Joseph James Burgess Jr., 90, died on November 1, 2014. Fluent in Chinese, German, French, and English, he was an intelligence officer for the Navy during World War II from 1943-1946. He received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College in French and English literature in 1947, his MA from Yale in Chinese and Oriental History in 1948 and an MFA from Cranbrook Academy of Art in 1954. Burgess trained under the tutelage of modern art greats from the 40's and 50's at Cranbrook Academy of Art and Pratt Institute. He received a Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship and a Fulbright Fellowship. He was director of the DeWaters Art Center in Flint, Michigan, and was the Chair of the Art Department at the Mott Community College, where he was the recipient of the Ballenger Chair. He also taught at ASU and was Head of the Fine Arts Department at St. Lawrence University. He and his wife Anna opened Origins, a gallery for contemporary and ethnographic art in Carmel Valley, California, prior to moving to Santa Fe in 1974. Joseph James Burgess, Jr. is survived by his wife, artist Anna Kang Burgess and two sons. A private family observance will be held.