 In the 1970s and 1980s Burks, working with his wife Alice, authored a number of articles on the ENIAC, and a book on the Atanasoff–Berry Computer.In 1990, Burks donated a portion of his papers to the university's Bentley Historical Library, where they are accessible to researchers.Burks died May 14, 2008 in an Ann Arbor, Michigan nursing home from Alzheimer's disease.