Elmer Schlesinger

Background

Schlesinger, Elmer was born on November 20, 1880 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Leopold and Henrietta (Mayer) Schlesinger.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Harvard, 1901, Bachelor of Laws, 1903.

Career

Member firm, Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, 1908-1921. Vice-president and general counsel United States Shipping Board, Washington, District of Columbia, June 15, 1921-September 1, 1922. Later member Chadbourne, Stanchfield & Levy, New New York

Organizer of many large industrial corporations.

Member board directors Chicago Tribune, The News (New York), Liberty Magazine, Fifth Avenue Coach Company, New York Rys. Corporation, et cetera

Achievements

• Elmer Schlesinger has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member firm, Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt, Chicago, 1908-1921. Member board directors Chicago Tribune, The News (New York), Liberty Magazine, Fifth Avenue Coach Company, New York Rys. Corporation, et cetera

Connections

Married Halle Schaffner, 1911 (divorced, 1921). Married second, Eleanor Patterson Gizycka, April. Children: Halle, Elmer.

Father:

Leopold Schlesinger

Mother:

Henrietta (Mayer) Schlesinger

Spouse:

Eleanor Patterson Gizycka

Spouse:

Halle Schaffner

child:

Elmer Schlesinger

child:

Halle Schlesinger