New Britain herald., 1925-02-18
DR. BURTON, HEAD 'h 0F J. 0F M. DIES Made Speech Nominating Cool idge for the Presidency
 BEGAN AS X NENSBOY
Earned Money That Kept Mothers Family Together-WasG Graduated From Yale University With Signal Honors.
By The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
 Ann Arbor, Mich, Feb. 1S.--Dr. Marion Leroy Burton, president of the University of Michigan died here early today. Death came at the end of long fight in which Dr. Burton rallied time after time from the i'll effect of complication of diseases. He suffered his first illness last May, but recovered sufficiently to take his usual part in the June com nencement exercises on the school. . He spent the summer in rest, broken only by the trip to Cleveland where he made the speech nominating Calvin Coolidge for president. He seemed then to be returning to the abundant health which had carried him through fourteen years as a college head.
 . Worked Very Hard
 With the return of the students to the campus in September, Presi- dent Burton again threw himself into the routine duties of his office, working sometimes eighteen hours a. day. He suffered a slight illness, diagnosed as a cold in October from which he again rallied. His final ill., ness dates from an evening early in November when he appeared at the school auditorium introducing Vilhjalmur Stefansson, explorer.
 COIlapses on Platform
 He collapsed following his ap- pearance on the platform and phy- sicians, hurriedly summoned, found him suffering from an affected heart. It was this trouble which finally caused his death.
 Mrs. Burton and a son and daughter were at the bedside when the end came. One daughter, Mrs. George F. Stewart of Berkeley, Calif., failed to reach Ann Arbor.
 Was Robust Man
 Tall, well developed and striking in appearance, Dr. Burton tempted his apparent good health too far and in October 1924, became ill. Overwork was the direct cause, his physicians said. Pneumonia de- veloped and was stubborn in the face Of medical treatment. Heart and kidney complications ensued. dragging Mr. Burton close to death several times during the winter.
 Despite the years in which hc was before the public, little was known of the Burton behind the scenes. He was constantly upon the platform but with little heing written or printed about him. There are half dozen books with his name on the title page and In his last years he was a voluminous writer in the preparation of speeches. but the university archives contain noth- ing about him except the uttcrances at the time he became its president.
 Was a Poor Boy
 Marion Leroy Burton was born in Brooklyn. Iowa, August 30, 1874. He became a resident of Minnesota at an early age and his first battle with the world came as newsboy on the streets of Minneapolis. The Burton mother needed the money obtained in that way to help hold the family together. Years later. he came back to Minnesota to head it's greatest educational institution and the former newsboy made his home In the residence of the former Governor Pillsbury.
 His College Career
 Carleton college gave him an op- portunity to begin an education. College work and teaching alternat- ed for some years but he was grad uated In 1900. He was head of Windon institute, Montevideo, hinn., for three years. Then he earned two degrees in four years at Yale. One year on the instruction al staff of the school as assistant professor of systematic theology and he became pastor Of the church of the Pilgrims in Brooklyn. It was from this post he was called 10 the presidency of Smith.
 Even in these quiet years he was not entirely unnoticed. He was salutatorian of his class at Carle- ton. At Yale he was graduated "summa cum laude." His doctor of philosophy thesis was selected by Yale for publication. He success fully represented Yale in debate against Harvard. He was first base man on the Carleton baseball team in his undergraduate days.
 Michigans greatest advance in buildings came during the years President Burton was head Of the schools.
 Dr. Burton will be buried in For est Hill cemetery here. Funeral services will probably be Saturday.
 Coolidge Sends Sympathy
 Washington, Feb. 1S.-President