Organizations
Burgess was highly involved with many leading sociological organizations as he was elected president in many of them. He was the 24th president of the American Sociological Society(1934), the Sociological Research association (1942), and the Social Science Research Council (1945-1946), and the Social Science Research Council (1945-1946). He also was the director of the Behavior Research Fund in Chicago (1931-1934). After being involved in the White House Conference on Child Health and Protection, he was elected president of the National Conference on Family Relations. He was less involved with many other organizations, just a few were the American Law Institute, Chicago Urban League, Douglous Smith Fund, Illinois Acadamemy of Criminology, and The City Club.