Burchik, Steven

Steven Burchik grew up in New York City and earned his bachelor's degree from Manhattan College during the turbulent 1960s. He worked his way through school, including a stint at the "New York Daily News", and remained active on campus-even starting a second student newspaper to provide an outlet for students to voice different views.

After graduating, he entered the US Army at the peak of the Vietnam War. He trained at various bases in the United States then spent a year in the rice paddies northeast of Saigon in the role of a forward observer as a sergeant with the First Infantry Division...