Background
Featherman, Bernard was born on May 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Featherman, Bernard was born on May 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.
Bachelor of Science, Temple University, Philadelphia, 1951. Postgraduate, Graduate Business School, 1951—1952. Postgraduate, Law School, 1952—1954.
Postgraduate, Wharton School, University Pennsylvania, 1965—1966.
President Bernard Franklin Company, Philadelphia, 1958-1996, Western Steel Company, Philadelphia, 1961-1996. Director Pennsylvania Steel and Aluminum Corporation (name now Pennsylvania Steel Corporation), Bensalem, Pennsylvania, 1972, Newsletter Public. President Philadelphia Association for Retarded Citizens, 1975-1977, trustee, 1983-1996.
Delegate White House Conference
President 1975-1976, 86-87, named Steel Distributor Entrepreneurs (life), Shelving Manufacturers.
President 1975-1976, 86-87, Hunting Park-Germantown Business.
Member executive board Southeast chapter National Foundation March of Dimes, 1969-1982, vice-chairman, 1978-1980. President Philadelphia Association for Retarded Citizens, 1975-1977, trustee, 1983-1996. Trustee Philadelphia Development Disabilities Corporation, 1991-1996, Equity 591 F8AM, 1990-1992.
Chairman Mayor's Advisory Committee on Mental Health-Mental Retardation, Philadelphia, 1979-1992, board directors 1993. Member tax policy and budget review committee City of Philadelphia, fiscal advisory committee, 1990. Board directors Costar, Inc., 1989-1992.
Co-chairman Mayor's Small Business Advisory Committee, Philadelphia, 1979-1992, member, 1979-1995. Delegate White House Conference on Small Business, 1980, Pennsylvania delegate, 1995, vice-chairman, 1986. Chairman small business council Democratic National Committee, 1982-1984.
Finance chairman Pennsylvania Democratic Organization, 1985-1986. Member advisory board College Liberal Arts and Sciences, Temple University, 1982-1991, chairman incubator program, 1989-1991, chairman Entrepreneurial Institute, 1990. Co-director Enterpreneurial Institute University New England, 1996-1998.
Advisory board West Chester State University Business School, Pennsylvania, 1986-1987, Frankford Hospital, 1983-1985. Steering committee entrepreneurial forum Drexel University Business School, 1988-1991. Chairman 3d Congressional Small Business Council, Philadelphia, 1984-1988.
Board directors Philadelphia Citywide Development Corporation, 1984-1996. Board directors Philadelphia Loan Fund, Inc., 1987-1988, American Red Cross, Souther Maine,2004—, corporator Southern Maine Medical Center, 2005-2009, York County Economic Devel.Summit Steering Committee, 2004. Board directors Coastal Counties Workforce Board, Topshawn, Maine, since 2006., Maine Merchants Association, Augusta, 2006-2008.
Regulatory fairness board United States Small Business Administration, Region 1, since 2007. Member Association of Steel Distributors (national president 1975-1976, 86-87, named Steel Distributor of Year 1976), Institute American Entrepreneurs (life), Shelving Manufacturers Association (national chairman 1977-1978), Pennsylvania Society, Association Steel Distributors (national president 1975-1976, 86-87, Hunting Park-Germantown Business Association (president 1986-1996), Biddeford/Saco C. of Chamber (board directors 2002-2008, president, Chief Executive Officer, 2005-2008), Rotary, Masons (trustee), B'nai Brith (president 1980-1982, National Youth Services award Quaker City lodge 1985).
Married Sandra Green, May29, 1958. Children: Andrew C., John James.