Rourke, Francis E. 1922-2005
ROURKE, Francis E. 1922-2005
(Francis Edward Rourke)
OBITUARY NOTICE—See index for CA sketch: Born September 11, 1922, in New Haven, CT; died of congestive heart failure and pneumonia June 18, 2005, in Towson, MD. Educator and author. A retired political science professor at Johns Hopkins University, Rourke was a scholar particularly noted for his research and writings on the U.S. presidency and its relationship to government bureaucracy. He was educated at Yale University, where he earned a B.A. in 1947 and an M.A. in 1948, and then took a doctorate at the University of Minnesota in 1952. Rourke taught at Yale for two years before joining the Johns Hopkins faculty in 1954. He remained at the university until his retirement in 1994 as Benjamin H. Griswold III Professor of Public Policy Studies. Recognized for his knowledge of the office of the president, he often appeared as a radio and television commentator, especially during election campaigns. Rourke published several scholarly works over the years, including Secrecy and Publicity: Dilemmas of Democracy (1961), Bureaucratic Power in National Politics (1965; third edition, 1978), and Bureaucracy, Politics, and Public Policy (1969; second edition, 1976).
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Baltimore Sun, June 21, 2005, p. B5.
Chronicle of Higher Education, July 1, 2005, p. A35.
Johns Hopkins Gazette, June 27, 2005.