Background
Berkman, Lillian was born in New York City.
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Lillian Berkman
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Lillian Berkman, American Foundation executive, corporation executive, art collector. Recipient Highest Honor award National Industrial Advertisers Association, 1956, Pere Marquette award Marquette U., 1966, Philippine Golden Heart Presidential award for cultural interchange, 1976, Kairos award Marquette U., 1992, Friends of Inner-City Scholarship Fund award, 1996.
Education
Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude, New York University, 1942; Master of Arts summa cum laude, New York University, 1943; Doctor of Humanities (honorary), New York University, 1976; Doctor of Fine Arts (honorary), Marquette U., 1996.
Career
Director public relations, J.I. Case Company, 1957-1960;
president, General Alarm Corporation, New York City, since 1965;
corporation director, head advertising public relations, American Tractor Corporation, 1948-1956;
director, Allied Stores Corporation, 1974-1986;
director, Michigan National Corporation, 1977-1986;
director, Michigan National Bank, Detroit, 1977-1987;
director, Michigan National Investment Corporation, 1978-1987;
director, MNC-Western Leasing, 1980-1987. President Rojtman Foundation, Inc., since 1967. Cultural advisor Coca Cola Company, since 1978.
Board directors Sterling National Bank New York, Sterling National Corporation, SterlingBancorp. Vice president, assistant to chairman for corporation planning and development Associated Comm. Corporation, 1988-1994, vice chairman, 1990-1994.
Vice president, assistant to chairman long range planning Associated Group, Inc., since 1995.
Achievements
Membership
Fellow in perpetuity Metropolitan Museum Art, New York City, since 1964. Donor Rojtman Medieval Sculpture Gallery, 1964, trustee medieval art committee, since 1974. Member executive council Institute Fine Arts, New York University, since 1972.
Trustee American Wing, since 1976, Polytechnic Institute New York, since 1977. National advisory county St. Petersburg (Florida) Museum Fine Arts, since 1990. Fellow Pierpont Morgan Library, since 1969, Frick Museum, New York, since 1980, National Council San Francisco Museums, since 1985.
Board directors United Cerebral Palsy Research and Ednl. Foundation, Inc., since 1973, InnerCity Scholarship Fund, since 1980. Vice chairman, director Salvation Army, since 1986.
Member Metropolitan Opera National Council, since 1973. Overseer University of Pennsylvania Museum, since 1982. Director Latin American Arts Council, since 1988.
Chairman Theban expedition to Valley of the Kings, Egypt, since 1977. Cultural advisor to Costa Rica, since 1978. Chairman, board directors Associated American Artists, Inc., since 1983.
Member dean's advanced.bd., visiting committee overseers Harvard Law School, 1997. Member National Association Corporation Dirs., Economic Club of New York, Lotos Club, University.Club of New York (member county), Harmonee Club of New York, Harvard Club of New York, Phi Beta Kappa Associations (board directors, vice president Middle Atlantic district awards committee).
