Background
Alex was born on the 7th of February, 1914 in New York City, New York, United States. He was the son of Benjamin, a sales worker, and Batya (Simon) Berman, a homemaker.
Alex Berman
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, United States
Alex Berman studied at Fordham University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946.
500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380, United States
Alex obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1954.
Fordham University, Bronx, NY 10458, United States
Alex Berman studied at Fordham University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946.
500 Lincoln Dr, Madison, WI 53706-1380, United States
Alex obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1954.
https://www.amazon.com/Passenger-Vibration-Transportation-Alex-Berman/dp/B000QA78X6
1977
(The first comprehensive study of the American botanical m...)
The first comprehensive study of the American botanical movement, this fascinating volume recounts the rise and fall of nineteenth-century herbal medicine, the emergence of the second wave of interest arising from the counter-culture of the 1960s, and the recent herbal renaissance in the United States.
https://www.amazon.com/Americas-Botanico-Medical-Movements-Vox-Populi/dp/0789012359
2001
Alex was born on the 7th of February, 1914 in New York City, New York, United States. He was the son of Benjamin, a sales worker, and Batya (Simon) Berman, a homemaker.
Alex studied at Fordham University, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1946. Also, he obtained a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Wisconsin in 1954.
In 1943-1946, during World War II, Alex Berman served in the United States Army Air Forces, remaining with the aerial warfare service component until his release as a sergeant. In 1955, he joined the University of Wisconsin in Madison as an assistant professor of history, where he worked until 1957. Between 1961 and 1968, he held the post of an associate professor of pharmacy at the University of Texas in Austin. After that, he moved to the University of Cincinnati, where he worked as a professor of history and historical studies in pharmacy until 1975. Later, he accepted the position of an Emeritus Professor of history and of historical studies in pharmacy there.
As the author, Alex Berman wrote his first book, Passenger Vibration in Transportation Vehicles: Presented at the Design Engineering Technical Conference, Chicago, Illinois, September 26-28, in 1977. His second book, America's Botanico-Medical Movements, Vox Populi, that was written in collaboration with Michael A. Flannery, was published in 2001.
Alex Berman was an outstanding educator and author of books and articles. Berman is considered the pioneer in historical studies of alternative medicine in the United States. In addition to his articles on American botanics, he wrote on the history of French pharmacy.
Alex spent a year in Lausanne, Switzerland, when he was a Guggenheim Fellow in 1958-1959. He received the Kremers Award for the history of pharmacy and grants from the National Science Foundation and National Library of Medicine.
(The first comprehensive study of the American botanical m...)
2001Quotes from others about the person
"Professor Berman was always interested in both science and the humanities. He was not limited by his early work in pharmacy, he explored literature, history, music, and the theater. His personal library contained many valuable books and prints from the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries, which he had discovered in Paris and London. He was keenly concerned with promising students in his courses, and he served as a kindly mentor to them." - Hortense Berman, Alex's widow
Alex was married to Hortense Behr.
Hortense Behr (1911 - August 15, 2007) was an American linguist, editor, and teacher. She earned degrees at New York University, Columbia University and the Universite de Strasbourg in eastern France. After teaching French in New York City high schools, she married Alex Berman in 1943 and followed him in his Army Air Force service during World War II until his release in 1946. Several years followed at universities in Madison, Ann Arbor, and Austin, Texas, where Professor Alex Berman taught until he was appointed to the University of Cincinnati in 1968. A year spent in Lausanne, Switzerland, when Professor Berman was a Guggenheim Fellow, was one of several stays in Europe.
Mrs. Berman was exposed to foreign languages in early childhood since her Alsatian parents spoke their native French and German in the home. She went on to major in languages in college, specializing in the Romance languages of Western Europe, based on a strong foundation in Latin.
