15 Facts About Marver Bernstein

Marver Hillel Bernstein was an American educator, Jewish lay leader, and the 4th President of Brandeis University.

Marver Bernstein served as a professor of political science at Princeton University and was its first Dean of the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs.

Marver Bernstein was former president of the National Federation for Jewish Culture and the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East.

Marver Bernstein was born in Mankato, Minnesota and completed his BA and MA at the University of Wisconsin, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.

Marver Bernstein served as a budget examiner for the federal government at the US Bureau of the Budget from 1942 until 1946.

Marver Bernstein was a professor at Princeton University for 26 years and was the first dean of Princeton's Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs from 1964 to 1969, as well as being influential in the selection of the design of Robertson Hall, the school's iconic building.

In 1972 Marver Bernstein became Brandeis' fourth president where he served in that position for eleven years.

Marver Bernstein was very active in Jewish organizations and served on the boards of the B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundation, the National Federation for Jewish Culture, American Professors for Peace in the Middle East, and numerous civic groups.

Marver Bernstein joined the faculty of Princeton University in 1946 and taught for approximately 25 years.

From 1969 to 1975, Marver Bernstein was chairman of the national commission of B'nai B'rith Hillel Foundations, the policy body for the Hillel centers on 284 college campuses.

Marver Bernstein was a former president of the National Federation for Jewish Culture, at the time, the leading advocate for Jewish cultural life and creativity in the United States, and the American Professors for Peace in the Middle East.

Marver Bernstein belonged to many civic groups, including the Massachusetts Ethics Commission and the United States Holocaust Memorial Council, and was an honorary trustee of the American Jewish Historical Society and the Foundation for Jewish Studies.

Marver Bernstein was sought as an advisor to local, state, and federal agencies and in 1967 brokered a deadlock over the reapportionment of New Jersey's legislative districts.

Marver Bernstein's negotiations represented an important chapter in the history of efforts to achieve bipartisan state redistricting.

Marver Bernstein was married in 1944 to the former Sheva Rosenthal, a native of St Paul, Minnesota, and graduate of the University of Minnesota.