Robert Carlton Bergenheim (January 19, 1924 – June 5, 2010) was an American
journalist
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and
editor
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who founded the ''
Boston Business Journal
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The newspaper was founded by Robert Bergenheim and launched its first issue on ...
'', which published its first issue on March 2, 1981.
He also served as the
publisher
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of the now defunct ''
Boston Herald American
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'' during the 1970s.
[ He was a Nieman Fellow.
Bergenheim was raised in ]Dorchester, Massachusetts
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.[ He enlisted in the ]United States Navy
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in 1944 during World War II
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, serving in the Pacific theater
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.[ He was selected for a fellowship from the ]Nieman Foundation for Journalism
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at Harvard University
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, where he graduated in 1954.[ Bergenheim began his career at '']The Christian Science Monitor
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''.[
Robert Bergenheim died at his home in ]Naples, Florida
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, of several health complications on June 5, 2010, at the age of 86.[ He was survived by his wife, the former Elizabeth McKee, whom he married in 1947; two daughters, Carol and Kristine; four sons, Robert, Roger, Ronald, and Michael; a granddaughter; and four grandsons. His fifth son, ]Richard
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, who died in 2008, was the editor in chief of ''The Christian Science Monitor'' from 2005 to 2008.[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/PrintArticle/Bergenheim-Former-Christian-Science-Monitor-Editor-Dies-in-Kansas-City ]
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