Bernard Thomas Brennan, 92, of Delray Beach, FL and formerly of Kinderhook, NY, died Sunday, June 24, 2007 at Bethesda Medical Center in Boynton Beach, FL after a brief illness. Born in Chicago on July 26, 1914, he was the son of the late Bernard G. and Elizabeth, nee Grace, Brennan. President of Bernard T. Brennan, Inc., Kinderhook, New York; former deputy administrator, AID, U.S. State Department, Washington, D.C. (1962-63); management consultant, Securities Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C. (1961-62); president and owner, Anti-Corrosive Metal Products Co., fastener manufacturer, Castleton-on-Hudson, New York (1958-61); President, Bernard T. Brennan Co., Chicago, management consultant (1954-58); president, Chisholm, Boyd and White Co., Chicago, refractory press manufacturer (1947-54); manager, Bergland and Co., Wasco, IL, retail lumber yard (1946-47). Loyola University, Ph.B., 1937; Harvard Business School, MBA, 1939; Lt.-Commander, USNR, Ret.; Advisory Board, 1st American Bank of New York; Director, Bankers Trust Company of Albany, 1970-84; Director, Pattern for Progress, Inc., regional planning, Poughkeepsie, New York; president, Columbia Memorial Hospital. Hudson, New York; Trustee, Loyola University, Chicago, 1975-84; Trustee, Columbia-Greene Community College, Hudson, New York, 1972-82; Trustee, Shaker Museum, Old Chatham, New York; Trustee, Columbia County Historical Society, Kinderhook, New York; Old Chatham Hunt Club, member; and Knight of Macta, member. He is survived by two sons, Thomas Brennan of Cyprus, TX and John Brennan of Columbiaville, NY; three daughters, Ann Cooper of Columbiaville, NY, Elizabeth Brennan of Austin, TX and Jill McCormick of Kinderhook, NY; 11 grandchildren, Ben, Alex, Michael and Emily Brennan, Jessica, Sean and James Coy, Olivia, Ellen, Katherine and Rosemary McCormick; and several nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his two wives, Katherine, nee Albro, Brennan and Ann, nee Lansing, Kelly; a sister, Rosemary Cremin; and a brother, James Brennan. Funeral Services will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. from St. John the Baptist Church, Route 9, Valatie, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. John Molyn. Interment will be in Kinderhook Cemetery. Friends may call Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at the Raymond E. Bond Funeral Home, Inc., Route 9, Valatie, NY. In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Columbia Memorial Hospital, Hudson, NY. His philanthropy was made possible by “the hand of God and inflation, as well as the fact that I kept my nose clean.”
