biographical statement

Daniel E. Beren was born on November 3, 1929 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He was educated at Cheltenham High School and Pennington Prep School, and he earned his Bachelor of Arts from Baldwin-Wallace College in 1952 and his LL. B at Temple University Law School in 1955. Prior to serving as a legislator in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, he was a US Army Corporal from 1955-57 and an attorney in the law firm Waters, Fleer, Cooper & Gallagher. While in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Beren was assigned to the Elections and Apportionment Committee from 1967-68, the Motor Vehicles and Highway Safety Committee from 1967-68, the Mines and Minerals Committee from 1967-68, the Consumer Protection Committee from 1969-72, the State Government Committee as Vice Chairman from 1969-70 and 1973-74, the Transportation Committee from 1971-76, and the Urban Affairs Committee from 1973-76. In the 1960s, he called for legislation to allow tax credits for pollution control, ban leaf burning, and provide mandatory classes for convicted DUI drivers. He also led a select committee to investigate gang violence and murders in Philadelphia. He is credited with inventing the Neighborhood Assistance Act. Since Beren left the House in 1976, he has worked as a lobbyist for Dilworth, Paxson, Kalish & Kauffman, Baskin Flaherty Elliott Mannino & Beren, P.C. and Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney, P.C.

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