Background
Sundheim, George Melchoir was born on January 26, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph John and Margaret Catherine (Mathias) Sundheim.
Sundheim, George Melchoir was born on January 26, 1894 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Joseph John and Margaret Catherine (Mathias) Sundheim.
Graduate, Lewis Institute of Technology, 1913. Student, Northwestern University, 1916. Student, Chicago Kent College Law, 1916.
Student, Columbia University and Fordham University, 1917.
With Chicago Title & Trust Company, 1911-1914. Attorney National Biscuit Company, New York City, 1916-1917, 19-22. With law firm Tenney, Harding, Sherman & Rogers, Chicago, 1922-1929.
Private practice law, from 1929. General counsel, secretary, board directors Barney Olson, Inc., Gas Equipment Maintenance Inc., Allied Manufacturing & Sales Inc., Streeter-Amet Company. General counsel, assistant secretary, director Crooks Terminal Warehouses, Inc.
General counsel, director Clearing Safe Deposit Company, Grand Specialties Company, Sasgen Derrick Company, State Bank of Clearing. General counsel, secretary 565 W. Washington Corporation. General counsel Anderson Engineering Company, Brewer Sewing Supplies Company, Great Lakes Spring division Rockwell Standard Corporation, School District 110, Engine Sales, Inc.
Counsel Agar Container division International Paper Company, Arkell Safety Bag, Ethican Suture division Johnson & Johnson.
Justice of peace Lyons Township, Cook County, 1930-1938. Trustee Village of LaGrange, Illinois, 1940-1942. Chairman LaGrange Zoning Appeal Board, Lagrange Council.
Attorney for trustees of schools Stickney Township Served with naval aviation United States Navy, World War I. Member American Bar Association, Illinois State Bar Association, Chicago Bar Association, American Legion (adjunct), Masons, Union League Club, LaGrange Country Club, Big Foot Country Club (Lake Geneva, Wisconsin), Northwestern University Club (Evanston, Illinois).
Married Bertha Korup, September 24, 1919 (deceased September 1954). Children: Dorothy Gene, Marguerite Catherine, George Melchoir. Married second, Blanche Paynter, April 4, 1956.