Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Berndt, Emil Adolph May 3, 1878 - 
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Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders. Published by the Honolulu Star Bulletin, Territory of Hawaii, 1925
Author: Edited by George F. Nellist

  EMIL ADOLPH BERNDT, Merchant. Purchasing the entire interest of W. W. Dimond 
& Co., Ltd., dealing in household goods, Emil Berndt in 1924 became sole owner 
of a long established Honolulu business with which he had been affiliated in 
executive capacities for more than twenty years. Besides his ownership of this 
firm, Mr. Berndt is interested in various other enterprises. He has been 
prominent in Honolulu business and civic circles since 1895.
  Mr. Berndt began his business career in Honolulu in 1895 as an employee in 
the business office of the Hawaiian Star, advancing to circulation manager and 
later to the position of assistant manager and cashier. He joined W. W. Dimond 
& Co., Ltd., in 1903, as vice president and general manager, at the same time 
serving as a director of the Hawaiian Star.
  When the Hawaiian Star and Evening Bulletin were amalgamated in 1912, Mr. 
Berndt became secretary of The Star-Bulletin Co., serving in this capacity 
until 1921. At present he is secretary and director of the Home Insurance Co. 
and a director of the Pond Co., Ltd.
  With his brother-in-law, W. W. Dimond, and W. R. Castle and A. N. Campbell, 
Mr. Berndt was instrumental in obtaining the franchise of the Honolulu Gas 
Co., Ltd., and for a number of years was an officer and director of that 
corporation. Mr. Berndt has held several semi-public offices, serving as 
secretary of the Hawaiian Board of Harbor Commissioners from 1913 to 1915, and 
as chairman of the Hawaiian Tourist Bureau from 1914 to 1920. Active in 
Republican politics, he was chairman of the Republican Central Committee from 
1916 to 1918. He was elected president of the Board of Retail Trade in 1925.
  An active worker during America’s participation in the Word War, Mr. Berndt 
was a member of the Personnel Committee of the War Work Council and gave his 
time continuously to bond and recruiting campaigns. He has helped to develop 
the Boy Scout movement in Honolulu, acting as a member of the Boy Scout 
Council. He has been prominent for many years in fostering aquatic sports, 
particularly with they Myrtle Boat Club and the Outrigger Canoe Club.
  Born in Breman, Germany, May 3, 1878, Mr. Berndt is the son of E. Louis and 
Wilhelmina Sophia Fredericke (Kunst) Berndt. Coming to Hawaii in his youth, he 
was educated in the public and private schools of Kauai, and was graduated 
from St. Louis College, Honolulu, in 1895.
  Mr. Berndt and Lili Pfeil were married in San Francisco, Dec. 8, 1904. He is 
a mason, Shriner, Rotarian, and a member of the advisory board of the Army and 
Navy, Central, and Nuuanu Y.M.C.A., and the Honolulu Chamber of Commerce.


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