Derek Burke

Derek Clissold Burke CBE DL (born 13 February 1930) is a British academic who served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia[1] from 1987-1995.

He was educated at Bishop Vesey's Grammar School and at the University of Birmingham (BSc, PhD). He began his career as a research fellow in chemistry at Yale, before becoming a lecturer in biological chemistry at the University of Aberdeen. He then served as Professor of Biological Sciences at the University of Warwick from 1969–82, and Eleanor Roosevelt fellow at the University of Colorado from 1975-76. He was appointed Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia in 1987 and held the post until 1995. He was awarded a CBE in 1994 and is a deputy lieutenant of Norfolk. He lives in Cringleford.[2] He is an Honorary Fellow of St Edmund's College, Cambridge.[3]

Publications

  • Creation and Evolution (1985)
  • Strategic Church Leadership (with Robin Gill, 1996)
  • Cybernauts Awake! (1999)

References

  1. ↑ "Norfolk Christian group unites science and faith". Network Norwich. 12 September 2011. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
  2. ↑ Let's save Norwich's historic city walls - News - Eastern Daily Press Retrieved 2016-11-05.
  3. ↑ "St Edmund's College - University of Cambridge". www.st-edmunds.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-09-10.
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