Mr. Burns

Mr. James MacGregor Burns was born on August 3, 1918.  He was a scholar at the James MacGregor Burns Academy of Leadership at the University of Maryland, College Park.  Burns was also a Pulitzer Prize- winning Presidential Biographer and served as combat historian in the Pacific Theater.   In 1956 & 1971 he received the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award for his two “Roosevelt” books.  In 1997, he was the co-chair of the Salzburg Leadership Seminar in Salzburg, Austria.  His work has inspired leaders all over the world. 

Burns wrote the following books:

·         “Government by the People: The Dynamics of American National Government”

·         “Government by the People: The Dynamics of American State and Local Government”

·         “Roosevelt: The Lion and the Fox”

·         “Roosevelt: The Soldier of Freedom”

·         “The American Experiment” Volume 3

·         “Leadership”

·         “The Three Roosevelts: Patrician Leaders Who Transformed America”

Burns defined Transformational Leadership in his books.  His book, “Leadership”, is considered the seminal work in the field of leadership studies.  He believed that Transformational Leadership “occurs when one or more persons engage with others in such a way that leaders and followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation and morality."