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Bernard Goldstein

American attorney and entrepreneur

Bernard "Bernie" Goldstein (February 5, 1929 – July 5, 2009) was an American attorney and entrepreneur. He was the founder and chairman of Isle of Capri Casinos and is sometimes called the "father of modern riverboat gambling" because he was the first person to run riverboat casinos in the Midwest and South after they became legal in the 1990s.2

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Born Feb 5, 1929, died Jul 5, 2009.1

Companies

Early life and education

  • Date not recordedUniversity of Illinois Urbana-Champaign3

He received his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign. He was admitted to the Iowa bar in 1951.

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Career

Occupation: businessperson.5

He joined the Davenport, Iowa scrap metal firm, Alter Companies, owned by his father-in-law, Frank R. Alter, in 1950 and served as secretary/treasurer until 1964, when he was elected executive vice president. He became president in 1973 and chairman in 1980.

In 1960, he launched a barge and tugboat service on the Mississippi River, Alter Barge Line, to transport the scrap

Its first boat was the MV Frank R. Alter. Its boats are marked by districtive yellow trim. The boats initially transported coal upriver and scrap metal down and then expanded into carrying grain.

In 1998, he wrote a book about the company, Navigating the century: A personal account of Alter Company's first hundred years.

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Personal life

  • BornFeb 5, 1929, Rock Island6
  • DiedJul 5, 2009, Bettendorf7

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