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The International who's who ; who's who in the world, incorporated with the International blue book … a biographical dictionary of the world's notable living men and women, 1910
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21899; a founder, Film Soc. 1924; mem. Middx. County Council 1925-31; Films Adviser, Ministry of Information 1940-45; Liaison, British Embassy, Washington 1942; Chief, Film Section, Allied Forces HQ, N. Africa 1942-43; Chief, Film Section, SHAEF 1943-45; Chair. Granada Group Ltd. 1934-; Gov. Sevenoaks School 1964-74; lectured on Film and Int. Affairs, New York and Yale Univs.; mem. Nuffield Foundation Resources for Learning Consultative Cttee. 1965-72. Address: 36 Golden Square, London, W1R 4AH (Office); Coppins Farm, Leigh, Tonbridge, Kent, TN11 8PN, England (Home).
4BERNSTEIN, Leonard; American conductor, composer and pianist; b. 25 Aug. 1918, Lawrence, Mass.; s. of Samuel J. and Jennie (Resnick) Bernstein; m. Felicia M. Cohn 1951 (died 1978); one s. two d.; ed. Boston Latin School, Harvard Univ. and Curtis Inst. of Music; Asst. at Berkshire Music Center 1942, mem. of Faculty 1948-55, Head, Conducting Dept. 1951-55; Asst. Conductor New York Philharmonic Symphony 1943-44; Dir. New York City Symphony 1945-48; Musical Adviser Israel Philharmonic Orchestra 1948-49, Prof. of Music, Brandeis Univ. 1951-56; Co-conductor New York Philharmonic 1957-58, Musical Dir. 1958-69, Laureate Conductor for Life; conducted with leading orchestras of America and in the capitals of Europe; music lectures on "Omnibus" television programme 1954-62; Dir. New York Phil. Young People's Concerts on nationwide television 1958-71; tours in S. America, Europe, Near East and U.S.S.R.; Pres. English Bach Festival 1972-; Charles Eliot Norton Prof. of Poetry, Harvard Univ. 1972-73; TV Acad. Award (for Young Peoples Concerts) 1960, (for Outstanding Classical Music Programme) 1976. Compositions: Clarinet Sonata 1942, Seven Anniversaries for Piano 1942, Hate Music (song cycle) 1943, Symphony No. 1—Jeremiah 1943, Fancy Free (ballet) 1943, On the Town 1945, Facsimile (ballet) 1946, Four Anniversaries for Piano 1948, Symphony No. 2—The Age of Anxiety 1949, Trouble in Tahiti (one-act opera) 1952, Wonderful Town 1953, On the Waterfront 1954 (film score), Serenade for Violin, Strings and Percussion 1954, Candide 1956, West Side Story 1957, Symphony No. 3—Kaddish 1963, Chichester Psalms (for chorus and orchestra) 1965, Mass: A Theatre Piece for Singers, Players and Dancers 1971, Dybbuk (ballet) 1974, Songfest, Slava!, Three Meditations from Mass 1977 and other scores for stage and songs. Publications: The Joy of Music 1959, Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts for Reading and Listening 1962, The Infinite Variety of Music 1968, The Unanswered Question 1976. Address: 1414 Avenue of the Americas, New York, N.Y. 10019, U.S.A.
6BERNSTEIN, Richard Barry, PH.D.; American professor of physical chemistry; b. 31 Oct. 1923, New York; s. of Simon and Stella Grossman Bernstein; m. Norma B. Olivier 1948; one s. three d.; ed. Columbia Coll. (N.Y.) and Columbia Univ. (N.Y.); Asst. Prof. Ill. Inst. of Technology (Chicago) 1948; Asst. Prof., Assoc. Prof., Prof. Univ. of Michigan 1953-63; Prof. Univ. of Wis. 1963-, W. W. Daniells Prof. 1966-73; W. T. Doherty Prof. of Chemistry and Prof. of Physics, Univ. of Tex. 1973-77; Higgins Prof. of Natural Science, Columbia Univ.; Chair. Office of Chem. and Chem. Tech., Nat. Research Council of Nat. Acad. of Sciences 1974-; mem. Nat. Acad. of Sciences; Fellow, American Acad. of Arts and Sciences, American Acad. for the Advancement of Science, American Physical Soc.; A. P. Sloan Fellowship 1956; Nat. Science Foundation Senior Post-doctoral Fellowship 1960; Editor, Chemical Physics Letters. Publications: Molecular Reaction Dynamics (with R. D. Levine) 1974, and numerous scientific articles (particularly on molecular collisions) 1947-. Leisure interest: music. Address: Department of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, N.Y. 10027, U.S.A. Telephone: (212) 280-2017.
