Mary Frances Berry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Mary Frances Berry

American historian

Date of Birth: 17-Feb-1938

Place of Birth: Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Mary Frances Berry (born February 17, 1938) is an American historian who is the Geraldine R.
Segal Professor of American Social Thought and a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania.
She is the former chairwoman of the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and the former board chair of Pacifica Radio.
She is a past president of the Organization of American Historians, the primary professional organization for historians of the United States. At Penn, Berry teaches American legal history.
Before coming to Penn, Berry was provost of the College of Behavioral and Social Science at University of Maryland, College Park, and chancellor of the University of Colorado at Boulder.
She received Ph.D.
and J.D.
degrees from the University of Michigan.