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HOUSTON, TX (July 5, 2005) – Members of Holocaust
Museum Houston have elected longtime volunteer P.N. Berkowitz to take
over as chair of the Board of Directors, with Walter Hecht serving as
chair-elect.
Berkowitz assumes leadership of the Museum for the next two years
from Eileen Weisman, who held a one-year term. He has served as the
vice chair of the Board, on its Executive Committee and as a member of
the Board.
“Holocaust Museum Houston serves a unique role in our city. With its
diverse membership, active group of Holocaust survivors and extensive
network of dedicated volunteers, it can teach the dangers of
intolerance, prejudice and apathy to future generations in a way no
other organization can, and I am honored to help lead it into its next
decade,” Berkowitz said.
The Museum moved into its current facilities in Houston’s Museum
District in March 1996 and will be celebrating its 10th anniversary
with a variety of activities throughout next year.
Berkowitz serves as a member of the Executive Committee of Hillel
Texas and is a consultant to several Houston area non-profit
organizations, providing mentoring, marketing and business plan
studies. He founded GE Continental Controls in 1983 and served as the
engineering firm’s CEO until 2001. He has served in leadership and
engineering positions with a variety of firms and as a consultant to
several major oil companies.
Others elected to leadership positions include Gail Klein, as vice
chair for development; Punkin Hecht as vice chair for administration;
Gary Markowitz as vice chair of the Museum; Daniel Pickelner and Anna
Steinberger, Ph.D., as vice chairmen for education; Benjamin Warren as
secretary, and Steve Finkelman as treasurer.
Members elected to the Board include: W. Andrew Achenbaum, Ph.D.;
Linda Addison; R. Edwin Allday; Bernard Aptaker; Mary E. Banks; David
P. Bell, Ed.D.; Hazel Bensky; the Hon. Michael Berry; Michael Bleyzer;
Tali Blumrosen; Milton Boniuk, M.D.; J. Murry Bowden; Andrew Bursten;
Alice Lok Cahana; David Chaumette; Debra G. Cohen; Misha Cooper; Brian
Cweren; Frieda Dow; Gene Festa; Carol Fisherman; Nancy Freed; Martha
Freedman; Andrew T. Gardener; Elliott Gershenson; Michael Goldberg;
David Goldstein; Dan Gordon; Alan Gover; Lilly Lazarus; Sandy Lessig;
JoAnn Levine; Velva G. Levine; Richard Loewenstern; Barry Mandel;
Jackie Martin; Linda K. May; Soraya McClelland; Muriel Meicler, Ph.D.;
Isabel Mermelstein; Amy Miflin; Bill Morgan; Michael Morgan; Ruth
Morris; and Leon Mucasey.
Others are: Mark Mucasey; Mary Munson-Murphy; Roy Nichol; Pepi
Nichols; Rep. Joseph Nixon; the Hon. Annise Parker; Joy Plantowsky;
Cantor David Propis; Eric Pulaski; Rabbi Joseph Radinsky; the Hon.
Clarease Rankin-Yates; Eileen Reed; Peter Roth; Cheryl Rubenstein;
Marika Rudy; the Hon. Frank Rynd; Benjamin Samuels; David I.
Saperstein; Jeri Shapiro; Robbie Shelton; Lester Smith; Joel Spira;
Ruth Steinfeld; Rabbi Brian Strauss; John Thrash, M.D.; Ellen
Trachtenberg; Michael Trevino; Haya Varon; Chaja Verveer; Naomi Warren;
Ben Waserman; Lea Weems; Sandra Weiner; Eileen Weisman; the Hon. Martha
Wong; E.D. Wulfe; the Hon. Fred Zeidman; and Joseph Zuber.
Members of the Advisory Board for 2005-2006 include: the Hon. Laurie
Bricker; Linda Eisemann; Bobby Epstein; Celina Fein; Israel Fogiel; the
Hon. Mark Goldberg; Janis Goldstein; Roslyn Haikin; Glenda Kane; Walter
Kase; Marcus Leuchter, Ph.D.; Max Levit; Hans Mayer; Barry Margolis;
John Mendelsohn, M.D.; Frank Michel; Edith Mincberg; Ira Mitzner;
Morris Penn; Gregg Philipson; Garland Debner Pohl; the Hon. Gordon
Quan; Bernard Rapoport; Regina J. Rogers; Ambassador Arthur Schechter;
Mitzi Shure; Marsha Wallace; Mary Lee Webeck, Ph.D.; and Andrea White.
Holocaust Museum Houston promotes awareness and educates the public
of the dangers of prejudice, hatred and violence against the backdrop
of the Holocaust by fostering remembrance, understanding and education.
Holocaust Museum Houston is free and open to the public and is located
in Houston's Museum District at 5401 Caroline St., Houston, TX 77004.
For more information about Holocaust Museum Houston, call 713-942-8000 or visit www.hmh.org.
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