Institute. Loren Berry was a Republican Presidential Elector for Ohio in 1956 and 1972. In 1976, Loren Berry was inducted as a member of the Horatio Alger Association of Distinguished Americans, which honors the achievements of outstanding individuals who have succeeded in spite of adversity. In 1982, he was added to the Telephone Hall of Fame honor roll of the Independent Telecommunications Pioneer Association. On the occasion of his 90th birthday he said, "I've been fortunate to know many people who have shared with me...a faith in the individual's ability to achieve, a willingness to work hard — very hard, and a strong belief in the free enterprise system." He died at his home in Oakwood and he and his wives and two children are interred at Woodland Cemetery, Dayton, Ohio. In 1978, Loren's son John W. Berry endowed the Loren M. Berry Chair in Economics at Dartmouth College to honor his father. John W. Berry was a 1944 graduate of Dartmouth and also donated $27 million for the construction of the Berry Library. The Berry Sports Center, opened in 1987, was also a gift of the Berry family. External links The Berry Company The Berry Family Foundation Telephone Hall of Fame at ITPA References Bohman, Jim, compiler. “A Berry Family History.” Dayton Daily News, May 16, 1995, Page 5B Who's Who in America 1964, page 166 1888 births 1980 deaths American advertising executives Businesspeople from Dayton, Ohio Burials at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum University of Rio Grande people People from Wabash, Indiana People from Oakwood, Montgomery County, Ohio 20th-century American businesspeople