Dr. Bernard F. Master (born May 17, 1941) is an internationally recognized conservationist, distinguished health care professional, and business entrepreneur.

[2]: ch 1  He graduated from Overbrook High School (Philadelphia) in 1958 and in 1962 earned a Bachelor of Science form Ursinus College.

In 1968, Master was drafted into the Vietnam War where he served one year as a battalion surgeon in the U.S. Army's 5th Infantry Division (Mechanized) which defended the Vietnamese Demilitarized Zone in northern Quảng Trị province.

[2]: ch 2  Master was awarded a Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster and Combat Medical Badge for his service.

[8] In 1994, Master won the right to name a new species of vireo (Passeriformes: Vireonidae) from the Western Andes of Colombia.

[9] The Chocó vireo was first observed on August 25, 1991, by Paul Salaman in western Nariño in southwest Colombia and later collected by ornithologist Gary Stiles.

[2]: ch 15 [11] In 2015, Master published his autobiography entitled No Finish Line: Discovering the World's Secrets One Bird at a Time.