Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)

US President

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