8BERNSTEIN, Robert Louis; American publisher; b. 5 Jan. 1923, New York City; s. of Alfred and Sylvia Bernstein; m. Helen Walter 1950; three s.; ed. Harvard Univ.; U.S. Army Air Force 1943-46; with Simon & Schuster (book publishers) 1946-57, Gen. Sales Man. 1950-57; Random House Inc. 1958-, Vice-Pres. (Sales) 1961-63, First Vice-Pres. 1963-65, Pres. and Chief Exec. Officer 1966, Chair. 1975; Vice-Chair. Asscn. of American Publrs. 1970-72, Chair. 1972-73; Chair. Asscn. of American Publrs.' Cttee. on Soviet-American Publishing Relations 1973-74, on Int. Freedom to Publish 1975; Vice-Pres. and Dir. Int. League for Human Rights 1977; mem. Council on Foreign Relations, Nat. Advisory Cttee. Amnesty Int.; mem. Board, Blythedale Children's Hospital, Writers and Scholars Int. and Tougaloo Col., Jackson; mem. Board of Visitors, City Coll., City Univ., New York; mem. Soc. of Fellows, New York Univ. Leisure interests: skiing, tennis, swimming. Address: Random House, Inc., 201 East 50th Street, New York, N.Y. 10022 (Office); 20 Murray Hill Road, Scarsdale, N.Y., U.S.A. (Home). Telephone: (212) 572-2276 (Office). (914) 723-9126 (Home).
10BERRADA, Abdeslam, DIP.SC.AGR.; Moroccan agronomist; b. 3 Oct. 1931, Fez; ed. secondary schools, Fez, Ecole Nat. d'Agriculture de Grignon, Ecole Nat. des Eaux et Forêts, Nancy, France; several posts in Waters and Forests Admin., subsequently Dir. 1965; Sec.-Gen. Ministry of Agriculture and Agrarian Reform 1971-72, Minister 1972-74; Exec. Vice-Pres. Soc. Cellulose du Maroc 1972-; rep. to numerous regional and int. confs. Address: c/o Ministère de l'Agriculture et de la Réforme Agraire, Rabat, Morocco.
12BERRILL, Sir Kenneth, K.C.B., B.SC.(ECON.), M.A.; British economist; b. 28 Aug. 1920, London; s. of Stanley Berrill and Lilian Blakeley; m. 1st June Phillips 1950 (divorced 1976), one s. one d.; m. 2nd Jane Marris 1977; ed. London School of Econs. and Trinity Coll., Cambridge; H.M. Treasury (Cen. Econ. Planning Staff) 1947-49; Lecturer in Econs., Cambridge Univ. 1949-69; Prof. M.I.T. 1962; Special Adviser, H.M. Treasury 1967-69; Brit. Nat. Comm. for UNESCO 1967-70; Gov. Admin. Staff Coll. Henley 1969-; mem. Council for Scientific Policy 1969-72; Chair. Univ. Grants Cttee. of G.B. 1969-73; mem. Advisory Board for Research Councils 1972-73, 1976-; mem. Advisory Council for Applied Research and Devt. 1977-; apptd. Head of Govt. Econ. Service and Chief Econ. Adviser to H.M. Treasury 1973-74; Dir. Cen. Policy Review Staff, Cabinet Office 1974-; mem. Advisory Board, Royal Coll. of Defence Studies 1974-; Gov. Admin. Staff Coll., Henley; sometime Econ. Adviser to OECD, IBRD, Guyana, Cameroon, Turkey; City Councillor, Cambridge 1964-69; Hon. Fellow (L.S.E., King's Coll. and St. Catharine's Coll., Cambridge, Chelsea Coll., London); Hon. LL.D. (Bath, Cambridge, East Anglia, Leicester), Hon. D.Univ. (Open Univ.), Hon. D.Tech. (Loughborough), Hon. Sc.D. (Aston). Leisure interests: skiing, hill walking, theatre. Address: Cabinet Office, 70 Whitehall, London, SW1A 2AS, England.
