Jeremiah E. Burke

Jeremiah E. Burke (June 25, 1867 – October 29, 1931) was an American educator who served as superintendent of schools in Boston and Lawrence, Massachusetts.

[1][2] He attended Frankfort public schools and graduated from the East Maine Conference Seminary in 1886 and Colby College in 1890.

He spent a year as superintendent in Marlborough, Massachusetts, before moving to the same position in Lawrence, where he oversaw a school system of over 9,000 pupils and 250 teachers.

Following George H. Conley's death in 1905, Burke was considered for the position of superintendent, but Stratton D. Brooks was chosen instead.

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