Background
Berr, Stephen Frederick was born on May 24, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Barnett and Rose Helen (Mirkin) Berr.
Berr, Stephen Frederick was born on May 24, 1936 in Brooklyn. Son of Barnett and Rose Helen (Mirkin) Berr.
Bachelor of Science, Brooklyn College, 1957; Master of Education, Temple University, 1969.
Teacher, Lafayette High School, Brooklyn, 1958-1959; teacher, Wingate High School, Brooklyn, 1959-1960; teacher, Pacific High School, San Leandro, California, 1960-1961; investigator, Dun & Bradstreet, San Francisco, 1961-1962; teacher, Midwood High School, Brooklyn, 1962-1966; teacher, Plymouth Whitemarsh High School, Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania, 1966-1968; educational researcher, Bucks County Board Education, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1968-1969; teacher, planetarium director, Colonia School District-Plymouth Meeting, 1969-1983. Project star teacher Harvard Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1987-1989, assistant Project SPICA, 1989-1991.
Trustee Congregation Or Ami, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, 1985-1990. With United States Army, 1957-1958. Fellow National Science Teachers Association.
Member Mid-Atlantic Planetarium Society, Delaware Valley Amateur Astronomers, Delaware Valley Apple Users Group (president 1988-1991), Optical Society of America, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Barbara Adele Solomon, January 17, 1965. Children: Laura Ellen Berr Brundage, Jonathan Daniel, Rebecca Miriam Steinberg.