Background
Goldstein, Bernard was born on February 5, 1929 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Fannie (Borenstein) Goldstein.
Transportation and casino gaming company executive
Goldstein, Bernard was born on February 5, 1929 in Rock Island, Illinois, United States. Son of Morris and Fannie (Borenstein) Goldstein.
Bachelor, University of Illinois, 1949; Bachelor of Laws, University of Illinois, 1951.
He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1951
He joined the Davenport, Iowa scrap metal firm,, owned by his father-in-law, Frank R. Alter, in 1950 and served as secretary/treasurer until 1964, when he was elected executive vice president He became president in 1973 and chairman in 1980.
In 1960 he launched a barge and tugboat service on the Mississippi River, Alter Barge Lincolnshire, to transport the scrap
Its first boat was the Move Files Frank R. Alter.
Its boats are marked by districtive yellow trim. The boats initially transported coal upriver and scrap metal down and then expanded into carrying grain.
In 1998 he wrote a book about the company Navigating the century: A personal account of Alter Company"s first hundred years - The History Factory (1998)
In 1989 as he approached retirement he began lobbying Iowa to pass riverboat gambling. His boat the M/V Diamond Lady was the first legal riverboat casino in modern times when it sailed from Bettendorf on April 1, 1991.
The President, a gambling boat owned by John East. Connelly, opened 30 minutes later in Davenport.
He opened the first casino in the South in Biloxi, Mississippi on August 1, 1992. In 1992 the company was listed on National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation under the ticker symbol ISLE. lieutenant now operates in six states across the United States., approximately 2 million visitors each year.
President Quad City Jewish Federation, 1975. Member University Illinois College Law Board Visitors.
Married Irene Alter, December 18, 1949. Children: Jeffrey, Robert, Kathy, Richard.