Rev. William J. Burke Jr.
Identity Snapshot
- English: Rev. William J. Burke Jr.
- Chinese: —
- Era: 1939-2020
- Geography: NY/USA
- Core roles: educator
- Source: TAH Foundation Who’s Who
Universities in Taiwan Student work, teaching Western literature, Greek, Roman Literature & Drama
Education
- Western Theological Seminary — 1964
- St. John’s Univ. — 1973 — M.S., Chinese Language & Literature
Employment
- Reformed Church in America — Ordained Minister — (1964-) — Universities in Taiwan — Student work, teaching Western literature, Greek, Roman Literature & Drama — Tunghai Univ. — Chaplain — Passaic Reformed Church — Pastor — Presbyterian Church in Royal Oak — Taiwanese Fellowship — Taiwanese Presbyterian Church at Ann Arbor — Taiwanese student ministry
Family
- Wife: Diana Hsiu-Hsia Lai
- Daughter: Cáitlin/Christine
Role in the Community
The corpus holds one record of Rev. Burke: his own TAH Who’s Who encyclopedia entry, published 2020-05-05 — see 2269. Rev. William J. Burke Jr.. No memoir or article text names him beyond this bibliographic record; the “Burke” hits in taiwanjustice-net articles refer to Arleigh Burke-class destroyers, not this person. Re-grep 2026-09-22 (slice 09211507-13): same result — verified-saturated, nothing new absorbable.
- Ordained minister of the Reformed Church in America (1964–), chaplain at Tunghai Univ., pastor at Passaic Reformed Church, and servant of Taiwanese fellowships at the Presbyterian Church in Royal Oak / Taiwanese Presbyterian Church at Ann Arbor (per TAH profile tables).
- Corpus re-grep 2026-09-26 (slice 09252123-15): same single record ([[works/taiwaneseamericanhistory-org/whos-who-2269-william-j-burke-jr|TAH #2269]]) plus taiwanjustice-net “Burke” hits that are Arleigh Burke-class destroyer articles, not this person. SKIP-with-reason: verified-saturated, nothing new absorbable.