Artist Profile: Richard Berkley
Richard Berkley
Kansas City, MO
Bio:
Richard L. Berkley received his undergraduate degree from Harvard University (1953) and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1957. Dick Berkley served as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri, U.S., from 1979 to 1991 and was a city councilman for ten years prior. Although Kansas City mayors do not officially have political affiliations, Mayor Berkley was the first Republican mayor of the city since the 1920s. He served longer than any other mayor in Kansas City history. Numerous capital improvement projects occurred during his term, including a major expansion of Bartle Hall Convention Center and revitalization of the Quality Hill neighborhood. Berkley was mayor at the time of the Hyatt walkway collapse in 1981. The Richard L. Berkley Riverfront Park on Front Street along the Missouri River west of the Christopher "Kit" Bond Bridge (I-35) is named for him. http://www.tension.com/