Albert N. (Al) Goldberg, a resident of South Lake Tahoe since 1994, died Aug. 15 after a battle with colon cancer.

A memorial service will be Sept. 29 at 1:30pm at Temple Bat Yam, 3260 Pioneer Trail, South Lake Tahoe.

Al moved to Lake Tahoe from Los Angeles to become public relations manager of Harveys Resort Hotel & Casino after an extensive career in public relations and journalism. He retired in 2006 after 12 years with Harveys and Harrah’s.

Al Goldberg

He had been active in Temple Bat Yam, the Jewish congregation serving Lake Tahoe, Carson City and the Carson Valley, serving as president from 1998-2000. He also served as treasurer and as a board member for many years.

Born Dec. 16, 1937, in Toledo, Ohio, he graduated from Bowling Green State University in Ohio with a joint degree in public relations and journalism. He worked as a reporter and editor for 18 years for the Associated Press and the Toledo Blade for which he served as a political writer and business editor in the 1970s. He also won a fellowship in business and economics from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pittsburgh.

After leaving the field of journalism in 1978 Goldberg began a second career in public relations, serving as public relations manager of Jeep Corporation in Toledo from 1978-1981 after which he moved to Los Angeles as a senior vice president of Hill & Knowlton, then the world’s largest public relations agency. His major clients were Mazda Automobiles, Bridgestone Tires and Hitachi Electronics, he founded and was co-director of Hill & Knowlton’s Japanese business division which served public relations needs of then-burgeoning Japanese companies moving to the United States.

Al moved to Lake Tahoe from Los Angeles to become public relations manager of Harveys Resort Hotel & Casino after an extensive career in public relations and journalism. He retired in 2006 after 12 years with Harveys and Harrah’s.

He had been active in Temple Bat Yam, the Jewish congregation serving Lake Tahoe, Carson City and the Carson Valley, serving as president from 1998-2000. He also served as treasurer and as a board member for many years.

Goldberg is survived by his wife Ellen, who is active in several Lake Tahoe women’s organizations, and by his daughter Lauren and grandson Dean of Las Vegas: son Andy of Los Angeles, and granddaughter Michelle of Denver.; step children Debra Silverman (Chris Hebert), Gregg Silverman (Carolyn) and Lauren Wilson (Nathan), and six step-grandchildren.