THE BERKMAN FAMILY

Harvard University, especially Harvard Law School, has enjoyed a long association with the Berkman family. Among the generations of family members who have attended and generously supported the University, three have provided extraordinary vision and support for the Law School:

The late Jack N. Berkman, J.D.’29, was chairman, chief executive officer and secretary of Associated Group, Inc., a diversified communications company with holdings in television, cellular telephone systems and radio stations. The Berkman family founded the company in 1979. Originally named Associated Communications Corporation, the company took its present name in 1994. Prior to his affiliation with Associated Group, Mr. Berkman was chairman and president of Rust Craft Broadcasting and vice chairman of Rust Craft Greeting Cards, two Berkman family-owned enterprises. Mr. Berkman was an active philanthropist, participating on many nonprofit boards. He joined the Harvard Committee on University Resources in 1988. He was a member of the national councils of the Metropolitan Opera and of Rockefeller University, a director of the Retina Foundation and an advisory board member of the Skin Cancer Foundation. In addition, he served as a fellow of the Aspen Institute of Humanistic Studies. Mr. Berkman completed an A.B. at the University of Michigan in 1926 and a J.D. at Harvard Law School in 1929.

Mr. Berkman’s wife, Lillian Berkman, is a vice president of Associated Group Inc. and a distinguished art collector. She is active on many corporate and nonprofit boards. Mrs. Berkman joined the Harvard Law School Visiting Committee in 1996 and is a charter member of the Dean’s Advisory Board. She has been a Fellow in Perpetuity of the Metropolitan Museum of Art since 1964. She serves on the board of the Sterling National Bank of New York, and has served on numerous other corporate boards including Allied Stores and Michigan National Corporation. She is president of the General Alarm Corporation and of the Rojtman Foundation. Mrs. Berkman has served as cultural advisor to Coca-Cola and the government of Costa Rica. She completed a B.A. summa cum laude at New York University in 1942 and an M.A. summa cum laude in 1943. The University of the Phillipines awarded her an honorary Doctorate in the Humanities in 1976, and Marquette University awarded her an honorary D.F.A. in 1996.

Mr. Berkman’s son, Myles P. Berkman, A.B.’58, J.D.’61, is chairman of