Background
Koplar, Sam was born on July 4, 1888 in Saint Louis. Son of Berl and Rose (Schwartz) Koplar.
Koplar, Sam was born on July 4, 1888 in Saint Louis. Son of Berl and Rose (Schwartz) Koplar.
Student Smith Academy (then affiliated with Washingtn U.), 1904.
Builder theatres apartment buildings and hotels since 1923. Chairman of the Board and president Park Plaza Hotel (builder 1930-1931), Saint Louis, since 1945. Became president and director Chase Hotel, 1935, Embassy Investment corporation since 1947.
Treasurer and director Forest Park Hotel.
Director Sanjanet Apartment Hotel Company. Vice president, director KPLR-television, Saint Louis, since 1959.
Club: Westwood Country. Collector Chinese art objects.
Married Jeannette Grollnek, October 20, 1909. Children: Lillian (Mistress Morris A. Shenker), Harold, Betty Delores (Mistress Richard Arnold Bennett).