1932
Mr. Berkon is born in Brooklyn, New York to Samuel and Sara Berkon.
1952
Mr. Berkon studies courses at the Pratt Institute.
1954
Mr. Berkon receives a Bachelor of Arts from Brooklyn College.
1958
Mr. Berkon exhibits in a group show at the Brooklyn Museum.
1959
Mr. Berkon receives a Master of Arts from New York University.
1960
Mr. Berkon marries Eileen Phyllis Eichel.
1962
Mr. Berkon has a solo exhibition at Smolin Gallery in New York, New York.
1966
Mr. Berkon becomes an adjunct faculty member at Fairleigh Dickinson University and Nassau Community College.
1967
Mr. Berkon has a solo exhibition at the 20th Century West Gallery in New York, New York.
1968
Mr. Berkon becomes a lecturer at The City College of New York.
1974
Mr. Berkon exhibits in a group show, “Contemporary Reflections 1974,” at the Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art in Ridgefield, Connecticut.
1977
Mr. Berkon serves as a guest lecturer at Middlebury College.
1978
Mr. Berkon has a solo exhibition at Genesis Galleries in New York, New York.
1982
Mr. Berkon serves as a guest lecturer at Nassau Community College.
1984
Mr. Berkon is commissioned by NASA to interpret the first untethered space walk.
1987
Mr. Berkon is commissioned by NASA to interpret the Jupiter fly-by.
1988
Mr. Berkon exhibits in a NASA collection group show for the traveling exhibition, Visions of Flight.
1995
Mr. Berkon serves as a guest lecturer at St. Thomas Aquinas College.
2001
Mr. Berkon has a solo exhibition at the Schering Plough Corporation Gallery in Madison, New Jersey.
2017
Mr. Berkon is honored with the Albert Nelson Marquis Lifetime Achievement Award from Marquis Who’s Who.