David Michael Burrow

Among his many awards, David Burrow was named the Educator of the Year for the Sioux City Diocese in 2010. It is particularly unusual for a Protestant to win this award, and he was very proud to receive it. In 2017 the Iowa Council of Teachers of Mathematics honored him with their Friend of Mathematics Award. He was a statewide finalist for Iowa Teacher of the Year in 1993, and he was also named the Outstanding Educator for Kossuth County by the Algona Jaycees in 1994. In 2025 the Kossuth County Advance newspaper named him Educator of the Year, and that same year Bishop Garrigan presented him with the Fr. Cecil Friedmann Excellence in Catholic Education Award. He has also twice received the Governor's Award for Volunteerism from the State of Iowa.

Mr. Burrow has received several other honors; among them being nominated twice for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics Teaching, winning the Bernard and Thelma Meister Award for Excellence in Education, and receiving an award for "Leadership in Mathematics Reform" for serving as a demonstration classroom teacher for the Lakeland Area Education Agency. Perhaps his highest honors have been when former students have mentioned him as someone who made a difference in their lives.

Mr. Burrow has spoken at several mathematics and education conferences. His article on the Iowa Communications Network fiber optics system was published in the ICTM Journal, and he has co-authored at least five other journal articles. He was also co-author of the 1999 book Teaching on Television, for which he received part of a Title III "Strengthening Instruction" grant from the U.S. Department of Education to produce the book.

Mr. Burrow is listed in the following honorary publications:

Who's Who in America
Who's Who in the Midwest
Who's Who in Education
Who's Who in Science and Engineering
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
Encyclopedia of World Biography
Outstanding Young Men of America
International Executive Guild Who's Who
Strathmore's Who's Who
Cambridge Who's Who Among Executives and Professionals in Teaching and Education
America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals

Bishop's Award for Excellence in Education

Mr. Burrow received the Kossuth County Educator of the Year award
(photo from the Kossuth County Advance)

Governor Terry Branstad presents David Burrow with his finalist award for Iowa Teacher of the Year

This I Believe Award
The first major award Mr. Burrow received was second place in the 1976 All-Iowa High School Forensic Finals.
His speech "Should You Have the Right to Die?" was entered in the "This I Believe" category.
(photo from the Mount Pleasant News).

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