Robert Arthur Bernhard (March 14, 1928 – July 4, 2019)[1] was an American banker best known as the last Lehman Brothers descendant to serve as partner of the firm.
[6][3] Bernhard is a Life Trustee of Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan, New York City, after having previously served as its president.
He was responsible for choosing George Campbell Jr. as successor to John Jay Iselin as president of the school.
[8] A friend of Jerry Speyer, Bernhard was involved in the Tishman Speyer bid to take over management of the Chrysler Building, the land under which is Cooper Union's biggest asset, by agreeing to Tishman's proposal for a new lease for the building.
[9] In 1949, he married Frances Wells; they had 4 children: Adele, Michael, Susan, Steven.