Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
Family File for David Saul MITTMAN - Person Sheet
NameCurtis Jay BERGER 
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[387]Birth6 Apr 1926, Rochester, NY
Death6 Jul 1998, Manhattan, New York, NY Age: 72
OccupationReal Estate Lawyer and Professor
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Obituaries
From 13 Jul 1998, 58 - The Miami Herald at Newspapers.com: [388]
CURTIS BERGER
Real estate law expert
New York Times Service
NEW YORK — Professor Curtis Jay Berger, who trained generations of aspiring lawyers in the fine points of real estate and property law, has died in Manhattan. He was 72.
According to Columbia Law School, the cause of the July 6 death was cancer, where he was the Lawrence A. Wien professor of real estate law.
Berger was on the Columbia law faculty for 36 years. A specialist in urban affairs, he served as chairman of urban planning in the School of Architecture in 1969 and 1970.
He was the author of Land Ownership and Use (1968), which went into its fourth edition last year, and other books on property law. With Peter J. Wiedenbeck, he wrote Partnership Taxation, Cases and Materials (1989).
Berger was a past president of the Association of American Law Schools. He was a trustee of the Foundation for Research and Education of the National Association for Law Placement at his death. He was also a board member from 1981 to 1986 and president of the Bridge, a non-profit agency in New York looking after the severely ill and homeless, and people with HIV.
A native of Rochester, Berger earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in 1948 and his law degree from Yale Law School three years later.
Berger was in private practice in Rochester until 1958, when he became an instructor at Yale. After two years at the University of Southern California, he joined the Columbia faculty in 1962 to teach real estate law, partnerships, and real property.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Vivian Adler Berger, the Nash professor of law at Columbia.
Also surviving are four children from a previous marriage that ended in divorce: Ellen Lewis, of Jerusalem; Cathy Berger, of Hoboken, N.J.; Wendy Berger, of Portland, Ore.; and John, Hoboken; two sisters, Gloria Drehmel and Glenna Cook, both of San Mateo, Calif.; a brother, Philip, of Coral Gables, Fla.; and I1 grandchildren.
From Jul 13, 1998, page 22 - South Florida Sun Sentinel at Newspapers.com: [388]
Curtis Jay Berger, 72, professor and expert on real-estate law
NEW YORK — Professor Curtis Jay Berger, who trained generations of aspiring lawyers in the fine points of real estate and property law, died July 6 at his home on Manhattan’s West Side. He was 72.
The cause was cancer, according to Columbia Law School, where he was the Lawrence A. Wien professor of real estate law.
Mr. Berger was on the Columbia law faculty for 36 years. A specialist in urban affairs, he served as chairman of urban planning in the School of Architecture in 1969 and 1970.
He was the author of Land Ownership and Use (1968), published in its fourth edition last year, and of other books on property law.
CURTIS BERGER
Real estate law expert
New York Times Service
NEW YORK — Professor Curtis Jay Berger, who trained generations of aspiring lawyers in the fine points of real estate and property law, has died in Manhattan. He was 72.
According to Columbia Law School, the cause of the July 6 death was cancer, where he was the Lawrence A. Wien professor of real estate law.
Berger was on the Columbia law faculty for 36 years. A specialist in urban affairs, he served as chairman of urban planning in the School of Architecture in 1969 and 1970.
He was the author of Land Ownership and Use (1968), which went into its fourth edition last year, and other books on property law. With Peter J. Wiedenbeck, he wrote Partnership Taxation, Cases and Materials (1989).
Berger was a past president of the Association of American Law Schools. He was a trustee of the Foundation for Research and Education of the National Association for Law Placement at his death. He was also a board member from 1981 to 1986 and president of the Bridge, a non-profit agency in New York looking after the severely ill and homeless, and people with HIV.
A native of Rochester, Berger earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Rochester in 1948 and his law degree from Yale Law School three years later.
Berger was in private practice in Rochester until 1958, when he became an instructor at Yale. After two years at the University of Southern California, he joined the Columbia faculty in 1962 to teach real estate law, partnerships, and real property.
He is survived by his wife of 25 years, Vivian Adler Berger, the Nash professor of law at Columbia.
Also surviving are four children from a previous marriage that ended in divorce: Ellen Lewis, of Jerusalem; Cathy Berger, of Hoboken, N.J.; Wendy Berger, of Portland, Ore.; and John, Hoboken; two sisters, Gloria Drehmel and Glenna Cook, both of San Mateo, Calif.; a brother, Philip, of Coral Gables, Fla.; and I1 grandchildren.
From Jul 13, 1998, page 22 - South Florida Sun Sentinel at Newspapers.com: [388]
Curtis Jay Berger, 72, professor and expert on real-estate law
NEW YORK — Professor Curtis Jay Berger, who trained generations of aspiring lawyers in the fine points of real estate and property law, died July 6 at his home on Manhattan’s West Side. He was 72.
The cause was cancer, according to Columbia Law School, where he was the Lawrence A. Wien professor of real estate law.
Mr. Berger was on the Columbia law faculty for 36 years. A specialist in urban affairs, he served as chairman of urban planning in the School of Architecture in 1969 and 1970.
He was the author of Land Ownership and Use (1968), published in its fourth edition last year, and of other books on property law.
