Robert Berne

About the Author

Robert Berne was a professor, dean and vice president at NYU for 41 years until his retirement in 2017. He served as both senior vice president for health and executive vice president for health over the last 15 years of his career. Robert was born in Brooklyn, NY, raised in New Rochelle, NY, and received his B.Sc., MBA and Ph.D. from Cornell University. He has been married to his wife, Shelley, for 50 years and has two married children and four grand-children. A regular visitor to Italy, Robert spends time in central Tuscany, near where Tuscan Son takes place. For more details on this area see robertberne.com, Discovering the Area around Follamento. He has published numerous academic books and articles, many of which focus on equity in the financing of public schools, and Tuscan Son is his first work of fiction. He enjoys cycling and is a frequent and ever- trying-to-improve golfer. Robert and Shelley reside in Manhattan. See robertberne.com