Herbert Joseph Burrows, 53 year resident of Bowie, Md., born March 10, 1929, only child of Henry Joseph (1899-1962) and Hilda (Hedberg) Burrows (1907-1993) was named after President Herbert Hoover. He always delighted in the few numbers of men who shared that name, and went by just Herb. A graduate of Brockton (Massachusetts) High School, he went on to Brown University in Providence RI, and earned an AB in chemistry and a Commission as ensign In the US Navy in 1951. That same year, he was married to Beverly Ann Cohen also of Brockton.
He spent the Korean War at sea on the USS Oriskany CV-34 as a deck and gunnery officer. Later he went on to serve in various warships culminating as Chief Gunnery Officer on the Heavy Cruiser USS Helena CA-75. Along the way, he earned advanced degrees in Management Engineering (Renssalaer Polytechnic Institute 1957) and Ordinance Engineering (US Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey California 1961). His final duties were at the Old Main Navy Building in Washington DC before retirement in 1971. His true calling had been found as an instructor at the US Naval Academy in the early 60’s, which led to a professorship at Charles County Community College (now Southern Maryland University) in La Plata. He finally retired after over 20 years of service as Dean of Mathematics and Science.
Although technically trained, he always felt his greatest and most rewarding college exposure was to history and the humanities. He enjoyed poetry, language, and art. His music was that of Jackie Gleason and Frank Sinatra, Jerry Vale and Mantovani. He enjoyed dozens of trips abroad with Beverly, most especially to London and all the British Isles. There he began a true following of dramatic and musical theatre. As a true Anglophile, he loved PBS and BBC productions such as Sherlock Holmes, Rumpole of the Bailey, Upstairs Downstairs, Morse and Lewis, Downton Abbey, and so many others.
His values were of the old school; duty and responsibility before rights and privileges; the value of hard work and self-reliance over handouts and entitlement. He took pride in never missing a day’s work in 40 years. Seldom, if ever sick, his secret of longevity, he would jokingly say was two whiskies a day at 5 pm. In his final years he found great joy in the fellowship of his many friends at Moni’s in Crofton.
He is survived by his wife; 3 children, Brenda , William, and Jeffrey and his wife of 30 years Kim Dunnigan; 4 grandchildren, Andrew, Erik, Dayna, and Troy; 3 great grand-children, Chase, and twins Aubrey and Avery.
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