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.

Berman acted as editor for Logic and General Semantics [2] and with Irving Lee Language Habits in Human Affairs.

[1] The son of a livestock broker, Sanford I. Berman was born October 15, 1924, in Virginia, Minnesota, a small town north of Duluth.

[6][7] Berman learned hypnosis during his days as a graduate student and became a night club hypnotist for over 30 years in San Diego and then Las Vegas.

In addition to making appearances on Hugh Hefner’s television show Playboy Penthouse and on Sunnup with Frank Herman, Berman hypnotized and advised Ken Norton, one of the few boxers to defeat Muhammad Ali.