Sad News!

Burghardt Turner passed away January 11, 2009

Burg was a former resident of Patchogue. He lived on Maple Avenue, and was a neighborhood activist. He worked along with many of us to create a better Patchogue!
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Burg was an amazing and interesting person to talk to! Among his many credits he was, a former President of the Brookhaven NAACP, one of the founding members of the Unitarian Fellowship of Bellport, NY, and held the distinguished title of Professor Emeritus, at Stony Brook University.
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Dr. Turner was an active supporter of many organizations for the blind. Burg was progressively loosing his eye sight in his latter years, but still directed all of his attention to others, instead of himself!
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Many Patchogue Residents may remember Dr. Turner as one of the first African American teachers in the Patchogue School District.
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Dr. Turner was known for his outstanding work in Civil and Human Rights. The source of his passion becomes amazingly obvious, when all of the facts are put down on the same piece of paper! Dr. Turner served his country in the “African American 92nd (Buffalo) Division at Fort McClellan.
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Dr. Turner is no longer physically with us, but the fruits of his labor and passion will never die. The Turner Fellowship Program, which has helped hundreds of academics, remains as a living testimony to Burghardt Turner.
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