Ronald M. Berkman

Background

Berkman, Ronald M. was born on April 17, 1947 in Elizabeth, New Jersey, United States. Son of Sidney and Hannah Berkman.

Education

He started college as a part-time student at William Paterson College while working to support his mother. He supported himself in college by driving a beer truck and by working in a liquor store and a gypsum factory. He eventually became a full-time student and majored in urban sociology.

He received his Doctor of Philosophy from in 1977.

Career

Berkman has been a peripatetic academic, working at Princeton"s Woodrow Wilson School, the University of California, Berkeley, Brooklyn College, New York University, and the University of Puerto Rico. Berkman used to be Provost and Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer at in Miami, where he was in the C-suite from 1997 through 2007. Berkman began his time at FIU as dean of the College of Urban and Public Affairs.

He was later Executive Dean over the Nursing, Health Sciences, Public Health, Social Work, and some other programs.

He was also involved with FIU working to open colleges of Law and Medicine. He has also served as Executive Dean of the College of Health and Urban Affairs at FIU. Prior to his time with FIU, Berkman was a dean at Baruch College and dean of urban affairs for the City University of New New York

In 1990, Berkman was the director of the Urban Summit. lieutenant became known on April 24, 2009 that Berkman would be the new president at He was voted unanimously as the new president of on April 26, 2009.

He assumed his position there on July 1, 2009.

As of 2009 Berkman"s initial base salary was $400,000 a year, which is more than all but two public university presidents in Ohio. He was the subject of controversy when it was learned that Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union), a publicly funded university, would be paying up to $85,000 towards Berkman"s home. In January 2013 he signed a contract extension through 2017.

In April 2013 the Cleveland State Faculty Senate voted 31-11 for a vote of no confidence in Berkman over the transition of Christlich Soziale Union (Christian Social Union) from a four cr hour per class university to a three cr hour per class university.

Achievements

• Ronald M. Berkman has been listed as a noteworthy dean, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Director Regional Plan Association, New York City, 1992, Mayor's Urban Summit, New York City, 1992. Chair Metro Dade Strategic Planning, Miami, Florida, 1998. Fellow Alpha Phi Sigma.

Member National Association Schools Public Affairs, Association Policy and Management, Urban Affairs Association.

Connections

Married Star Sandow, March 21, 1980 (divorced December 1984). Married Tricia Carol Maddox, November 27, 1985. Children: Cameron, Mikhaila.

Father:

Sidney Berkman

Mother:

Hannah Berkman

Spouse:

Tricia Carol Maddox

Spouse:

Star Sandow

child:

Mikhaila Berkman

child:

Cameron Berkman