Harry and Deborah Berman
THE HARRY J. AND DEBORAH M. BERMAN SCHOLARSHIP FUND
Throughout their many years in Springfield, Dr. and Mrs. Berman have been committed to academic endeavors. Through their gift, the seek to provide access for worthy students to attend UIS. Your gift to the Harry J. and Deborah M. Berman Scholarship Fund would be a wonderful way to honor and support the many contributions Harry and Deborah Berman have made at UIS and throughout Springfield.
Because their scholarship qualifies for the Access Illinois Match Program, if you add to their scholarship, the impact of your gift will double!
HARRY BERMAN
Dr. Harry J. Berman has been a teacher, scholar, and leader of the University of Illinois Springfield for 34 years. Dr. Berman (at right with his wife Deborah) began his teaching career at Sangamon State University (now UIS) in 1977 with the Gerontology Department. In 1981, he continued his teaching in the Child, Family, and 
Community Services Department.
(at right, Dr. and Mrs. Berman with Dr. Berman's mother, Rhoda Augustine, and the recipient of the Charlotte M. Weiss Visual Arts Scholarship, named in honor of Dr. Berman's aunt)
In 1994, Dr. Berman was given additional academic planning
responsibilities and was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Professor.
(above right, Dr. Berman, at the groundbreaking for what would be named the Therkildsen Field Station at Emiquon; below right, Dr. Berman with Valerie Gebhardt, UIS Counseling Center, at the 2011 Faculty and Staff Campaign)
From January 2001 through December 2004, Dr. Berman served
as
the Associate Vice Chancellor for Graduate Education and Research, the Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning, and Professor of Human Services.
He was appointed Interim Provost
and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs in January 2005 and was selected to serve as the full-time Provost and VCAA in August 2005.
(at right, Dr. Berman with then Chancellor Ringeisen—far right—at the investiture of Dr. Matthew Holden, Dr. Karen Swan, and Dr. Keith Miller; below right, Dr. Berman at a faculty-staff event at Emiquon)
INTERIM CHANCELLOR
In October 2010, Dr. Berman was appointed Interim Chancellor at UIS. In that role he set specific goals and has continued to advance the
progress of the University of Illinois Springfield.
(below right, Dr. Berman with other donors at the 40th Annivesary Gala Celebration in the fall of 2010)
DEBORAH BERMAN
Deborah M. Berman worked for nearly 30 years in a variety of central
administrative positions at the
Southern Illinois University School of Medicine in Springfield prior to her retirement in 2011. An English major at the University of Chicago, she earned a master's degree in English from Washington 
University in
St. Louis. She also completed graduate work in Management Information Systems at UIS.
(at right, Dr. and Mrs. Berman on Thompson Lake at Emiquon)