Louis Burgio

Louis D. Burgio was an American gerontologist formerly the Harold R. Johnson Professor of Social Work and research professor at University of Michigan and previously a UA Distinguished Professor at University of Alabama.

Early life and education

Burgio was born on 16 May 1954 in Buffalo to John Burgio and Angeline Burgio. He grew up in a Sicilian Italian neighborhood in Buffalo. He studied at Canesius College, and then at the University of Notre Dame where he got his Ph.D. developmental psychology and applied behavior analysis.