Editing Quentin Burdick (section)

==Early life and education==
Quentin Burdick was born in [[Munich, North Dakota|Munich]], [[North Dakota]], as the oldest of three children of [[Usher L. Burdick|Usher Lloyd Burdick]] and Emma Cecelia Robertson.<ref name=papers>{{cite news|work=[[University of North Dakota]]|title=QUENTIN BURDICK PAPERS|url=http://webapp.und.edu/dept/library/Collections/Burdick/og204p1.html}}</ref> His father was a [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] politician who served as [[Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota]] (1911–1913) and a [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] (1935–1959).<ref name=father>{{cite news|work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|title=BURDICK, Usher Lloyd, (1879 - 1960)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001079}}</ref> His mother was the daughter of the first white settler in the area of North Dakota that lies west of [[Park River, North Dakota|Park River]].<ref name=yearbook>{{cite book|title=Current Biography Yearbook|volume=24|year=1964|publisher=[[H.W. Wilson Company]]|location=New York}}</ref> He was the brother of Eugene Allan Burdick, who was judge of the Fifth Judicial District of North Dakota from 1953 to 1978.<ref name=brother>{{cite news|work=[[University of North Dakota]]|title=EUGENE A. BURDICK PAPERS|url=http://webapp.und.edu/dept/library/Collections/og1043.html}}</ref> His sister Rosemary was married to [[Robert W. Levering]], who was a U.S. Representative from [[Ohio]] (1959–1961).<ref name=father/>

In 1910, Burdick moved with his family to [[Williston, North Dakota|Williston]], where his father engaged in farming and practiced law.<ref name=yearbook/> As a child, he enjoyed breaking wild ponies on his father's ranch.<ref name=papers/> He attended local public schools, and graduated in 1926 from [[Williston High School (North Dakota)|Williston High School]], where he was class president and captain of the football team.<ref name=papers/>

Burdick had his undergraduate studies at the [[University of Minnesota]], receiving a [[Bachelor of Arts]] degree in 1931.<ref name=congress>{{cite news|work=[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]|title=BURDICK, Quentin Northrup, (1908 - 1992)|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001077}}</ref> During college, he played on the football team as a blocking back for [[Bronko Nagurski]], and was president of the [[Sigma Nu]] fraternity.<ref name=yearbook/> He suffered a knee injury in football that disqualified him from military service in [[World War II]].<ref name=nytimes/> In 1932, he received his law degree from the [[University of Minnesota Law School]] and was admitted to the bar.<ref name=congress/>