Background
Rieser, Leonard Moos was born on January 8, 1893 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Herman and Minnie (Moos) Rieser.
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Leonard Moos Rieser
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Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1914. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1917.
Career
Practiced in Chicago since 1917. Associate with Mayer, Meyer, Austrian & Platt until 1919. With Soonenschein, Berkson, Lautmann, Levinson & Morse, 1919-1925.
Admitted to firm 1925, name changed to Sonnenschein, Lautmann, Levinson, Rieser, Carlin and Nath.
Chairman of the Zoning Committee of Highland Park, 1926-1940. Member Illinois State Housing Committee, 1931-1933.
Director Jewish Federation, Chicago, 1943-1952. Trustee Julius Rosenwald Fund, 1933-1948, American Council on Race Relations, 1944-1954.
Member Committee to Draft Mental Health Code of Illinois, 1950-1951.
Treasurer trustee Industrial Areas Foundation. Chairman board of trustees Fisk U. Vice president, trustee Emil Schwarzhaupt Foundation.
Member of the Board of Governors Metropolitan Planning and Housing Council Chicago.
Achievements
Membership
Member American Institute Planners, American Law Institute (tax advisory group), American, Illinois State Chicago bar associations. Clubs: Tavern, Cliffdwellers, Standard.
Connections
Married Margaret Wallerstein, September 6, 1920. Children: Leonard Moos, Junior.
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Nationality
American