Background
Plock, Richard Henry was born on September 6, 1908 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of William H. and Helen M. (Atkinson Repass) Plock.
Plock, Richard Henry was born on September 6, 1908 in Burlington, Iowa, United States. Son of William H. and Helen M. (Atkinson Repass) Plock.
Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1930. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1933.
Admitted to Iowa bar. 1933; now partner Pryor, Hale, Plock, Riley & Jones, Burlington. Chairman Des Moines County Civil Defense Council, 1950-1954.
Member Iowa Board Regents, 1937-1959. Member Association Governing Bds. State Universities and Allied Institutions (president 1945-1946, secretary since 1949), Chamber of Commerce (president 1950-1951), American Judicature Society, American Law Institute, American, Iowa, Des Moines County (president 1946-1947) bar associations, Des Moines County Law library association (president 1953), Iowa History Society, Phi Beta Kappa, Delta Sigma Rho, Delta Kappa Epsilon, Order of Coif.
Republican (county chairman 1942-1946).
Married Helen Moulton Swisher, October 6, 1934. Children: Richard Henry, Carolyn Ann, Susan Swisher.