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John Anthony Burns (March 30, 1909 – April 5, 1975) was an American politician. Burns was born in Montana and became a resident of Hawaii in 1913. He served as the second governor of Hawaii from 1962 to 1974.
John A. Burns looms as Hawai‘i’s most significant political figure of the last half of the twentieth century. Burns entered politics at the close of World War II, working closely with organized labor leaders and Japanese-American war veterans to forge a Democratic party that would be an instrument of social change in Hawai‘i.
The home page for the John A. Burns School of Medicine (JABSOM), University of Hawaii at Manoa. Starting as a two-year program in 1965, JABSOM is now an accredited, four-year medical school since 1973.
May 21, 2011 · Captain John A. Burns. Served from April 1, 1934 to August 18, 1945. John Burns’s role in the Honolulu Police Department’s (HPD) history went far beyond fighting crime in the streets. The highlight of his police career was his fight for civil rights.
At 4:05 p.m. on Saturday afternoon, 5 April 1975, John Anthony Burns died peacefully at his home on a modest side street in the Coconut Grove district of Kailua, on the windward side of the Island of Oahu.
Mar 24, 2015 · HONOLULU (HawaiiNewsNow) - On the 106th anniversary of Governor John A. Burns' birth—his grandson will celebrate the launching of his book entitled, "An Aura of Greatness: A Reflection on...
John A. Burns looms as Hawai‘i’s most significant political figure of the last half of the twentieth century. Burns entered politics at the close of World War II, working closely with organized labor leaders and Japanese-American war veterans to forge a Democratic party that would be an instrument of social change in Hawai‘i.
