Alan Berkman

Physician, Deceased Person

1945 – 2009

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Who was Alan Berkman?

Alan Berkman was an American physician and activist in the Students for a Democratic Society and Weather Underground who went to prison for his involvement in a number of robberies staged by the organizations and their offshoots. Released after eight years in prison for armed robbery and explosives possession, Berkman provided medical care to the homeless and founded Health GAP to help provide AIDS pharmaceuticals to some of the world's poorest nations.

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Born
Sep 4, 1945
Brooklyn
Also known as
  • Dr. Alan Berkman
Profession
Education
  • Cornell University
  • Columbia University
  • Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Lived in
  • Manhattan
  • Brooklyn
Died
Jun 5, 2009

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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