Full Biography for William R. Berkman

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Marin County, CA

November 8, 2005 Election

Full Biography for William R. Berkman

Candidate for
Director; Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District

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EXPERIENCE

1994-

Present DirectorSausalito-Marin City Sanitary District Sausalito, California

One of the five elected members of the Board of Directors who govern the Sausalito-Marin City Sanitary District, an independent separate district that provides wastewater and sewage collection, treatment and disposal for areas in Marin County, California. Selected by Directors to serve as President the past four years.

1992-1994

Consultant Reserve Forces Policy Board
Honorable John O. Marsh, Jr., Chairman
Office of the Secretary of Defense Washington, DC

1992

Retired as Major General in U.S. Army after 42 years of Army service, active and reserve.

1986 - 1992

Military Executive
Reserve Forces Policy Board
Office of the Secretary of Defense Washington, DC

Executive officer and member of board composed of general and flag officers of all services and service assistant secretaries for Reserve affairs created by Congress (10 USC 175) to advise the Secretary of Defense on all matters relating to the Reserve components;
Formulate reports and recommendations to the President, Congress and Secretary of Defense;
Advise chairman and other board members on issues and recommendations;
Supervise full time professional staff of senior military personnel from all services.

1979 - 1986

Chief, Army Reserve

Department of the Army Washington, DC Army staff principal for development of policies, programs and budgets for Army Reserve consisting of over 300,000 members in Troop Program Units and 300,000 members in Individual Ready Reserve;

Appropriation director for annual Army Reserve budgets in excess of $2.5 billion for personnel, training and construction programs;
Testify on behalf of Army Reserve programs and budgets before Congressional authorization and appropriations committees (over 100 hearings); and
Direct, as a field operating agency, the Army Reserve Personnel Center in St. Louis, Missouri which manages records and training of Army reservists and retirees.

1958 - 1979

Attorney ( Member of firm 1965) Morrison & Foerster San Francisco, California

1974 - 1979

Commanding General
351st Civil Affairs Command
United States Army Reserve
Mountain View, California

Command as Brigadier General a Major US Army Reserve Command in Sixth US Army which included civil affairs units, psychological operations units, special forces units and civil preparedness support detachments located in the Western United States.

1957 - 1958

Law Clerk to Judge James Alger Fee US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit San Francisco, California

1952 - 1954

United States Army
Extended Active Duty
(including service with Korean Military Advisory Group, Korea)

EDUCATION

Boalt Hall, University of California School of Law, Berkeley, JD 1957 University of California, Berkeley, AB 1950
Commissioned 2d Lt. in Army Reserve from ROTC program) Berkeley High School, Berkeley, California, 1946 Army War College, 1974 (Non-resident)

PUBLICATIONS

California Law Review (Documents and Notes published)

Managing Editor, 1956-57

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS

State Bar of California
Bar of the District of Columbia
American Bar Association
(Chairman, Standing Committee on Lawyers in the Armed Forces, 1989)

OTHER MEMBERSHIPS

Civil Affairs Association
(President 1979, 1992 - 1999, President Emeritus 1999 - Present) Honorary Chief of Civil Affairs, US Army Civil Affairs Corps
(USA CA Corps established In U.S. Army Regimental System) Retired Special Operations Forces Senior Leaders
(United States Special Operations Command) Association of the US Army Reserve Officers Association Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association Army and Navy Club, Washington, DC Lions Club of Sausalito, Sausalito, California

VOLUNTARY SERVICE

Member, Board of Governors (1986-90) The Keck Center for International Strategic Studies, Claremont McKenna College, California Member, Board of Directors (1988-92)

Army Distaff Foundation Washington, DC

Member, Board of Library Trustees (1971-74) (President, 1972) Sausalito, California

MILITARY HONORS

Defense Distinguished Service Medal Army Distinguished Service Medal with Oakleaf Cluster Defense Superior Service Medal Army Legion of Merit Medal Navy Legion of Merit Coast Guard Legion of Merit Meritorious Service Medal Army Commendation Medal United States Special Operations Command Medal Hall of Fame, Senior Army Reserve Commanders Association Army Outstanding Civilian Service Medal (2001)

PERSONAL INFORMATION

Born in Chisholm, Minnesota, resident of California for over 62 years and of Sausalito over 40 years.

Marital Status: Married, Betty Ann (Klamt)

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