Background
Berle, Peter Adolf Augustus was born on December 8, 1937 in New York City. Son of Adolf Augustus and Beatrice (Bishop) Berle.
Berle, Peter Adolf Augustus was born on December 8, 1937 in New York City. Son of Adolf Augustus and Beatrice (Bishop) Berle.
Bachelor (Knox fellow), Harvard University, 1958. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1964. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Hobart Smith College, 1977.
Doctor of Laws (honorary), Long Island University, 1993. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Southern Vermont College, 1996. Bachelor of Laws (honorary), North Adams Teachers College, 1988.
Associate Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, New York City, 1964-1971. Partner Berle, Butzel & Kass, 1971-1976. Commissioner environmental conservation State of New York, 1976-1979.
Partner Berle, Kass & Case, 1979-1985. President, Chief Executive Officer (public Audubon magazine) National Audubon Society, 1985-1995. Director, host The Environment Show Northeast Public Radio, 1995—2001, weekly commentator, 2001—2007.
President Sky Farm Productions Inc., from 2002. Trustee Twentieth Century Fund, Inc., 1971—2007, chairman, 1982-1987. Teaching fellow economics Harvard College, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1963-1964.
Associate adjunct professor School Urban Affairs Hunter College, 1974, 84. Visiting professor environmental science and forestry State University of New York, 1980.
Member New York State Assembly, 1968-1974. Chairman New York Governor's Transition Task Force on Environment, 1974-1975. Commissioner New York State Moreland Act Commission on Nursing Homes, 1975-1977.
Board directors Clean Sites, Inc., 1986-1993. Chairman Commission on the Adirondacks in the 21st Century, 1989-1990. Member Environmental Protection Agency advisory group on biotechnology, 1989-1992, Environmental Protection Agency advisory grout air quality.
Member national committee environmental, 1991-1992, national commission superfund, 1992-1994. Member joint public advisory committee North America Commission on Environmental Cooperative, 1994-2002. Director New York Indiana Systems Operator, 1999-2007.
Advisory board Harvard University Committee on Environment. Member commission international environmental law World Conservation Union. President Stockbridge Land Trust, 2001-2007.
1st lieutenant United States Air Force, 1959-1961. Member American Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of Bar of City of New York (environmental law committee, professional responsibility committee, energy policy committee, international human rights committee, international environmental law committee).
Married Lila Sloane Wilde, May 30, 1960. Children: Adolf Augustus, Mary Alice, Beatrice Lila, Robert Thomas.