MICHAEL BURGESS
(2003)
Mary
A. Burgess and Michael Burgess
(photo:
Sue Lusk)
Professor Michael Burgess was born in 1948 at
Fukuoka, Japan, on the southern island of Kyushu, the son of a career
Air Force officer. He spent his formative years in California,
Massachusetts, Turkey, Kansas, Washington State, and Oregon, before
settling in Southern California in 1969.
He received his A.B. (Honors) from Gonzaga
University in 1969, and his M.S. in L.S. from the University of Southern
California in 1970. In the latter year he joined the faculty of
California State College (later University), San Bernardino, where he
has abided ever since. He achieved tenure in 1975, and was promoted in
1978, 1981, and 1984. He currently serves as Head of Collection
Development in the John M. Pfau Library at CSUSB.
He married Mary A. Wickizer Rogers in 1976 at
Highland, California. They have two grown children and four
grandchildren, one of the latter of whom, Whitney Rogers, was tragically
killed in 2001.
Burgess published his first book, his
undergraduate honor's thesis, in 1970; his ninety-third monograph was
issued in 2002. Many of these works have appeared under his professional
pseudonym, Robert Reginald. He has also sold some thirteen thousand
short pieces, and has edited roughly 650 books for a half dozen
publishers.
His interests include genealogy, history, literature,
plus collecting books, ancient coins, fossils, and elden artifacts.
He is generally a much stodgier and more practical
fellow than his alter ego, Monsieur Reginald.
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When
Michael Burgess was first employed as a librarian at the California
State College, San Bernardino in September 1970, he was 22 years old and
the youngest faculty member ever hired on campus. At the time, the
library was housed in the southern half of Sierra Hall and served a
community of only 2,300 students. After 35 years of faithful service to
the library, Michael retired on Sept. 14, 2005. Read
more of this article in the newsletter.
Another
Michael Burgess Article written in the San Bernardino paper below.
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From
the Cal State San Bernardino News
May 25, 2006
By Jiggs Gallagher
