He attended both public and private Quaker schools as well as the Maplewood Academy until age 15 when he completed his education at home.

[1] In 1936, Heyburn ran for Pennsylvania State Senate from Delaware County against the powerful incumbent Republican political boss, John J. McClure.

[3] From 1949 to 1957, Heyburn served as Chair of the Delaware River Port Authority, president of the State Public School Building Association, secretary of the State Highway and Bridge Authority, as a member of the Brandywine Battlefield Park Commission and president of the American Association of Bridges, Tunnels and Turnpikes.

Heyburn served as board director, vice president and executive member of the Pennsylvania Motor Federation-AAA.

He chaired the Delaware County Soil and Water Conservation District and was on the board of directors of the Suburban Loan Company.