Richard Bergenheim
Encyclopedia
Richard Bergenheim was the former editor of The Christian Science Monitor, and President of The First Church of Christ, Scientist.
Bergenheim was editor of the Monitor during the kidnapping of correspondent Jill Carroll
in Baghdad
, Iraq
by insurgents in January 2006. Bergenheim, who served as editor for three years, worked with FBI agents and other officials for Carroll's release. She was held for almost three months, and her Iraqi interpreter, Allan Enwiyah, was killed during her abduction.
Carroll had been a freelancer at the time of her capture, and Bergenheim had immediately placed her on staff so she could receive benefits. When Carroll returned to the United States in April 2006, Bergenheim was one of the first to greet her with a hug at Logan Airport.
Bergenheim, who was a member of the church's Board of Directors from 1992 to 1994, came from a publishing family. His father, Robert C. Bergenheim, founded the Boston Business Journal
and was publisher of the Boston Herald American. The elder Bergenheim had covered Boston City Hall for the Monitor in the 1950s and was later manager of the Christian Science Publishing Society
.
Bergenheim was editor of the Monitor during the kidnapping of correspondent Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll
Jill Carroll is an American former journalist who was kidnapped and ultimately released in Iraq. Carroll was a reporter for the Christian Science Monitor at the time of her kidnapping...
in Baghdad
Baghdad
Baghdad is the capital of Iraq, as well as the coterminous Baghdad Governorate. The population of Baghdad in 2011 is approximately 7,216,040...
, Iraq
Iraq
Iraq ; officially the Republic of Iraq is a country in Western Asia spanning most of the northwestern end of the Zagros mountain range, the eastern part of the Syrian Desert and the northern part of the Arabian Desert....
by insurgents in January 2006. Bergenheim, who served as editor for three years, worked with FBI agents and other officials for Carroll's release. She was held for almost three months, and her Iraqi interpreter, Allan Enwiyah, was killed during her abduction.
Carroll had been a freelancer at the time of her capture, and Bergenheim had immediately placed her on staff so she could receive benefits. When Carroll returned to the United States in April 2006, Bergenheim was one of the first to greet her with a hug at Logan Airport.
Bergenheim, who was a member of the church's Board of Directors from 1992 to 1994, came from a publishing family. His father, Robert C. Bergenheim, founded the Boston Business Journal
Boston Business Journal
The Boston Business Journal is a weekly, business-oriented newspaper published in Boston, Massachusetts. It is published by the American City Business Journals....
and was publisher of the Boston Herald American. The elder Bergenheim had covered Boston City Hall for the Monitor in the 1950s and was later manager of the Christian Science Publishing Society
Christian Science Publishing Society
The Christian Science Publishing Society was established in 1898 by Mary Baker Eddy and is the publishing arm of The First Church of Christ, Scientist in Boston, Massachusetts. It is located, along with the Mary Baker Eddy Library, in the Publishing Society building at the Christian Science...
.