Robert L. Burns

Robert L. Burns (January 12, 1876 – March 17, 1955) was a Los Angeles school board member between 1923 and 1929 and Los Angeles City Council member between 1929 and 1945. He previously was on the school board in Hutchinson, Kansas. At his death in 1955, he was described as Los Angeles's "elder statesman."

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    My heart’s in the Highlands, my heart is not here;
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    —Robert Burns (1759–1796)