Family Card - Person Sheet
NameHenry Wollman Bloch 
Birth30 Jul 1922
FatherLeon Edwin Bloch (1881-1976)
MotherHortense Bienenstock (1894-1981)
Spouses
Marriage1951
Notes for Henry Wollman Bloch
{geni:occupation} Cofounder of H.R. Block
{geni:about_me} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Bloch
Henry Wollman Bloch (born July 30, 1922)[1] is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and (since 2000)[1] the chairman emeritus of the American tax-preparation company H&R Block. Henry and his brother, Richard Bloch, founded H&R Block in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri. Bloch is Jewish.
Early life and education[edit]
Bloch was born in Kansas City where he attended Southwest High School, and was an undergraduate at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He later attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating in 1944.[1] Through the U.S. Army Air Corps he received graduate training at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Career[edit]
Bloch founded the H&R Block company with his brother Richard in 1955.[3]
Personal life and honors[edit]
Bloch and his wife Marion married in 1951 and live in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]
The Henry Wollman Bloch Fountain[4] in front of Kansas City's Union Station is named in his honor, as is the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City[5] and the Bloch Building, a major additionto Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Bloch was inducted into the Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2001.
{geni:about_me} https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_W._Bloch
Henry Wollman Bloch (born July 30, 1922)[1] is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the co-founder and (since 2000)[1] the chairman emeritus of the American tax-preparation company H&R Block. Henry and his brother, Richard Bloch, founded H&R Block in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri. Bloch is Jewish.
Early life and education[edit]
Bloch was born in Kansas City where he attended Southwest High School, and was an undergraduate at University of Missouri–Kansas City. He later attended the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, Michigan, graduating in 1944.[1] Through the U.S. Army Air Corps he received graduate training at the Harvard Business School in Boston, Massachusetts.
Career[edit]
Bloch founded the H&R Block company with his brother Richard in 1955.[3]
Personal life and honors[edit]
Bloch and his wife Marion married in 1951 and live in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]
The Henry Wollman Bloch Fountain[4] in front of Kansas City's Union Station is named in his honor, as is the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri–Kansas City[5] and the Bloch Building, a major additionto Kansas City's Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.
Bloch was inducted into the Junior Achievement's U.S. Business Hall of Fame in 2001.