ADOLF AUGUSTUS BERLE, JR.

Berle, Adolf Augustus, Jr. (1895-1971) — also known as Adolf A. Berle — of New York. Born in Boston, Suffolk County, Mass., January 29, 1895. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S. Ambassador to Brazil, 1945-46; Author. Congregationalist. Member, American Academy of Arts and Sciences; American Philosophical Society; Council on Foreign Relations; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in 18 Feb 1971 in New YOrk City. Books by Adolf A. Berle: Latin America : Diplomacy and Reality (1962); American Economic Republic (1963); Power Without Property : A New Development in American Political Economy (1959); Navigating the Rapids, 1918-1971 (1973); Power (1969); Tides of Crisis : A Primer of Foreign Relations (1957); The Twentieth-Century Capitalist Revolution (1954); The Modern Corporation and Private Property (1933).
Father's name: Adolf Augustus Berle
Father's Birth Place: Maine
Mother's name: Mary Augusta Wright
Mother's Birth Place: Vermont
Spouse: Beatrice Bishop
Born: Aug. 6, 1902 Lenox, Massachusetts
Married: between 1925 and 1930
Children:
Alice Berle b. Oct. 3, 1929 in New York City
Peter Aldolf Berle b. abt 1939

Sources:
New York Passenger Lists, 1820-1957
Social Security Death Index
U.S. Federal Census
The Political Graveyard
Submitted by Deborah Crowell