Background
Fleisher, Samuel S. was born in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Simon B. and Cecilia (Hoffheimer) Fleisher.
Fleisher, Samuel S. was born in 1872 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Simon B. and Cecilia (Hoffheimer) Fleisher.
Student Wharton School of Finance (University of Pennsylvania), class of 1892.
Vice president S. B. & B. W. Fleisher, Inc., manufacturers worsted yarn. Director Jewish Foster Home and Orphan Asylum, 1903-1915, now honorary director. Trustee Baron de Hirsch Fund of America, 1903-1932.
Chairman Baron de Hirsch Fund Agricultural School, 1908-1920, Woodbine Community Center, 1926-1932. Member National Conference on Care of Dependent Children, 1909. Vice president Juvenile Protective Association, 1909-1913.
Member Executive Committee Philadelphia Vice Commission, 1913. Director Court Aid Society, 1913-1918. Vice president Ellis College for Fatherless Girls, 1919-1932.
Honorary vice president Philadelphia Art Alliance, National Plant, Fruit and Flower Guild. Member Pennsylvania Council for Education, 1925-1933. Vice president Philadelphia Playgrounds Association.
Director S.E. Pennsylvania Chapter American Red Cross, Jewish Welfare Society, Philadelphia, Emergency Aid Society Pennsylvania, National Economic League, also advisory committee Pennsylvania League of Women Voters, and honorary committee Scholastic Awards of Pennsylvania (art division). Honorary president Associate Amateur Art Clubs of America, Philadelphia. Founded Philadelphia School Art League.
Member Philadelphia Common for Beautification of Metropolitan Area, 1925-1932. Chairman of the board of trustees Pennsylvania State Home for Training in Speech of Deaf Children, 1932-1933.
Member Philadelphia Advisory Committee of Housing for the Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works since 1934. Member board of trustees Neighborhood Centre and of Reform Congregation of Keneseth Israel. Member Regional Planning Committee, 1928-1932.
Member Philadelphia Zoning Committee, 1929-1932, Greater Pennsylvania Council, 1931-1933, Committee for Employment Artists under Public Works Art Project, 1933-1934. Member of advisory board Housing Committee of Philadelphia Association of Settlements. Member board directors National Committee on Enrichment Adult Life, 1931-1934.
Member National Recreation Congress. Member of advisory committee Academy of National Sciences. Member general advisory council National Association for Art Education, 1936.
Member board directors Crime Prevention Association since 1936. Member American Federal of Arts, Art Alliance, Art Teachers Association, History Society Pennsylvania, Fairmount Park Art Association, Pennsylvania Academy Fine Arts, Regional Planning Federation of Philadelphia, Y.M. Hebrew Association, Y.W. Hebrew Association, General Alumni Society Received 1923, the Philadelphia Award (gold medal and $10,000) conferred each year upon the citizen “advancing the best and largest interest of Philadelphia.” Founder and sole supporter of Graphic Sketch. Member Philadelphia Zoning Commission.
Mason.; Clubs: T-Square (honorary), Business Men’s Art.