The Booth College Board of Trustees is pleased to announce the appointment of Donald Burke, Ph.D., to the post of Interim President effective July 1, 2006. The Board of Trustees holds Dr. Burke in high esteem and is confident that the college will continue to prosper and move forward under his leadership while the Board conducts an international search for the next president.

Dr. Burke came to Booth College when it opened in 1982 and has served the College as Director of Library Services, Acting Registrar, Program Coordinator for Biblical and Theological Studies, and as the Vice President/Academic Dean of William and Catherine Booth College since 2000. Dr. Burke has also served as Adjunct Professor of Religion at the University of Manitoba and as an adjunct professor at Nazarene University College in Calgary, Alberta.

Dr. Burke is a biblical scholar whose studies and teaching have focused on the Old Testament. However, his broad theological interests include the New Testament, church history, Wesleyan studies and theology. His B.A. is from Wilfrid Laurier University and both his M.A. and Ph.D. are from the University of St. Michael's College (Toronto School of Theology) in Toronto.

Dr. Burke has contributed articles to a number of Salvation Army publications, was a contributor to the Dictionary of Biblical Imagery (Inter-Varsity Press), writes book reviews and, most recently is published in the Salvation Army scholarly journal of theology and ministry, Word and Deed. He is also a highly respected speaker throughout The Salvation Army in Canada and the United States.

A lifelong Salvationist, Dr. Burke was raised in the Brantford Citadel Corps where he received his earliest introduction to Christian faith. Dr. Burke is married to Sherilyn and has a daughter (Laura), 15 and a son (Graham), 11.