Background
Block, Herman Bernhardt was born on August 8, 1904 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Morris and Frances (Goldberg) Block.
Block, Herman Bernhardt was born on August 8, 1904 in Crawfordsville, Indiana, United States. Son of Morris and Frances (Goldberg) Block.
Student Harvard Military Academy, Los Angeles, 1919-1920, University of Wisconsin, 1922-1925.
; children—Francine Joan Shalit, Richard Morse. Married second, Florence Joyce Boden, May 11, 1960. 1 son, Ronald Jay. Department store management, 1927-1935.
Owner industrial salvage firm, 1935-1945.
Sales industrial supplies, 1946-1952. Subcontract manager Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation, 1952-1954, vice president procurement, 1956-1957, executive vice president procurement, 1958-1966, president, 1972-1980, also director
President Practical Manufacturing Company, 1966-1972. Director purchasing Devoe & Raynolds Company, Incorporated., 1954-1956.
Served as Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1943-1946. Member Phi Sigma Delta. Elk; member B’nai B’rith.
Clubs: Chemists (New York City).
Married Lillian Shirley Callin, April. Married second, Florence Joyce Boden, May 11, 1960. Children: Francine Joan Shalit, Richard Morse.