14BERRILL, Norman John, F.R.S., F.R.S.C., PH.D., D.SC.; Canadian zoologist; b. 28 April 1903; ed. Bristol and London Univ.; Lecturer in Zoology, Univ. of London 1925-27; Lecturer in Physiology, Univ. of Leeds 1927-28; Asst. Prof. in Zoology, McGill Univ. Montreal 1928-31, Assoc. Prof. 1931-46, Chair. Dept. of Zoology 1937-47, Strathcona Prof. of Zoology 1947-65, Research Assoc. 1965; Lecturer in Biology, Swarthmore Coll., Pa. 1969. Publications: The Tunicata 1951, The Living Tide 1951, Journey into Wonder 1952, Sex and the Nature of Things 1953, Man's Emerging Mind 1955, The Origin of Vertebrates 1955, You and the Universe 1957, Growth, Development and Pattern 1961, Worlds Apart 1965, Biology in Action 1966, Inherit the Earth 1966, Life of the Ocean 1966, The Person in the Womb 1968, Life of the Sea Islands 1969, Developmental Biology 1971, Animals in Action 1972. Address: Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pa. (Office); 410 N. Swarthmore Avenue, Swarthmore, Pa. 19081, U.S.A. (Home). Telephone: (215) 544-1762.
16BERRY, Charles A., M.D.; American physician; b. 17 Sept. 1923, Rogers, Arkansas; s. of George Valentine Berry and Vera Helen Whitmore; m. Addella (Dell) Nance Berry 1944; one s. two d.; ed. Univ. of California and Harvard School of Public Health; Air Force positions, including Aviation Medicine Residency Training Program, and Chief of Dept. of Aviation Medicine at School of Aviation Medicine, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas 1951-59; Chief, Flight Medicine Branch, U.S.A.F. Office of Surgeon-Gen. 1959-62; Chief Center Medical Operations Office, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center 1962-66; Dir. of Medical Research and Operations, NASA Manned Spacecraft Center May 1966-; Dir. of Life Sciences, NASA 1971-74; Prof., Chair. Dept. of Aerospace Medicine, Univ. of Tex. Medical Branch, Galveston, Clinical Prof. of Aerospace Medicine, Univ. of Tex. School of Public Health, Houston; Pres. Univ. of Tex. Health Science Center 1974-77; Pres. Aerospace Medical Asscn. 1969-70, mem. many medical and other socs.; Hon. Fellow, American Heart Asscn. 1974; Arnold D. Tuttle Award, Aerospace Medical Asscn., Gold Medal, American Coll. of Chest Physicians, Gold Medal, Czechoslovak Acad. of Medicine, Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Int. Astronautics Award 1969, American Coll. of Surgeons Annual Award 1970, NASA Distinguished Service Award 1973, Hermann Oberth Award 1974, Cedars of Lebanon Award 1974, and many others. Leisure interests: fishing, tennis, violin. Address: 10814 River View Drive, Houston, Tex. 77042, U.S.A. (Home).
18BERRY, Walter; Austrian baritone singer; b. 8 April 1929, Vienna; s. of Franz Berry and Hilde Jelinek; m. 1st Christa Ludwig (q.v.) 1957 (divorced 1970), one s.; m. 2nd Brigitte Hohenecker 1973; ed. Vienna School of Engineering and Vienna Music Acad.; student mem. Vienna State Opera 1950-53, ordinary mem. 1953-; awarded title Kammersaenger by Austrian Govt. 1963; Guest singer at openings of opera houses in Vienna, Munich, Berlin, Tokyo, New York (Metropolitan Opera), at festivals in Salzburg, Munich, Aix-en-Provence, Lucerne, Netherlands, Stockholm, Saratoga; appearances in New York, Chicago, Buenos Aires, Tokyo, Paris, Berlin, Munich, etc.; Prizes from Music Concours in Vienna, Verviers
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