Bernerd Clarke Weber was born
on May 9, 1910 in Ashland, Oregon. He earned his A.B. degree from San Jose
State University and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of
California at Berkeley. Professor Weber served in the Air Force Military
Intelligence during World War II. In 1941 he was appointed Assistant Professor
in the History Department of the University of Alabama, and during his
distinguished career he was awarded the title Knight of Grace of the Sovereign
Military Order of the Knights of Malta, designated a Senior Fulbright Scholar
to the Royal University of Malta, and received numerous awards for teaching,
including the Excellence in Teaching Award from the University of Alabama
in 1976. He held life memberships in numerous learned societies (The American
Historical Society, The Organization of American Historians, The Renaissance
Society of America, The Tanganyka Historical Association, and the Alabama
Academy of Science, and belonged to numerous professional organizations,
including Phi Alpha Theta, Delta Phi Alpha, Pi Tau Chi, Pi Delta Phi, and
Omicron Delta Kappa. He was also a member of Alpha Tau Omega social fraternity.
During his tenure at Alabama Professor Weber published several books with
distinguished presses and over fifty articles in scholarly journals. After
retiring in 1980, he remained active, teaching and publishing, as a Professor
Emeritus of History, and established, with his wife Alma B. Weber, an Endowed
Scholarship at the University of Alamama.
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