Burchard Woodson DeBusk

Burchard Woodson DeBusk (October 23, 1877 – July 29, 1936) was a professor of education at the University of Oregon, United States.

Early life and education DeBusk was born in 1877 in Shelbyville, Indiana. He attended Central Normal College in Danville, Indiana, in the 1890s. While at Danville, DeBusk taught students at rural Indiana schools. He received a bachelor of arts degree from Indiana University Bloomington in 1904, and he was awarded a Ph.D. in education from Clark University in 1915.

DeBusk married Sara Matella Druley, a classmate at Indiana University, in 1905. In the 1920s, DeBusk headed the department of research at Portland Public Schools. The Clinic for Exceptional Children, a center for remedial testing and evaluation at the College of Education, was renamed DeBusk Memorial Clinic for Exceptional Children.

Publications The persistence of language errors among school children (UO Press, 1930) with Grace Fernald and Lillian Rayner, Clinical Nuggets (UO Press, 1930) with R. W. Leighton, A study of pupil achievement and attendant problems (UO Press, 1931)