Magaly Lizama Hernandez ’26, A Burgeoning Public Servant, Receives The Inaugural Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award In Honor Of His Service To Baltimore City - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

Magaly Lizama Hernandez ’26, A Burgeoning Public Servant, Receives The Inaugural Bernard L. Berkowitz Memorial Award In Honor Of His Service To Baltimore City - UMBC: University Of Maryland, Baltimore County

Growing up in Bronx, New York, almost a century ago, Bernard “Bernie” L. Berkowitz, a first-generation son of Hungarian immigrants, may not have realized then that his life would take him beyond the bounds of New York City to Baltimore City and eventually to UMBC. In 1995, Berkowitz completed seven years of service to UMBC as the special assistant to the president for economic development efforts, which included planning for the bwtech@UMBC Rese…