Burgess memorial service set for Saturday

TACOMA, Wash. - A memorial service for former Gonzaga University basketball standout and U.S. District Judge Frank Burgess will be held Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 7112 S. 12th St., in Tacoma.

The service will be followed by a 12:30 p.m. reception at the student center at Bellarmine Preparatory School, 2300 S. Washington St., in Tacoma.

Burgess, who led NCAA Division I in scoring at 32.4 points per game in 1961, died March 26 at age 75 after a bout with cancer.

He took the oath of office as a U.S. district judge in 1994, becoming the second black man appointed to the federal bench in western Washington.