Seymour Berry

Seymour Berry (November 22, 1922 – December 6, 2008) was an official in the United States Department of the Treasury who was Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing from 1977 to 1979.

With the U.S.'s entry into World War II, he served in the United States Army and received the Purple Heart after he was wounded at the Battle of Hürtgen Forest.

While working at the Bureau, he attended night school at George Washington University, graduating in 1951.

[1] Berry spent his entire career at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, working successively as plate printer, foreman, superintendent of the examining division, chief of the Office of Securities Processing, and assistant director for administration.

He died at his home in Silver Spring of Dementia with Lewy bodies on December 6, 2008.