Mandell "Bill" Berman (1917–2016) was the businessman (housing construction industry) and philanthropist behind the Mandell L. and Madeleine H. Berman Foundation,[2] which supports Jewish education, and research and study of the contemporary American Jewish community.

His father immigrated from Poland at a young age, and with a grade school education, served in the American Army as an officer and worked as a successful businessman.

He briefly attended the University of Michigan, but then completed his undergraduate studies at Harvard College in 1940 graduating Magna Cum Laude, and graduated Harvard Business School in 1942.

In 2011, he received an honorary Doctorate of Laws degree from Wayne State University in Detroit, MI.

[2][6] Past: Berman also served 4 years in the United States Navy, including a posting in Okinawa.