Ben Berger (1897 – 1988) was a Minneapolis businessman. He was born in Ostrowiec, Poland and moved to the United States at age 16. He owned movie theaters and cafes in Minneapolis. In 1947, he along with Morris Chalfen bought the Detroit Gems of the National Basketball League. They relocated and renamed the team to Minneapolis Lakers. He co-owned the team until 1957, during those years the Lakers won 6 league titles (1 NBL and 5 BAA/NBA). After he and Chalfen sold the team in 1957 to a group headed by Bob Short, Berger founded a group that worked with recently released convicts helping them readjust to society. Ben Berger owned the sheiks cafe in Minneapolis Minnesota, he was the founder of the Berger Fountain in Minneapolis Minnesota. He had four brothers that he brought from Poland, Sam Berger and Vladimir Berger, Saul and Lazaro Berger. The first two were able to come to the United States, the other two established themselves in Mexico and later on, immigrated to the United States. Ben Berger was survived by one son that resides in Del Mar California, his name is Robert Berger.
| Persondata | |
|---|---|
| Name | Berger, Dan |
| Alternative names | |
| Short description | |
| Date of birth | 1897 |
| Place of birth | |
| Date of death | 1988 |
| Place of death | |
Famous quotes containing the words ben and/or berger:
“Ye knowe eek, that in forme of speche is chaunge
Withinne a thousand yeer, and wordes tho
That hadden prys, now wonder nyce and straunge
Us thinketh hem; and yet they spake hem so,
And spedde as wel in love as men now do;
Eek for to winne love in sondry ages,
In sondry londes, sondry ben usages.”
—Geoffrey Chaucer (1340–1400)
“The camera relieves us of the burden of memory. It surveys us like God, and it surveys for us. Yet no other god has been so cynical, for the camera records in order to forget.”
—John Berger (b. 1926)