Background
Berkowitz, Mortimer was born on May 1, 1887 in New York City. Son of Leon and Emma (Shongood) Berkowitz.
Berkowitz, Mortimer was born on May 1, 1887 in New York City. Son of Leon and Emma (Shongood) Berkowitz.
Student public schools, New York City and Boston.
1 son, Mortimer. Began as office boy with Associate Press, 1900. Reporter, re-write man, copy reader, advertising salesman for various papers, 1905-1918. Western manager in Chicago, Hearst eastern evening papers, 1918-1920.
National advertising manager New York American, 1920-1921, business manager Boston American, 1921-1922. Associate public New York American, 1922-1923. Business manager and treasurer New England Newspaper Public Company, publications Boston Advertiser, 1923-1926.
Became vice-president and general manager The American Weekly, 1927, and president American Weekly, Inc., publications The American Weekly and The Comic Weekly, 1934. Officer, stockholder Grey Advertising Agency 1951-1953. Treasurer Brief Publishers, Inc., since 1954, publisher, since 1958.
Clubs: Harmonie, Westchester Country (Rye, New York).
Married A. Ruth Seligman, December 18, 1913.