Pretoria, South Africa
Berman, Morris
Name
Morris Berman
City
Pretoria
Name
Morris Berman
Email address
Year I was born
1946
3 words that exemplify for me what it was like growing up there
Priviledged Upbringing
Date I left
1972
Age when I left
26
Reason for leaving
Graduate study in USA
Where I went
Houston, Texas
Scholastic achievements, degrees, qualifications and where they are from
Optometry (OD) and Masters Degree (MS)
Where I live now
Boston, MA
What I do / did
Career in Academic Optometry – VP/Academic Dean, Southern California College of Optometry, Provost Marshall B. Ketchum University, Dean MCPHS University College of Optometry. Retired 2019
Marital status
Married (49 years)
Date and place of wedding
Kimberley, March 19, 1972
Where my partner was born
Kimberley
What my partner does / did
Librarian (Retired), Worked at Shell Oil (Houston), Amoco (Chicago) and Tarbut V’ Torah School, Irvine, CA
My children, names, year born, where they live and what they do
Chloe (San Francisco) accounting, Malcolm (Ra'anana) marketing, and Glenda (Boston) optometrist
My father, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Vrede, Orange Free State, died 2016 (age 96), buried in Denver CO, Optometrist
My mother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Pretoria, 2016, age 93, buried in Denver, Secretary
My paternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Lithuania, died 1928, buried in Vrede
My paternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Mina, Lithuania, died 1982 and buried in Johannesburg, age 95
My maternal grandfather, where he was born, when he died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Emanuel (Mannie), Born in Grimsby, England, Died in 1970, buried in Pretoria, Railway Conductor
My maternal grandmother, where she was born, when she died, at what age, where buried and occupation
Johannesburg, died age 68, Homemaker, buried in Pretoria
