Dick Beahrs

Dick Beahrs graduated from Berkeley in 1968. He was a history major and served as ASUC President during his last year on campus. He is now retired, but he spent 35 years as a Media Executive at Time Warner, where his positions included the Presidencies of Comedy Central and Court TV. In 2001, Dick and his wife Carolyn funded the creation of the Beahrs Environmental Leadership Program on the Berkeley campus. In the past decade, over 350 environmental leaders from over 75 countries from around the world have received intensive training in sustainable development practices through a 3 1/2 week multidisciplinary program. His wife Carolyn is also a Berkeley graduate (1967), and all four of their children also have Berkeley degrees.