Background

Berland, Abel Edward was born on August 27, 1915 in Cincinnati. Son of Samuel and Anne (Brod) Berland.

Education

Juris Doctor, DePaul University, 1938; Doctor of Humane Letters, DePaul University, 1975.

Career

Vice chairman, Rubloff, Inc., Chicago. Real estate consultant.

Achievements

• Bar: Illinois 1938.

Works

• Other Work

  • Contributor articles on real estate to professional scholarly and trade journals.

Membership

Life trustee, member academy affairs committee DePaul University. Chairman Civic Federation Chicago, 1989-1990. Board directors Crime Commission Chicago.

Member advisory board Salvation Army. Member Newberry Library. president's council. Member American Chicago Bar Associations, National Association Realtors, Realtors National Marketing Institute (C.C.I.M.), American Society Real Estate Counselors (president 1970), Private Libraries Association, Manuscript Society, American Arbitration Association (national panel arbitrators), Shakespeare Society of America, Lex Legio, Association International de Bibliophile, The Realty Club of Chicago (president 1988), Gamma Mu, Pi Kappa Delta, Lambda Alpha, Omega Tau Rau.

Clubs: Book of California. Caxton, Mid-Day, Economic, Brandeis University (founder 1949, president 1954), Standard (Chicago). Grolier (New York City).

Roxburghe of San Francisco. Philobiblon (Philadelphia).

Connections

Married Meredith E. Tausig, August 31, 1940. Children: Michael Gardner, Richard Bruce, James Robert.

father:

Samuel Berland

mother:

Anne (Brod) Berland

spouse:

Meredith E. Tausig

child:

Richard Bruce Berland

child:

Michael Gardner Berland

child:

James Robert Berland