The son of Russian immigrants, Samuel Edwards Burkenblit and Helen Hamburg, Burke was born Albert Burkenblit, but he shortened his last name to Burke. His father, Samuel, was born Nov. 15, 1890, and married his wife Helen on February 10, 1918. Originally from Rostov-Don, Sam was a structural engineer who worked as an architect and engineer for the Allen & Garcia Company in Chicago building industrial sites and bridges. They had two children, Albert and Marshall. Dr. Albert E. Burke's wife, Ruth C. Burke, was a research scientist at Yale. They also had two children, a son and a daughter. Dr. Burke lived in several countries, including Russia, China, Germany, Czechoslovakia, and Latin America. He also lived in Latin America and had spent time with Native American tribes. He spoke a wide range of languages, including French, German, Russian, Spanish, Italian, and Bulgarian. References External links The Burke Center Complete Download of Burke's Enough Good Men Probe : scripts for a series of television shows Sound recording NYT News Article "A Provocative New Commentator; Dr. Albert Burke of Yale on Channel 5 Offers Hour's Analysis of Cuban Revolution" Dissertation: A political economic survey of Soviet Central Asia American television personalities Male television personalities American environmentalists 1919 births 1999 deaths Harvard University alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni University of Pennsylvania alumni Yale University faculty