[Alumni-chat] Albert Berney '41, former College VP passes

[Mark Pomerantz]

The question could be phrased a bit more tastefully. Al was obviously quite
an accomplished man in any case and his memory should be honored.


Mark P. '71

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Did he leave anything to the college? Money to buy the "real estate?"

Barrie
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-----Original Message-----
From: Tim Noble [mailto:timothynoble at gmail.com] 
Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:16 AM
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Subject: [Alumni-chat] Albert Berney '41, former College VP passes

Sad news.  Albert was a good friend.  His reaction on hearing that the
Board of Trustees would close Antioch was 2 words:  "Real Estate.
They want the real estate."
The Baltimore Sun Obituary follows.


www.baltimoresun.com/news/obituaries/bal-md.ob.berney14feb14,0,3834681.story

baltimoresun.com
Albert Berney
[ Age 88 ] Head of Hamburger's clothing store served on many civic
boards, took part in Charles Center project.

By Jacques Kelly

Sun Reporter

February 14, 2008

Albert Berney, a retired president the old Hamburger's men's clothing
store who served on numerous civic boards, died of respiratory disease
Tuesday at Keswick Multi-Care Center. The North Baltimore resident was
88.

Born in Baltimore and raised in Reservoir Hill in the Esplanade
apartments, he attended Park School and was a 1936 Polytechnic
Institute graduate. He earned a degree in accounting at Antioch
College in Ohio and was a lieutenant in the Navy in the South Pacific
during World War II.

In 1949, he became controller of the business founded by his
great-grandfather Isaac Hamburger in 1850. In 1959, he became
president and oversaw the construction of a Hamburger's store that
spanned Fayette Street in the urban renewal effort known as Charles
Center. He also established suburban locations.

"Hamburger's was one of the first businesses to back the Charles
Center plan," said his son Louis Berney of Baltimore. "Their old
building served them well, but he wanted to go along with the idea of
rebuilding downtown Baltimore."

After his business became a Phillips Van Heusen Corp. subsidiary, Mr.
Berney resigned in 1969. For a time, until 1975, he was a vice
president of Antioch College. He then lived for about 15 years in
Colorado.

In 1966, Mayor Theodore R. McKeldin named Mr. Berney chairman of the
city's Community Action Agency, a federal anti-poverty program. A Sun
editorial praised him for his "open-mindedness and flexibility" in
dealing with those "wrought by social and economic deprivation."

He was president of Sinai Hospital and was board vice president of the
Enoch Pratt Free Library. He also was president of the Jewish Family &
Children's Bureau, the Maryland Council of Social Welfare, and the
Maryland Council of Retail Merchants and the Retail Merchants of
Baltimore.

An active Democratic Party member, he was a past president of the
Maryland chapter of Americans for Democratic Action.

During the last two decades of his life Mr. Berney ran a travel
business. He and his wife, Carla Hochschild Berney, a great-niece of a
co-founder of the Hochschild-Kohn stores, traveled extensively
together. He was the first president of Maryland-Rio de Janeiro
Partners of the Alliance. Last year, he traveled to Egypt, the 71st
country he had visited.

He was a student during the past decade at the Johns Hopkins
University's Evergreen Society and was chairman of its advisory
committee. He liked to solve mathematical and word puzzles and
belonged to the National Puzzlers League.

A memorial gathering will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday at Highfield House,
4000 N. Charles St.

In addition to his son, survivors include another son, David Berney of
Baltimore; two daughters, Kay Berney and Kim Berney, also of
Baltimore; and six grandchildren. His wife of 47 years died in 1991.

jacques.kelly at baltsun.com

Copyright (c) 2008, The Baltimore Sun


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