[1][2] Bernstein was born in Mankato, Minnesota and completed his BA and MA at the University of Wisconsin, where he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa.
The group acted to end Princeton's de facto exclusion of African Americans by mailing recruiting solicitations to over five hundred [b] historically black high schools.
[5] Thus, Bernstein, along with other faculty advisors,[c] played an important if little-recognized role in reshaping Princeton into a more racially, religiously, and socially inclusive institution.
"[10] In that context, Bernstein expressed concern for ensuring Brandeis pursued an open dialog and process with students on improving the quality of the college.
[11][12] In his inaugural address on Oct 5, 1972 Bernstein stated: “The university not only undertakes a unique function in society; it also has a fascinating organizational character that differentiates it from other institutions.
[2][8] Bernstein was sought as an advisor to local, state, and federal agencies and in 1967 brokered a deadlock over the reapportionment of New Jersey's legislative districts.
In New Jersey, apportionment was transferred to a commission, whose by-laws included a tie-breaker provision, a position to be appointed by the Chief Justice of the State Supreme Court.
The two had arrived in Cairo after his recent retirement from Georgetown University, planning to join a Smithsonian Institution-sponsored tour of the Red Sea the next day.
The books represent a scholarly library of works on Israel and the Middle East, political science, government, economics, urban studies, history and biography, many of them now out of print.
The Middle East collection contains most of the significant scholarly works in the field published in the English language during the past thirty years.
The gallery “presents art exhibitions to stimulate thinking about contemporary policy issues and to enable understanding the world beyond the power of words.