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

[YAZZ Allen]

Feb. 17, 08
 
Hi from Yazz Allen, Forever Young Antiochian! (Complaints answered OFF LINE only at YazzAllen at Yahoo.Com):
 
Al Berney grew up in Baltimore MD USA and went to Antioch.  So did I. Good Baltimore MD USA high schools, both public and private, have sent many to Antioc over the generations.
 
My Dad was considered the best dressed Private Detective (really!) in Baltimore MD USA, and THAT was because my Dad got his (expensive) suits at Issac Hambergers Men's Clothing Store, the "Brooks Brothers Of Baltimore" rightfully admired.
 
Al Berney was SMART.
 
His summation of the AU BOT, Arthur Zucker headed,  scam to grab Antioch College real estate assets do a "corporate raid" tactic on a non-profit institution was right on the money.
 
Berney's last words about Antioch quoted on this chatline are sadly and chillingly dead accurate:
 
 "Real Estate. They want the real estate."
 
The words of this wise now departed Antiochian should be heeded.
 
The move to leverage Antioch College real estate and assets in a school destroying action must never be forgotten or forgiven.
 
No matter how the current, uncertain, situation plays out, whether the bad guys win or they don't, the bad guys (every single member of the BOT, especially the assassin, turn coat  Antioch College alumni on that board) must be consigned to a newly created and perpetually kept up ANTIOCH COLLEGE HALL OF SHAME, and their (AU BOT of 2007) crimes and contempt intelligent Antiochians of all generations have and had for the AU BOT of 2007 should be publicized far and wide, into the distant future.



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I wish you warm and gentle sleep!  "Dear night...this world's defeat, the stop to busy fools, care's check and cure!  The day of spirits, my soul's calm retreat which none disturb!".....Henry Vaughn (1622 England - 1695 England)> From: dlbahr at hotmail.com> To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> Subject: RE: [Alumni-chat] Albert Berney '41, former College VP passes> Date: Sun, 17 Feb 2008 01:14:04 +0000> > > Tim: Thank you for posting Mr. Berney '41 Baltimore Sun obituary. Reading it was a pleasure. I am sorry for the loss of your friend. It seems he had an active and well lived life. May his memory be sanctified.> Lesley A Pownall Bahr> > > Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 10:15:31 -0500> > From: timothynoble at gmail.com> > To: alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu; SaveAntioch at lists.antiochians.org; communications at antiochians.org> > CC: > > 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> > _______________________________________________> > Alumni-chat mailing list> > Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> > http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> > Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!> > _________________________________________________________________> Need to know the score, the latest news, or you need your Hotmail®-get your "fix".> http://www.msnmobilefix.com/Default.aspx_______________________________________________> Alumni-chat mailing list> Alumni-chat at w3.antioch.edu> http://w3.antioch.edu/mailman/listinfo/alumni-chat> Visit http://www.Antioch-College.edu today!
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