Peter A. A. Berle

Peter Adolf Augustus Berle (December 8, 1937 – November 1, 2007) was a lawyer, conservationist and member of the New York Assembly. Early life Berle was born on December 8, 1937 in New York City to Adolf Augustus Berle Jr. (1895–1971) and Dr. Beatrice (née Bishop) Berle (1902–1993). His father was an important member of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's "Brain Trust" and served as Assistant Secretary of State and U.S. Ambassador to Brazil. His mother was a prominent physician and author. He had two sisters, Beatrice Van Cortlandt Berle and Alice Bishop Berle. His maternal grandparents were Cortlandt Field Bishop and the former Amy Bend. His great-grandfather was George Hoffman Bend, a member of the New York Stock Exchange who was prominent in New York Society. His paternal grandparents were Mary Augusta (née Wright) and Adolf Augustus Berle. Berle graduated from Harvard University and Harvard Law School. After his father's death in 1971, his mother married Dr. André Frédéric Cournand, a physician who was awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine in 1956.