DAVID BURSTEIN ’69

DAVID BURSTEIN, a retired Arizona State University astronomy and astrophysics professor, died Dec. 26, 2009, at age 62. He received his degree cum laude and with honors in physics. A member of Delta Sigma and Kappa Alpha, he was elected to Sigma Xi. He received his PhD from the University of California, Santa Cruz. A faculty member at ASU since 1982, he specialized in the structure of galaxies and the populations of their stars. His work contributed to a team of seven astronomers who spent nearly a decade researching how the universe was expanding. He is survived by his wife, Gail Kelly Burstein, two children, and a grandson, in addition to a cousin, Julie A. Burstein ’80.