Wendell E. Berge

(1903-1955) born in Lincoln. Attorney and author, employed by the U.S. Department of Justice in the antitrust and criminal divisions from 1930 to 1947, serving as U.S. Assistant Attorney General for seven years, recognized for his antimonopoly enforcement involving some of the largest American and European corporations that attempted to eliminate economic competition, handled subversive activities and the attendant problem of civil liberties during World War II. Consult Omaha World Herald Magazine, November 16, 1941, p. C-13 and Time, September 25, 1944, pp 86+ and Fortune, August 1944, pp. 136+ and Current Biography (1946) 38-40 and New York Times obituary, September 26, 1955, p. 23.

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