Background
Block, Samuel Westheimer was born on February 14, 1911 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel and Oliva (Westheimer) Block.
Block, Samuel Westheimer was born on February 14, 1911 in Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States. Son of Samuel and Oliva (Westheimer) Block.
Graduate Worcester (Massachusetts) Academy, 1929. Bachelor of Arts Yale, 1933. Bachelor of Laws, Harvard, 1936.
Admitted to Illinois bar, 1936. Associate law firm Jenner & Block and predecessors, Chicago, 1936-1948, partner, 1948-1970. Chief counsel, service trades branch Office of Price Administration, 1941-1942.
Director Weyenberg Shoe Company, Mid-Am, National Bank of Chicago, Bowers Printing Ink Company Trustee secretary Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago.
Board directors, advisory board Hyde Park Neighborhood Club, Chicago.
Served to captain Army of the United States, 1943-1945. Member American College of Trial Lawyers, American, Illinois. Chicago bar associations.
Bar Association City New New York
Clubs: Standard, Tavern, Quadrangle (Chicago.
Married Jean Friedberg, November 7, 1940. Children: Samuel Westheimer, Elizabeth, William Harry.