Background
Bernhard, Berl was born on September 7, 1929 in New York City. Son of Morris and Celia Bernhard.
Bernhard, Berl was born on September 7, 1929 in New York City. Son of Morris and Celia Bernhard.
Bachelor of Arts Government magna cum laude (Rufus Choate scholar), Dartmouth College, 1951; A.M., Dartmouth College, 1974; Juris Doctor, Yale University, 1954; Doctor of Laws, Central Ohio State College, 1963.
Worked at Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Chartered (Washington, District of Columbia) specializing in Corporate Law, Regulatory Law, Legislation Law, Transportation Law. Admitted to the bar, 1954, District of Columbia. 1958, United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Delta Phi.
Phi Beta Kappa. Recipient: Arthur South. Fleming Award, Outstanding Young Manitoba in Federal Service, 1960. National Jaycee Award, Outstanding Young Manitoba of the Nation, 1962.
Law Clerk to Judge Luther West. Youngdahl, United States. District Court, District of Columbia, 1954-1956.
Attorney, Turney & Turney, 1956-1959.
Staff Director, United States. Commission on Civil Rights, 1961-1963. Adjunct Professor of Law, Georgetown University Law Center, 1963-1965.
Consultant to the Secretary of State, 1963-1965.
Senior Advisor to the Secretary of State, 1980-1981. Member, Board of Higher Education of the District of Columbia, 1967-1968.
Special Counsel for the Democratic National Committee, 1965-1971. General Counsel, Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1965-1971.
National Presidential Campaign Manager for Senator Edmund Muskie, 1971-1972.
Trustee, Dartmouth College, 1974-1984. Member, Board of Overseers, Amos Tuck, Dartmouth College, School of Business Administration, 1985-1990. Member of the Board of Visitors, Nelson A. Rockefeller Center, 1983-1990.
Director, Uniroyal Chemical Company, Incorporated. and University of North Carolina Incorporated.
Federal City Council of Washington, District of Columbia, 1988-1992. Chairman, 1990-1996 and Trustee, 1988, Aspen Institute.
Member: The District of Columbia Bar. Bar Association of the District of Columbia.
American Bar Association.
General counsel Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1965-1971. Special counsel Democratic National Committee, 1965-1971. Staff director Senator Edmund S. Muskie, 1971, national campaign manager, 1972.
Member District of Columbia Board Higher Education, chairman finance committee. Trustee Dartmouth College, 1974-1984, Joe Davies Foundation, 1968-1987. Senior advisor to Secretary of State, 1980-1981.
Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Washington Federals, United States Football League. Board directors Harriman Political Action Committee, 1980-1989. Member board visitors Nelson A. Rockefeller Center for Social Sciences, 1983-1990.
Member board overseers The Amos Tuck School Business Administration, Dartmouth College, 1985-1990. Board directors Aspen Institute, since 1988, chairman, 1991-1996. Trustee Federal City Council, 1988-1992.
Board trustees Muskie Foundation, 1997. Member American Bar Association, Bar Association District of Columbia, Association Interstate Practitioners, National Panel Arbitrators, American Arbitration Association, Casque and Gauntlet, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Nu, Phi Delta Phi Clubs: Metropolitan (Washington). Yale (New York City).
Children— Peter Berl, Robin Churchill, Andrew Morris.