IN LOVING MEMORY OF
Norman Alf
Berg
March 14, 1918 – March 18, 2008
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Norman Berg
Norman Alf Berg, 90, of Edgewater and previously of Severna Park, died of complications from a heart attack March 18 at Washington Hospital Center.
Mr. Berg was born March 14, 1918, in Burlington, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1941. He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Minnesota.
He served in the Marine Corps in World War II.
He worked for the Department of Agriculture for nearly 40 years, working in Idaho and South Dakota as deputy and associate Chief.
Mr. Berg was appointed chief of the Soil Conservation Service at the Department of Agriculture in 1979. He retired in April of 1982, and became the senior advisor to the American Farmland Trust, where he continued to work until the time of his death.
He was a member of the governing board for the Anne Arundel County Soil Conservation District from 1982 to the present.
He was an acknowledged national expert on working land conservation, and served to inspire multiple generations in efforts to help people help the land. During his career, he received numerous awards and honors for his work; in 1998, the Secretary of Agriculture named him Chief Emeritus of the National Resources Conservation Service.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 58 years, Ruth Berg.
Survivors include four daughters, Susan Morgan of Okatie, S.C., Jane Paulsen of Delran, N.J., Pamela Lieb of Bishopville and Rebecca Schroeder of Crofton; ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. March 29 at Severna Park United Methodist Church, 731 Benfield Road in Severna Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Farmland Trust, 1200 18th Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, or to the Norm and Ruth Berg Conservation Fellowship Program at Soil and Water Conservation Society, 945 SW Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA 50023.
Online condolences may be made at www.barrancofuneralhome.com.
As published March 21, 2008 in The Capital Newspaper in Annapolis, Md.
Norman Alf Berg, 90, of Edgewater and previously of Severna Park, died of complications from a heart attack March 18 at Washington Hospital Center.
Mr. Berg was born March 14, 1918, in Burlington, Iowa, and graduated from the University of Minnesota in 1941. He received a master's degree in public administration from Harvard University and an honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Minnesota.
He served in the Marine Corps in World War II.
He worked for the Department of Agriculture for nearly 40 years, working in Idaho and South Dakota as deputy and associate Chief.
Mr. Berg was appointed chief of the Soil Conservation Service at the Department of Agriculture in 1979. He retired in April of 1982, and became the senior advisor to the American Farmland Trust, where he continued to work until the time of his death.
He was a member of the governing board for the Anne Arundel County Soil Conservation District from 1982 to the present.
He was an acknowledged national expert on working land conservation, and served to inspire multiple generations in efforts to help people help the land. During his career, he received numerous awards and honors for his work; in 1998, the Secretary of Agriculture named him Chief Emeritus of the National Resources Conservation Service.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife of 58 years, Ruth Berg.
Survivors include four daughters, Susan Morgan of Okatie, S.C., Jane Paulsen of Delran, N.J., Pamela Lieb of Bishopville and Rebecca Schroeder of Crofton; ten grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren.
Memorial services will be held at 1 p.m. March 29 at Severna Park United Methodist Church, 731 Benfield Road in Severna Park.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Farmland Trust, 1200 18th Street, N.W., Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036, or to the Norm and Ruth Berg Conservation Fellowship Program at Soil and Water Conservation Society, 945 SW Ankeny Road, Ankeny, IA 50023.
Online condolences may be made at www.barrancofuneralhome.com.
As published March 21, 2008 in The Capital Newspaper in Annapolis, Md.
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