Burch, Dean, 1927-1991

Roy Dean Burch was born December 20, 1927 in Enid, Oklahoma, the son of Bert A. Burch and Leola Atkisson. While his father was employed as a guard, he lived at the Alcatraz penal institution in San Francisco Bay, and graduated from Galileo High School in San Francisco, California in 1945. In January, 1946 he enlisted in the U.S. Army, and served in the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Tokyo until his discharge in 1948. In 1953 he earned an LLB degree from the University of Arizona, and served as assistant to the Arizona Attorney General, 1953-1955.

In 1955, Senator Barry Goldwater selected him to be an administrative assistant, and in Washington, D.C. he participated in the Rackets Committee investigation of labor union practices and was active in Senator Goldwater's campaign for reelection to the Senate in 1958. Mr. Burch became a member of the law firm of Dunseath, Stubbs and Burch in Tucson in 1959, and worked as regional campaign manager for Arizona Governor Paul Fannin.

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