Martin M. Berman ’57

Having followed in his father’s footsteps as a doctor, Marty died Dec. 5, 2022, in Bloomfield, Conn., after a distinguished medical career. 

He came to Princeton from Poly Prep in Brooklyn. In college, he majored in biology, was a member of the freshman basketball team, and was a star athlete for Court Club’s intramural sports teams, winning the University championship in basketball in 1954. His senior-year roommates were Jay Arbeiter, Charles Fogler, and Michael Marcus. 

After graduation Marty earned a medical degree at the N.Y. State University Downstate Medical Center, with internship and residency at Johns Hopkins Hospital. He then served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps. After a fellowship at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, Marty became the chief pathologist at Hartford (Conn.) Hospital and a professor at the University of Connecticut Medical School. 

Marty met Irene Levin of Oslo, Norway, in New York City after traveling in Europe with her brother in 1960, and they married a year later. They had three children, Carrie Beth, Adrienne, and Rosanne Sarah. Marty and Irene retired and moved from West Hartford to the Duncaster retirement community a few years ago. His wife and daughters, as well as his two sons-in-law and six grandchildren, survive him.