Background
Perry, Bernard Berenson was born on December 16, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Barton and Rachel (Berenson) Perry.
Perry, Bernard Berenson was born on December 16, 1910 in Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Ralph Barton and Rachel (Berenson) Perry.
Student, University North Carolina, 1932-1933; AB, Harvard University, 1934.
With, W.W. Norton & Company, 1934-1935;
associate editor, Evangelical Presbyterian Dutton & Company, 1936-1940;
associate editor, sales manager, Vanguard Press, 1940-1945;
general manager, A.A. Wyn, Inc., 1945-1949;
founder, director, Indiana U. Press, Bloomington, 1950-1976;
consultant editor, Indiana U. Press, Bloomington, from 1976. Visiting professor creative writing U. New Mexico, summer 1950. Consultant editor W.D.Howells Edit.
Panelist National Endowment for Humanities, 1978. Editorial consultant University Press New England. Reader Book-of-the-Month Club.
Member Association American University Presses (vice president 1973-1974), Harvard clubs of New York City and Indiana, Arts Club, Phi Kappa Sigma.
Married Marian Wynn, October 10, 1941 (divorced 1947). Married second, Elizabeth B. Jennings, November 22, 1947. Children: Marjorie Elizabeth, David Jennings, Rachel Berenson.