Background
Block, Leonard Nathan was born on December 21, 1911 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander and Tillie (Goetz) Block.
Block, Leonard Nathan was born on December 21, 1911 in Brooklyn. Son of Alexander and Tillie (Goetz) Block.
Bachelor of Science, University Pennsylvania, 1933; Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Mount Sinai School Medicine, 1985.
Senior chairman, Block Drug Company, Inc., Jersey City, since 1933.
Member New York City Committee of Foster Care of Children, 1966-1969. Member Board Social Welfare, 1969-1977, vice chairman, 1974-1977. Treasurer Child Welfare Information Services, 1972-1984.
Board directors Welfare Research, Inc., 1980. Board directors Federation Jewish Philanthropies, since 1953, associate chairman board, chairman distribution committee, 1958-1963, chairman communal planning committee, 1964-1968. Board directors, treasurer Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, 1977-1984.
Member of Harmonie, Hollywood Golf, Ocean Beach, Lyford Cay Club.
Married Adele Goldberg, October 8, 1936. Children: Peggy Davis (Mistress Richard M. Danziger), Thomas Roger.