Richard Steil BERGER
Parents
Parents inconnus.
Union(s) et enfant(s)
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Avec
Fiche privée
dont
- Steven Russel BERGER 1958-1978
- Fiche privée
Événements
- 28 avril 1929 :
- Naissance - New York City, Ny, UNITED STATES, Brooklyn
- 11 octobre 2017 :
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Décès - Greenville, Greenville County, Caroline du Sud, ÉTATS-UNIS d'AMÉRIQUE
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\f0\fs20 \cf0 Richard Steil Berger, 88 of Greenville passed away on October 11, 2017.\
Born in Brooklyn, NY he was the son of the late Elmer S. and Elsie F. Berger. In addition to his parents, he was predeceased by a son, Steven Russell Berger and sister, Janet Kirshner.\
Richard completed his BS in 1950 at Stanford University where he founded Stanfords first Hillel chapter and served as its president. He went on to earn a doctorate in organic chemistry in 1954 from the Univ. of Wisconsin at Madison. Military service followed in 1954 with 2 years in the US Army working in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Branch. After his release from the Army, Richard spent 9 years with Shell Oil and 26 years with Phillips Fibers Corp.\
During his lifetime he supported many charities and gave freely of his time and knowledge to help others. He actively guided and participated in numerous organizations that advocate for community wellness and inclusiveness such as Alliance for Quality Education, Greenville Faith Communities United, Character Matters and many others.\
He will be remembered as a loving husband, a generous, supportive father, grandfather, uncle and friend.\
He is survived by his wife of 63 years, Freeda S. Berger; son, Eugene S. Berger and wife, Barbara; grandson, Aaron S. Berger; neice, Liz Kirshner Hirtenstein and nephews, Jonathan Kirshner and Leon Gurevitch.}
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\f0\fs20 \cf0 During the summer following my junior year of college I took a car trip to New York with friends that I knew from my Brooklyn days. They had been spending part of the summer in the LA area. We traveled from college campus to college campus as we headed east. At each campus we tried to find a fraternity house or dormitory where we could stay overnight without cost. We succeeded almost every night! The most memorable night for me was the night we found ourselves in Pocatello, Idaho, home of Idaho State College. We could not find an operating fraternity house to put us up, so we turned to a more creative route to a free overnight stay. We found a closed dormitory with an unlocked window which we used to enter the dorm. We then simply went to one of the rooms, and crashed on the mattresses in the room. No harm done; thank you Idaho State! Along the way we passed through Madison, Wisconsin and stayed over at the University of Wisconsin. I don't remember exactly where we stayed, but I was impressed with setting of the University, right on the shore of beautiful Lake Mendota. I knew UW had an excellent Chemistry Department, and decided that is where I wanted to go for graduate\
Sometime during high school my interest in science began to focus on chemistry, and I knew that was what I wanted to study in college. I managed to get into Stanford, and chose to go there without ever having visited the campus. It turned out to be a good choice and I had a wonderful 4 years there. My major extracurricular activity was with the Jewish student group on campus. It was called the Brandeis Club and was not connected with the national B'nai B'rith Hillel organization. After initial opposition from the university, we succeeded in affiliating with Hillel, and I served as the first president of the Stanford Hillel chapter during my senior year. Also during my senior year, and because Alpha Chi Sigma, the national professional chemistry fraternity, had removed religious restrictions, I was invited to join the Alpha Alpha (Stanford) chapter. This was gratifying because several of my good friends who were also chemistry majors had already joined.\
But on Jan. 1, 1945, our family moved to Los Angeles CA where my dad had gotten a promotion into the ranks of sales management for Seagram Distillers Corp. After a short stay in an apartment hotel in LA (I initially attended LA High School), we moved to a home on the more modest section of Beverly Hills (south of Wilshire Blvd.). My last 3 semesters were at Beverly Hills HS where I graduated in June 1946. I remember that Andre Previn was in the school at the same time although I did not really know him.\
Until age 15 I lived in Brooklyn. My last address there was on Bedford Avenue. I attended PS 193 and Midwood HS, both also on Bedford Ave., and assumed that I would end up going to Brooklyn College, also on Bedford Ave. All 3 schools were only a few blocks from my home.\
Harold Reiner was my godfather.\
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Richard was born on April 28, 1929 and passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Richard was a resident of Greenville, South Carolina at the time of passing. Military service followed in 1954 with 2 years in the US Army working in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Branch.
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\f0\fs20 \cf0 During the summer following my junior year of college I took a car trip to New York with friends that I knew from my Brooklyn days. They had been spending part of the summer in the LA area. We traveled from college campus to college campus as we headed east. At each campus we tried to find a fraternity house or dormitory where we could stay overnight without cost. We succeeded almost every night! The most memorable night for me was the night we found ourselves in Pocatello, Idaho, home of Idaho State College. We could not find an operating fraternity house to put us up, so we turned to a more creative route to a free overnight stay. We found a closed dormitory with an unlocked window which we used to enter the dorm. We then simply went to one of the rooms, and crashed on the mattresses in the room. No harm done; thank you Idaho State! Along the way we passed through Madison, Wisconsin and stayed over at the University of Wisconsin. I don't remember exactly where we stayed, but I was impressed with setting of the University, right on the shore of beautiful Lake Mendota. I knew UW had an excellent Chemistry Department, and decided that is where I wanted to go for graduate\
Sometime during high school my interest in science began to focus on chemistry, and I knew that was what I wanted to study in college. I managed to get into Stanford, and chose to go there without ever having visited the campus. It turned out to be a good choice and I had a wonderful 4 years there. My major extracurricular activity was with the Jewish student group on campus. It was called the Brandeis Club and was not connected with the national B'nai B'rith Hillel organization. After initial opposition from the university, we succeeded in affiliating with Hillel, and I served as the first president of the Stanford Hillel chapter during my senior year. Also during my senior year, and because Alpha Chi Sigma, the national professional chemistry fraternity, had removed religious restrictions, I was invited to join the Alpha Alpha (Stanford) chapter. This was gratifying because several of my good friends who were also chemistry majors had already joined.\
But on Jan. 1, 1945, our family moved to Los Angeles CA where my dad had gotten a promotion into the ranks of sales management for Seagram Distillers Corp. After a short stay in an apartment hotel in LA (I initially attended LA High School), we moved to a home on the more modest section of Beverly Hills (south of Wilshire Blvd.). My last 3 semesters were at Beverly Hills HS where I graduated in June 1946. I remember that Andre Previn was in the school at the same time although I did not really know him.\
Until age 15 I lived in Brooklyn. My last address there was on Bedford Avenue. I attended PS 193 and Midwood HS, both also on Bedford Ave., and assumed that I would end up going to Brooklyn College, also on Bedford Ave. All 3 schools were only a few blocks from my home.\
Harold Reiner was my godfather.\
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Richard was born on April 28, 1929 and passed away on Wednesday, October 11, 2017. Richard was a resident of Greenville, South Carolina at the time of passing. Military service followed in 1954 with 2 years in the US Army working in the Pharmaceutical Chemistry Branch.
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