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Douglas Burns graduated from [[Texas A&M University]] with a Bachelor of Science in animal husbandry. He was a member of the Texas Hereford,  the American Quarter Horse, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser's associations. He was the first chairman of overseers of the [[Texas Tech University]] Ranching Heritage Association in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=inventory>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00123/tsw-00123.html|title=Douglas R. Burns: An Inventory of His Papers|publisher=Texas Tech University]] Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>  

Douglas Burns graduated from [[Texas A&M University]] with a Bachelor of Science in animal husbandry. He was a member of the Texas Hereford,  the American Quarter Horse, and the Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raiser's associations. He was the first chairman of overseers of the [[Texas Tech University]] Ranching Heritage Association in [[Lubbock]].<ref name=inventory>{{cite web|url=https://legacy.lib.utexas.edu/taro/ttusw/00123/tsw-00123.html|title=Douglas R. Burns: An Inventory of His Papers|publisher=Texas Tech University]] Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library|accessdate=November 22, 2019}}</ref>  

In 1924, Burns married the former Mamie Sypert (1896-1982). She wrote a cookbook:  ''Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns.'' She assumed management of the ranch’s Big House, including the feeding of personal and business guests. The recipes and reminiscences in her notes, reproduced in the cookbook, reveal that Mrs. Burns set a bountiful table. Though she claimed not to have enjoyed [[cooking]], her recipes and comments on ranch living reveal a real enthusiasm for preparing food for guests. The book provides not only the ingredients of her special dishes but a glimpse into West Texas ranch life.<ref>Cathryn Buesseler and L. E. Anderson, eds., ''Mamie Burns: Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns.''</ref> Mrs. Burns also wrote ''This I Can Leave You: a Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch,'' which was published four years after her death by the Texas A&M University Press.<ref name=inventory</ref>.

In 1924, Burns married the former Mamie Sypert (1896-1982). She wrote a cookbook:  ''Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns.'' She assumed management of the ranch’s Big House, including the feeding of personal and business guests. The recipes and reminiscences in her notes, reproduced in the cookbook, reveal that Mrs. Burns set a bountiful table. Though she claimed not to have enjoyed [[cooking]], her recipes and comments on ranch living reveal a real enthusiasm for preparing food for guests. The book provides not only the ingredients of her special dishes but a glimpse into West Texas ranch life.<ref>Cathryn Buesseler and L. E. Anderson, eds., ''Mamie Burns: Recipes of a Pitchfork Ranch Hostess: The Culinary Legacy of Mamie Burns.''</ref> Mrs. Burns also wrote ''This I Can Leave You: a Woman's Days on the Pitchfork Ranch,'' which was published four years after her death by the Texas A&M University Press.<ref name=inventory/>

Afer twenty-three years as manager of the Pitchfork Ranch near Guthrie in King County, Texas, Burns turned over the position to [[Jim Humphreys]], the manager from 1956 to 1986. Mamie Burns died in Lamesa, Texas, four years after the passing in Lubbock of her husband. The couple is interred at Dawson County Cemetery in Lamesa, Texas. The tombstone carries the message: "They never left a herd on a dark night."<ref name=mburns/>

Afer twenty-three years as manager of the Pitchfork Ranch near Guthrie in King County, Texas, Burns turned over the position to [[Jim Humphreys]], the manager from 1956 to 1986. Mamie Burns died in Lamesa, Texas, four years after the passing in Lubbock of her husband. The couple is interred at Dawson County Cemetery in Lamesa, Texas. The tombstone carries the message: "They never left a herd on a dark night."<ref name=mburns/>