[3][4] Burt graduated from Streator Township High School in 1931 and from the University of Illinois in 1935 and was a member of the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity.
[5] Baskin owned a men's store in the Palmer House in Chicago, and married Irv Robbins' sister Shirley in 1942.
In 1949, with more than 40 stores, Baskin and Robbins purchased their first dairy in Burbank, allowing them "to have complete control over the production of their ice cream, and the development of new ingredients and flavors.
He served as a Lieutenant Commander of Naval Reserve in the South Pacific during World War II.
Baskin died from a heart attack at his home in Studio City, California, on December 24, 1967, a week after his 54th birthday.