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Beryl grew up in Mt. Lakes, NJ, graduating from Mt. Lakes High School in 1945 and from Hood College in 1949, with a BA in music. She always wanted to live in the city, and moved to Manhattan after college to begin a long and varied career in the radio and television industries. She worked for the Arthur Godfrey Show on CBS-TV, wrote for NBC TV's The Home Show and worked with Dave Garroway on NBC TV's The Today Show, where she was a "Today Girl" feature panelist (1960-61).
She received three Emmy Award nominations (1980-82), and won an Emmy in 1980, for producing "Ask NBC News, with John Chancellor." She wr
Beryl grew up in Mt. Lakes, NJ, graduating from Mt. Lakes High School in 1945 and from Hood College in 1949, with a BA in music. She always wanted to live in the city, and moved to Manhattan after college to begin a long and varied career in the radio and television industries. She worked for the Arthur Godfrey Show on CBS-TV, wrote for NBC TV's The Home Show and worked with Dave Garroway on NBC TV's The Today Show, where she was a "Today Girl" feature panelist (1960-61).
She received three Emmy Award nominations (1980-82), and won an Emmy in 1980, for producing "Ask NBC News, with John Chancellor." She wrote for NBC TV's broadcasts of The Macy's Thanksgiving Parade (1987-89), for NBC's MONITOR Radio, and for Edwin Newman; imagine the challenge of writing for the author of "Strictly Speaking!" She worked for NBC News at many Democratic National Conventions, including 1968 in Chicago. She produced "The Women's Program" series for the NBC Radio Network, which received a commendation from American Women in Radio and Television in 1979. Beryl also wrote and produced NBC-TV's "The All- New Pink Panther Show" (1971-74), which featured those famous cartoons and live-action segments with The Ritts Puppets and comedian Lenny Schultz reading letters and jokes from viewers. She produced medical and health stories for the NBC flagship TV station in New York City. She was the author of "Poor Woman's Almanac", humorous and pithy quips published in Ladies Home Journal. She received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Hood College, where she sponsored scholarships in writing and theater arts.
Beryl was also an avid athlete and enjoyed playing tennis. She took up running and unexpectedly won prizes in the upper age groups of Jersey Shore 5 K's for many years, which tickled her to no end. She was proud to have completed a New York City marathon, and she loved the Midnight Run on New Year's Eve in Central Park, running her last race just last month.
Beryl was generous, quietly helping many people. Terence Cardinal Cooke Healthcare Center awarded her the Mary P. Clark award for exceptional care and volunteer work for the Huntington's Disease unit of the hospital.
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