
ASU remembers
Maria Verso Burt
Wife of Donald Burt, Professor of Geology in School of Earth and Space Exploration

May 24, 2018
Maria Verso "Toni" Burt, 77, passed away on May 24, 2018. Toni was a graduate of St. Bonaventure University (Cum Laude in Biology) and Women's Medical College of Pennsylvania (now part of Drexel University in Philadelphia). Her medical specialty was endocrinology (board-certified). She met her husband, Prof. Donald M. Burt, a geologist, in 1971 while she was doing a pediatric endocrine fellowship in Toronto. They spent a few years moving around while her husband taught geology at the University of Utrecht (the Netherlands) and Yale University (New Haven, CT) while she continued to practice medicine. They moved to Tempe, Arizona in 1975 where her husband is Professor of Geology in ASU’s School of Earth and Space Exploration. She variously treated endocrine and other patients at Maricopa Medical Center, ASU Health Services, The National Institutes of Health Research Unit, CIGNA Healthplan, Phoenix Endocrinology Clinic, Banner Health Specialty Clinic, and Pediatric/Adult Endocrine Clinic Gilbert. In addition she served patients in rural areas by offering day-clinics in Page, Payson, and other areas. She also authored or co-authored numerous research papers and served as principal or sub-investigator in numerous clinical research studies. From 1986-1996 she served as volunteer Director of Camp AZDA (known as "Doc") of the Arizona Chapter of the American Diabetes Association, where young summer campers were taught to deal successfully with Type 1 diabetes and yet lead active outdoor lives. In 2005 she was honored among the national Top Ten Women in Business for the American Business Women's Association. She is survived by her husband, Donald, two children, a brother and numerous nieces and cousins. A funeral mass will be held at 10 AM on June 12, 2018, at Resurrection Catholic Church of Tempe, located at 3201 S. Evergreen Rd. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Vincent de Paul (where she also donated her medical services).