Morris Harvey Bergreen

Background

Bergreen, Morris Harvey was born on September 28, 1917 in Passaic, New Jersey, United States. Son of Harold and Jennie (Dolgen) Bergreen.

Education

Student, New York University, 1935-1938; Bachelor of Laws, Fordham University, 1941; postgraduate, New York University.

Career

Senior partner Bergreen & Bergreen, New York City, 1953-1986 and from 95. Retired of counsel Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, 1986-1995. Senior partner Bergreen & Bergreen, from 1995.

President Croydon Company, Inc. General manager Grosvenor Investment Company, Skirball Investment Company. Chair public committee Commentary.

Achievements

• Morris Harvey Bergreen has been listed as a reputable Lawyer, business executive, private investor by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President The Skirball Foundation. Board directors, founding member board trustees Skirball Cultural Center. Member advisory board Skirball Institute on American Values.

Trustee, board directors Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre, Inc. Life trustee New York University, member academy affairs committee, member development committee, trustee New York University School Medical, trustee New York University School Medical Foundation, member health initiatives committee, trustee Bronfman Center for Jewish Student Life. Life trustee Mount Sinai-New York University Medical Center.

Board governors Oxford Center for Hebrew and Jewish Studies Oxford University. Trustee, member investment committee National Conference of Christians and Jews, Inc. Board directors, vice president Grand St. Settlement.

Trustee Jewish Home and Hospital for Aged. Board directors Sarah R. Neuman Nursing Home. Board governors Hebrew Union College, The American Jewish Committee, others.

1st lieutenant United States Army Air Force, 1942-1946. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association Bar of City of New York, Fordham Law Review Association, Harmonie Club (New York City), Sunningdale Country Club (Scarsdale, New York ), Club at Morningside (Rancho Mirage, California), Tamarisk Country Club (Rancho Mirage, California), Hillcrest Country Club (Los Angeles), New York Athletic Club.

Connections

Married Adele G. Bergreen, September 1, 1947. Children: Laurence, John.

Father:

Harold Bergreen

Mother:

Jennie (Dolgen) Bergreen

Spouse:

Adele G. Bergreen

child:

Laurence Bergreen

child:

John Bergreen