On 23 August, 2014 Edward Bernstein died aged 97.

He followed in the footsteps of his older brother Ben who attended FIDI and the National Association of Furniture Warehousemen and Removers in the early 1950s and took over responsibility for the international moving side of Quaker Moving & Storage of Philadelphia.

He was secretary to the United States of America section of the British Association of Overseas Furniture Removers for over 30 years.

Quaker Moving & Storage specialised in the moving of art and Edward became a collector of art in his own right. He organised the visit of the first Institute study tour in 1973 and the participants universally thought that this was the highlight of the whole tour.

He leaves his wife Dottie, brother Stanley and many nieces and nephews.