Philip and Muriel Berman

Philip and Muriel Berman were American art collectors, philanthropists, and the founders of the Berman Art Museum at Ursinus College in Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Phillip was the chairman of the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Muriel was an honorary member of the board. They endowed many Jewish charities including Hadassah as well commissioning and funding the "Philip and Muriel Berman sculpture park" in Allentown, Pennsylvania where they resided. Phil made his fortune with a trucking empire and later as the owner of the department store chain Hess's headquartered in Allentown. Muriel Berman was an optometrist. rdf:langString