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Warner Bement Berthoff January 22, β August 28, The cause was congestive heart failure. He taught at Harvard from to He attended the Hotchkiss School in Connecticut, graduating with the class of He then enlisted in the Navy's V-2 officer training program while at Harvard College. Interrupting his education, Mr. Navy in He returned to university after The War and took his bachelor's degree magna cum laude at Harvard, class of , followed by a doctorate from Harvard in He taught American Literature at Bryn Mawr College from , where he lived with his young family for those many, happy years.
He is remembered there not only for his academic prowess, his empathy and influence with students, but as a vital force on the softball field, the tennis courts and in the "Faculty Row" neighborhood where the Berthoffs lived at Bryn Mawr. He was a regular at the New Bedford Whaling Museum. At the family's summer cottage in Westport, Massachusetts, he loved water and shore bird observation, crab fishing in the Westport River and supported the Westport River Watershed Alliance.
He also supported the Hawk Mountain Sanctuary in Pennsylvania, where he was a yearly presence at fall hawk migrations for nearly fifty years. Scotland's Isle of Canna was another frequent travel destination for Mr. Berthoff and his wife, since His travels took him far abroad, but his love of AmericaβEast West, South and elsewhereβwas unmatched.
Generations of students remember him for imparting his vast knowledge of American history and literature, and for intellectual inspiration.
