Ernie Pyle 
LA HISTORICAL SOCIETY News:
The Los Alamos Historical Society will present the lecture, “Ernie Pyle—Bringing the World to America’s Doorstep” Baldwin G. Burr, 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 10 at Fuller Lodge in downtown Los Alamos.
Pyle was an American journalist known for his columns written as a roving correspondent both before and during World War II. He reported from Europe and the Pacific, and was killed in 1945 on the Japanese Island of Ie Shima.
Ernie pioneered the “On the Road” style of narrative journalism, and journeyed around the world specializing in telling the stories of everyday folks. He especially loved the southwestern United States, and lived briefly in Albuquerque, in the only house he and his wife Jerry ever owned. The house became the first branch of the Albuquerque Public Library, and is still in use today.
Tuesday’s presentation examines Ernie’s career as a journalist and his role in informing those on the WWII home front about the life of the common soldier.
Baldwin G. Burr is the consulting historian at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art History at the University of New Mexico, and did graduate work in the History of Photography and Museum Practices at that same institution. In addition, Burr holds a Master of Arts degree in Education. He is the author of Images of America: Los Lunas, and Images of America: Socorro, published by Arcadia Publishing. His book, Images of America: Belen, is a finalist for the 2014 New Mexico-Arizona Book Award for History. His current book project is The Historic Ranches of Northeastern New Mexico, to be published by Arcadia Publishing.
Burr taught computer science, mass communications and film history at The University of New Mexico, computer programming and advanced database design at The College of Santa Fe, and taught at the Solar Photovoltaic Academy at Central New Mexico Community College. In 1998, Burr was named Teacher of the Year at UNM-Valencia.
Burr is a member of the Historical Society of New Mexico, the Central New Mexico Corral of Westerners International, the Valencia County Historical Society, the Madison County (Ohio) Historical Society, and the Los Alamos Historical Society. He currently serves as the president of the Valencia County Historical Society, and is the secretary of the Historical Society of New Mexico. He also is the deputy sheriff (vice president) of the Central New Mexico Corral of Westerners International.
Burr is a member of the Philmont Scout Ranch Staff Association, and attended Philmont Scout Ranch on expeditions in 1960 and 1961, and was a member of the seasonal staff in 1962.
