Bernard Chamberlain
Bernard Peyton Chamberlain was the host of the Jefferson Cable Corporation's Community History Series.
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Chamberlain was a Charlottesville attorney and historian who, in the 1930s as a candidate for state legislature, led the fight against efforts to establish a managerial government in Albemarle County, a change that would wrest control of local issues from the Governor. During World War II, Chamberlain served as a rationing executive for the Richmond Office of Price Administration before being appointed rent director for Albemarle County in 1944. As such, he was responsible for controlling rental costs for the area.[1] In 1999 he was posthumously honored by the Daily Progress as one of their Distinguished Dozen for the 20th century.[2] He died in 1983 at the age of 86.
References
- ↑ Moore, John Hammond. Albemarle, Jefferson's County, 1727-1976. 1976. Charlottesville: Albemarle County Historical Society, 1986. 381, 415.
- ↑ Web. Distinguished Dozen: All the winners, Daily Progress Staff, The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, retrieved August 17, 2012.