Works Association), vol. 7, no. 4, 1920, pp. 451–455 "The Diary of a Young Engineer", The Stanford Illustrated Review, Volume 25, Issue 8. Accessed 12 December 2020 Patents Burns was awarded two patents in the United States: 1259833A-Pipe joints 1130885A-Device for flushing toilets on railway coaches Death and legacy Burns died on April 1, 1924. He worked in "practically every State in the Union." Burns was also an honorary member of the Sigma Xi having been elected in 1905 from the Stanford University Chapter as well as a member of the American Institute of Consulting Engineers. In 2010, Burns was inducted into the Greater Kansas City Business Hall of Fame along with his partner Robert E McDonnell. Burns' advice to consulting engineers was to recognize that the "(C)ompetition will come not from other members of the engineering profession but from land surveyors who claim to be engineers and from the horde of salesmen and representatives of contracting companies who offer to make plans and specifications for practically nothing in consideration for which the interested company is to be given the order for certain or awarded the contract for constructing the plant. Such propositions will never appeal to a good businessman, but unfortunately, an engineer's clients are oftentimes not far-sighted in such matters. The practicing engineer cannot hope to secure much business along this branch of the profession until he has a reputation for absolute honesty untainted commissions or connections with construction companies." - Stanford Illustrated Review, Volume 25, Issue 8, pg 434. Notes "Profile of a Sustaining Member." The Military Engineer, vol. 76, no. 494, 1984, pp. 318–318. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/44607508. Accessed December 11, 2020. The Cornell Civil Engineer, Volume 32, No. 8, page 118. References External links Tribute video at Greater Kansas City Business Hall of Fame Laureate Tribute Video 1871 births 1924 deaths American civil engineers Stanford University alumni 20th-century American engineers American business executives American company founders