Information about Henry W. Bloch

Henry W. Bloch (b. July 30, 1922[1]) is the co-founder and (since 2000[1]) the chairman emeritus of H&R Block. Henry and his brother, Richard Bloch, founded H&R Block in 1955 in Kansas City, Missouri.

Personal life

Bloch was born in Kansas City. He attended Southwest High School, and was an undergraduate at University of Missouri–Kansas City and the University of Michigan, graduating from Michigan in 1944.[1] Through the Army Air Corps he received graduate training at the Harvard Business School.

Bloch and his wife Marion married in 1951 and live in the Kansas City metropolitan area.[1]

The Henry Wollman Block fountain in front of Union Station in Kansas City is named in his honor, as is The Henry W. Bloch School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Missouri–Kansas City[2] and the Bloch Building, a major addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

References

1. ^ Biography of Bloch from the H&R Block website
2. ^ About Henry Bloch from the UMKC Bloch School website
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H&R Block, Inc.

Public (NYSE:  HRB )
Founded Kansas City, Missouri USA, (1955)
Headquarters Kansas City, Missouri USA

Key people Mark A. Ernst, Chairman & CEO, Henry and Richard Bloch founders
Products Banking
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Richard A. Bloch (January 15 1926(1926--)—July 21 2004(2004--)
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Around the turn of the 20th century, the Kansas City Terminal Railway, a company controlled by the 12 railroads serving Kansas City, decided that a new location
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The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art is the preeminent art museum in Kansas City, Missouri. It is considered one of the finest art collections in the United States.

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