Joseph Burns, emeritus professor, former dean of faculty, dies at 83

3/04/2025 By | James Dean , Cornell Chronicle

Joseph A. Burns, Ph.D. ’66, emeritus professor of engineering and astronomy, and a former vice provost and dean of the Cornell faculty, died Feb. 26 in Ithaca.
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