Francis Boucher "Bill" Burch (November 26, 1918 – June 1, 1987) was an American politician who served as the Attorney General of Maryland from 1966 until 1978.
[1] Burch, the son of L. Claude Burch and Constance Boucher, was born in Baltimore, Maryland and attended the public elementary and parochial schools in the city, graduating from the Baltimore City College high school in 1937.
degree from Loyola College where he graduated summa cum laude and first in his class in 1941.
In 1943 he received his Juris Doctor degree from the Yale Law School and was fourth in his class.
During World War II he was a volunteer in the Port Security Force and then became an instructor at Loyola College until 1957.