Recognition
Dr. Berenberg received numerous honors and awards during his long career. Early on, he was lauded by President Franklin D. Roosevelt for his research in gamma globulin. In 1970, the President of Ecuador awarded him the National Order of Merit with the grade of commander for service to that nation's children. In 1980, he was awarded the Janeway Award for Excellence in Clinical Teaching from the house staff. In 1990, Dr. Berenberg received a distinct honor when many of his colleagues, supporters, and former patients raised funds to endow the William Berenberg Professorship of Pediatrics at Harvard Medical School. Dr. Frederick Lovejoy was the first to hold the chair.
Formally retiring in 2001, William Berenberg remained a Harvard professor, emeritis, until his death on September 14, 2005 in Norwood, Massachusetts. He is buried at Sharon Memorial Park in Sharon, Massachusetts. Berenberg married Blanche Berger (dec. 1989) in 1939 and the couple had three children. Two became physicians, Dr. Jeffrey L. Berenberg, and Dr. Richard A. Berenberg (dec. 1984), and one became a social worker, Barbara Berenberg.
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