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William "Bill" Berger '71 January 24, 2001 12:00 AM
Memorial services for William
John Berger, 51, of Bryan are set for 2 p.m. Friday at First United
Methodist Church in Bryan.
The Revs. Tim Green of Brazos Valley Community Church and Bob Richers of First United Methodist Church will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan.
Mr. Berger died Tuesday at his home.
He was born in Austin and had lived in Bryan since 1983. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972, where he was a member of the Fish Drill Team, and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve Field Artillery. After receiving a master’s degree in 1973, he went to work for Shilstone Engineering in Houston and later McClelland Engineers in Houston and Trinity Engineering in Austin. In 1982, he started Berger Materials Engineering Inc. and received his doctor of engineering degree from Texas A&M in 1990.
He helped start Boy Scout Troop 977 in Bryan and served as assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster. He was a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and held offices of president of the Brazos Chapter and vice president of Region II and was a member and held all offices in the Brazos Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was an ASCE Fellow. He was named engineer of the year in 1986 and was presented the Above and Beyond award in 1995 in recognition of his volunteer service in the pre-college educational programs of TSPE and was named Distinguished Engineer of the Foundation by the Texas Engineering Foundation in 1997. He helped establish the MathCounts program in the Brazos Valley and served as coordinator of the local program for five years.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy Berger of Bryan; two sons and a daughter-in-law, John and Kristen Berger of Houston and Mark Berger of Bryan; and a daughter, Katherine Berger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Brazos Valley, 205 East 29th Street, Bryan, Texas 77803.
Published in The Bryan Eagle, December 2000
The Revs. Tim Green of Brazos Valley Community Church and Bob Richers of First United Methodist Church will officiate.
Arrangements are under the direction of Memorial Funeral Chapel in Bryan.
Mr. Berger died Tuesday at his home.
He was born in Austin and had lived in Bryan since 1983. He graduated from Texas A&M University in 1972, where he was a member of the Fish Drill Team, and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve Field Artillery. After receiving a master’s degree in 1973, he went to work for Shilstone Engineering in Houston and later McClelland Engineers in Houston and Trinity Engineering in Austin. In 1982, he started Berger Materials Engineering Inc. and received his doctor of engineering degree from Texas A&M in 1990.
He helped start Boy Scout Troop 977 in Bryan and served as assistant scoutmaster and scoutmaster. He was a member of the Texas Society of Professional Engineers and held offices of president of the Brazos Chapter and vice president of Region II and was a member and held all offices in the Brazos Valley Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers and was an ASCE Fellow. He was named engineer of the year in 1986 and was presented the Above and Beyond award in 1995 in recognition of his volunteer service in the pre-college educational programs of TSPE and was named Distinguished Engineer of the Foundation by the Texas Engineering Foundation in 1997. He helped establish the MathCounts program in the Brazos Valley and served as coordinator of the local program for five years.
Survivors include his wife, Kathy Berger of Bryan; two sons and a daughter-in-law, John and Kristen Berger of Houston and Mark Berger of Bryan; and a daughter, Katherine Berger of Houston.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Brazos Valley, 205 East 29th Street, Bryan, Texas 77803.
Published in The Bryan Eagle, December 2000
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