Background
Lasker, Edward was born on May 15, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert D. and Flora (Warner) Lasker.
Lasker, Edward was born on May 15, 1912 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Albert D. and Flora (Warner) Lasker.
Graduate, Phillips Exeter Academy, 1929; Bachelor of Arts, Yale University, 1933; Bachelor of Laws, University of California at Los Angeles, 1955.
He then joined his father"s advertising agency where he worked until 1942 when he joined the United States. Navy and served in the Pacific. After the war (by which time his father had left the advertising business), Edward Lasker moved to the West Coast of the United States where he became a film producer in Hollywood. In 1947, Lasker married actress Jane Greer with whom he had three children.
Their sons Alex and Lawrence Lasker are screenwriters and producers.
In 1963, Edward Lasker married Cynthia Stone Palmer. In 1929, Edward Lasker became involved in Thoroughbred horse racing as an owner/breeder.
At age forty, Edward Lasker went back to university to study for a law degree. After graduating in 1955 from the University of California in Los Angeles he began practising law.
He served for many years on the boards of directors of Phillip Morris, Incorporated. and Great Western Financial.
Edward Lasker was living in Los Angeles at the time of his death in 1997 at age eighty-five.
Trustee Pomona College, honorary 1985-1992. Delegate Democratic National Convention, 1956,60. Served from Lieutenant (junior grade) to Lieutenant commander of The United States Navy Reserve, 1942-1945. M C.
Married Cynthia S. Palmer, November 1963. Children by previous marriage: Albert, Lawrence, Steven.