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in 1902. When Burns was eleven years old, his family immigrated to the United States from Kyiv, Ukraine. His father, George Burns (born Zorak
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Burns was a philanthropic leader in a broad spectrum of institutions that promoted the advancement of learning and the arts, including the
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