I share in sadness for the loss of this wonderful, brilliant, generous, friendly man I adored when he was my advisor and teacher at UCSC when I was in the Pioneer class. I  was young and naive but Harry treated me (and I'm sure all of us) as someone special.  What a wonderful teacher, friend, and charming man. I will miss him at future reunions. I send my great sympathy to his family.

Being in his presence was a blessing; every second.

Harry Berger was  an incredibly learned scholar who wrote without a trace of pedantry. He was also an electric presence who radiated warmth and humor; even his acerbic  remarks were delivered  with generosity. I knew him for a long time, but not  as well as I would have liked. I thought often of reaching out to him, but never did anything about it to my now eternal discredit.   Stan Fish

I was privileged to meet Harry when I was at Smith College on a Research Associateship, returning to the academy after a long gap due to injury. I had a lot to catch up on.  I heard an excellent talk Harry gave there while he was visiting, and I wrote him an email.  He generously gave me advice which I used to jump start my research, citing bibliography in detail by memory.  A kind man,

None better than Harry. I can recall classes from 50 years ago as if this morning. Michael Holahan

I studied Shakespeare & Spencer with Harry n the early 1980s and never once fell asleep in his seminars. Since I worked at City on a Hill, I worked all night Wed. til whenever the paper was finally pasted up Thursday morning. He was that engaging. And a wit. During my graduation ceremony, I spilled coffee down one side of my shirt, and he said, "You're unbalanced, Burke." He saw things!

Certainly one of the most intellectually important people I've known.  I'm scanning the two binders from 1971-2 World Civ. and would be glad to share.