Barbara Burgess ’58

Barbara Burgess ’58, of Johns Island, S.C., formerly of Boston; Jul. 20, of pulmonary fibrosis. After Brown, she moved to Boston to join John Hancock Insurance, where she remained for 16 years in the human resources department, the government relations department, and as a Hancock lobbyist in the Massachusetts legislature. Later, she attended Suffolk Law School and rose to the position of vice president and director of the Washington Representative Office, splitting her time between the Boston and Washington, D.C. offices. She retired in 2001. She was active in the Charleston arts scene and served on several boards, and she taught advocacy law at the University of South Carolina Law School.  She wrote for Seabrooker magazine, as well as Tidelines, the Seabrook Island blog, and she volunteered for the Barrier Islands Free Medical Clinic. But she was most proud of being a cofounder of Seabrook Island Village, a nonprofit providing services to help aging community members live independently. She is survived by two stepchildren, two step-grandchildren, and a niece.