In Memory

Susan Byrd (Burr)

Susan Byrd (Burr)

 
Deceased Classmate: Susan Byrd Burr
Date Of Birth: February-15-1949
Date Deceased: May-23-2022
Age at Death: 73
Classmate City: Los Altos
Classmate State: CA
Classmate Country: USA
 

Susan Byrd Burr, a 1967 graduate of Cooper High School, passed away in Sunnyvale, California on May 23, 2022 following a brief illness. Susan was born and grew up in Abilene, a daughter of W. Lee Byrd and Winifred Weeks Byrd. She was salutatorian of her 1967 Cooper High School class, and then enrolled in the University of Texas at Austin where she graduated with a B.A. cum laude, and soon after earned an M.A. in Latin American Studies. After four years working in the private sector in Hawaii she returned to Texas to enroll in the University of Texas School of Law, in her senior year serving as Associate Editor of Texas Law Review. She graduated in 1982 and was admitted to the Texas and California bar. In 1982 Susan joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher in their employment practice based in Palo Alto, California. In 2007 she joined Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld as Senior Counsel and ended her career with Drinker Biddle & Reath. She retired in 2011. Susan married John W. Burr in 1985. They made their home in Los Altos, California where they raised their two sons. John Burr predeceased her. She is survived by sons Elliott (wife Sarah) and their sons James Elliott and Liam David, and David (wife Emma) and their daughter Elizabeth Leigh. She is also survived by her brother Charles, sister Ellen and extended family.