Real estate developer and philanthropist Darryl Berger received The Times-Picayune Loving Cup for 2023 Thursday night at an awards presentation crowded with family and friends, business and civic leaders, university presidents, past Loving Cup recipients and, even, a former governor, John Bel Edwards.
“I need only look out in this audience to see former Loving Cup recipients, all giants in community service, and I am truly humbled to even be considered to be added to a list that includes these remarkable New Orleanians,” Berger told those gathered at the Audubon Tea Room.
Since 1901, the Loving Cup has been bestowed to men and women who have worked unselfishly for the community without expectation of public recognition or material reward.
Berger’s influence on New Orleans is easy to see in real, physical terms. As a young developer in the…
