Sanford I. Berman

This article is about the philanthropist and hypnotist. For the librarian, see Sanford Berman.
Sanford I. Berman
Michael Dean performing in San Diego at Muscular Dystrophy Telethon
Born(1924-10-15)October 15, 1924
Virginia, Minnesota
DiedJune 16, 2015(2015-06-16) (aged 90)
Las Vegas, Nevada
Occupation(s)Philanthropist, Real Estate Investor, Hypnotist

Dr. Sanford I. Berman (aka Dr. Michael Dean) was a philanthropist, real estate investor, professional hypnotist, and board member of the Institute of General Semantics. As of the year 2000, Berman had given more than a million dollars to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); San Diego State University (SDSU); and University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV).[1] Berman endowed the Sanford I. Berman Institute for Effective Communication and General Semantics at SDSU in 1997, the Sanford I. Berman Chair in Language and Human Communication at UCSD in 1998, the Dr. Sanford I. Berman Professorship of Public Discourse and General Semantics at UNLV in 1999.

Books by Berman include Words, Meanings and People, The Closed Mind, How to Lessen Misunderstandings, and Why Do We Jump to Conclusions?. Berman acted as editor for Logic and General Semantics [2] and with Irving Lee Language Habits in Human Affairs.[3] He has also created over 100 audio tapes on motivation and general semantics.[1]

  1. ^ a b Russell, Charles G. (2000). "Effective Generosity." ETC A Review of General Semantics, 57, 2, Summer, 2000, p. 223-226.
  2. ^ Berman, Sanford (1989). Logic and General Semantics: Writings of Oliver L. Reiser and Others. International Society for General Semantics: U.S.
  3. ^ Lee, Irving (1941) Language Habits in Human Affairs. Harper and Row: New York.