Political Quotes

“Dr. Neal R. Berte recently celebrated his 20th year as president of my undergraduate alma mater, Birmingham-Southern College. He has been, and continues to be, an outstanding spokesman, administrator, and scholarly leader of one of the Nation's very best liberal arts colleges. A native of Ohio, Dr. Berte and his wife, Anne, have four grown children and two grandchildren. He obtained his bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees all at the University of Cincinnati. A member of Phi Beta Kappa honor society, he also holds honorary doctoral degrees from Birmingham-Southern and Cincinnati. He served as an associate professor at the University of Alabama from 1970 through 1974 and as the university's vice president for educational development from 1974 until 1976. He also served as dean of the university's New College from 1970 until 1976 when, on February 1, he became president of Birmingham-Southern College. Dr. Berte is recognized as one of the most accomplished, successful educational professionals of our time. Under his stewardship, Birmingham-Southern's endowment has increased from $14 million to $82 million and its student population, made up of some of the brightest high school graduates in the State and Nation, has more than doubled. Acceptance of its graduates to medical and law schools is among the highest in the South and its outstanding faculty has increased by 66 percent during his tenure as president.”