Bernheim, Isaac Wolfe
Born: Schmieheim, Baden, Germany, 4 November 1848.
Died: Santa Monica, California, 1 April 1945.
Married: Amanda Uri 1874
Companies Associated With: Bernheim Bros. 1872-1903
Bernheim Distilling Company 1903-1915
Brands Associated With: I W Harper
Contributions to the Industry: Leader in the field of high quality blended whiskey. Opposed Bottled-in-Bond Act. Created many point of sale advertising pieces.
Contributions to the Community: Philanthropist donating money for the library at the Hebrew Union College in Cincinnati, Statues of Henry Clay and Ephraim McDowell for Statuary Hall in the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. and Thomas Jefferson for the Courthouse in Jefferson County, Kentucky and Abraham Lincoln at Louisville Public Library, Waterworks of his home town in Germany, and a Home for the Young Men's Hebrew Association in Louisville, Kentucky. He is most famous for purchasing land and setting up the endowment for the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest south of Louisville.
Mike Veach