David Michael Burrow

Among his many awards, David Burrow was a finalist for Iowa Teacher of the Year in 1993. He was also named the Outstanding Educator for Kossuth County by the Algona Jaycees in 1994 and was the local winner of the Educator of the Year Award for the Diocese of Sioux City in 2002. Mr. Burrow has received several other local honors; among them being nominated twice (most recently in 2004) for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching and winning the Bernard and Thelma Meister Award for Excellence in Education. In 1997 he received an award for "Leadership in Mathematics Reform" for serving as a demonstration classroom teacher for the Lakeland Area Education Agency, and in 2001 he received a citation for volunteerism from the state of Iowa.

Mr. Burrow is also a member of the Phi Delta Kappa honorary fraternity in education. He has spoken at several mathematics and education conferences. His article on the Iowa Communications Network fiber optics system was published in the Fall, 1996 ICTM Journal, and he has co-authored at least five other journal articles. He was also co-author of the 1999 book Teaching on Television, for which he received part of a Title III "Strengthening Instruction" grant from the U.S. Department of Education to produce the book.

Mr. Burrow is listed in the following honorary publications:

Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the Midwest
Who's Who in Education
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Outstanding Young Men of America
International Executive Guild Who's Who
Strathmore's Who's Who
Cambridge Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals in Teaching and Education
America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

This I Believe Award
The first major award Mr. Burrow received was second place
in the 1976 All-Iowa High School Forensic Finals.
His speech "Should You Have the Right to Die?
was entered in the "This I Believe" category.
(photo from the Mount Pleasant News).

Governor Terry Branstad presents David Burrow with his
finalist award for Iowa Teacher of the Year

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The background music on this page is "The Rainbow Connection" from The Muppet Movie. This was the theme of the commencement ceremony when David Burrow graduated from high school.

Mr. Burrow's brother John was also a finalist for Iowa Teacher of the Year.

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