Richard E. Berlin

(1894-1986) born in Omaha. Publishing executive, served as general manager of such magazines as Good Housekeeping, Cosmopolitan, Harper's Bazaar, and others, served as president and later CEO of the Hearst Corporation from 1943 to 1973 during which time the company grew from a moderately-sized publishing house to a very large empire boasting eight newspapers. Consult Time, August 27, 1951, p. 54 and Omaha World Herald Magazine, October 7, 1951, p. G-23 and New York Times obituary, January 29, 1986, p. A-21 and Annual Obituary 1986 (St. James Press, 1987) 4-5.

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