Background
Falk, Myron was born on May 8, 1906 in New Orleans. Son of Gustave Falk and Margurite Rodriguez.
Falk, Myron was born on May 8, 1906 in New Orleans. Son of Gustave Falk and Margurite Rodriguez.
Bachelor, Tulane University, 1931. Postgraduate, Tulane University, 1932.
Case worker, New Orleans Department Public Welfare, 1932;
executive director Baton Rouge area, Federal Bureau Transients, 1933-1936;
field representative, senior consultant, Louisiana State Department Public Welfare, 1936-1941;
deputy director, Louisiana Civilian Defense Office, 1941-1942;
executive director, Comty. Chest of Baton Rouge, 1944-1952;
organizer, executive director, United Givers Fund of Baton Rouge, 1952-1964;
director western region, United Way of America, New York, 1964-1972;
senior fundraising consultant, United Way of America, Alexandria, Virginia, 1972-1974;
private practice fundraising consultant, 1974-1978. Organizer Louisiana Council Migratory Labor and Transients, 1938-1941, executive secretary, 1938-1941.
Consultant, deputy civilian defense coordinator and evacuation officer State of Louisiana, 1952. Visiting professor School Social Welfare, Louisiana State University, 1952-1964. Organizer Comty. Fund for Arts, Baton Rouge executive director, 1988-1989.
Civilian defense coordinator 5-state region 8th Service Command, Dallas, evacuation officer Louisiana, 1942-1944. Executive director Baton Rouge Area Foundation, 1978-1988, executive director emeritus, 1990. District Service Corps of Retired Executives representative, Louisiana, 1982, 83.
Member advisory board Hospice Foundation Baton Rouge, Foundation History Louisiana, Volumes Public Schools, Epilepsy Association Greater Baton Rouge, Community Fund Arts, Arts Council Greater Baton Rouge, Cystic Fibrosis Stair Climb Committee. Board directors American Red Cross, Council Aging Baton Rouge Area, Consumer Education Foundation, Young Men's Christian Association. Member American Association Social Workers (Baton Rouge chapter pres 1938, national board directors 1946-1948), United Way Retirees Association (national board directors), Louisiana Conference Social Welfare (president 1939), Rotary.
Married Roberta Gilkison, September 2, 1934 (deceased 1980). 1 child, Elizabeth Falk Jones.