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Line 1: {{Short description\|American businessman}} {{refimprove\|date=March 2013}}▼ {{For\|other people named Richard Bloch\|Richard Bloch (disambiguation)}} {{Infobox person ▼ ▲{{~~refimprove~~more citations needed\|date=March 2013}} ~~\| name = Richard Adolf Bloch~~ {{Use mdy dates\|date=November 2011}}▼ \| image = ▼ ▲{{Infobox person \| alt = ▼ \| ~~caption~~ name = \| ~~birth_name~~ image = \| ~~birth_date~~alt = ~~February 15, 1926~~ ▲\| ~~image~~ caption = \| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri\|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], United States▼ \| ~~death_date~~ birth_name = ~~July 21, 2004~~Richard ~~(age~~Adolf ~~78)~~Bloch \| ~~education~~ birth_date = ~~[[University~~February of15, ~~Pennsylvania]]~~1926 ▲\| birth_place = [[Kansas City, Missouri\|Kansas City]], [[Missouri]], ~~United States~~U.S. \| alma_mater = ▼ \| ~~occupation~~death_date = {{death date and ~~= businessman~~age\|2004\|7\|21\|1926\|2\|15}} \| ~~known_for~~ death_place = ~~co-founder of~~Kansas ~~[[H&R~~City, ~~Block]]~~Missouri, U.S. \| education = [[University of Pennsylvania]] ~~\| children = Linda Block Lyon<br> Barbara Block Stanny<br> Nancy Block Linsely~~ \| ~~parents~~ alma_mater = \| ~~relatives~~ occupation = ~~[[Henry W. Bloch]] (brother)~~Businessman \| ~~website~~known_for = Co-founder of [[H&R = Block]] \| ~~ethnicity~~ children = ~~Jewish~~3 \| ~~spouse~~ parents = ~~Annette Modell~~ \| relatives = [[Henry W. Bloch]] (brother) ▲\| ~~alt~~ website = ▲\| ~~alma_mater~~spouse = Annette = Modell }} '''Richard Adolf Bloch''' (February 15, 1926 – July 21, 2004)<ref name="NYT">{{cite news\|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/business/~~richard-bloch-78-businessman-who-helped-create-h-r-block~~22xbloch.html\|title=NYRichard ~~Times~~Bloch, ~~obituary~~78, Businessman Who Helped Create H&R Block, Dies\|accessdate=March 305, ~~2009~~ 2024\| work=The New York Times \| first=Sabrina \| last=Tavernise \| date=July 22, 2004}}</ref><ref name="HRB">{{cite web\|url=http://newsroom.hrblock.com/richard-bloch/\|title=Biography from H&R Block website\|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> was an American entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known for starting the [[H&R Block]] tax preparation and personal finance company with his older brother [[Henry W. Bloch\|Henry]] in 1955. His personal experience with cancer led him to invest in helping others fight and overcome the disease.▼ ▲{{Use mdy dates\|date=November 2011}} ~~''For the American investor and banker, see [[Richard L. Bloch]].''~~ ▲'''Richard Adolf Bloch''' (February 15, 1926 – July 21, 2004)<ref name="NYT">{{cite news\|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/22/business/richard-bloch-78-businessman-who-helped-create-h-r-block.html\|title=NY Times obituary\|accessdate=March 30, 2009 \| work=The New York Times \| first=Sabrina \| last=Tavernise \| date=July 22, 2004}}</ref><ref name="HRB">{{cite web\|url=http://newsroom.hrblock.com/richard-bloch/\|title=Biography from H&R Block website\|accessdate=April 8, 2015}}</ref> was an American entrepreneur, and philanthropist best known for starting the [[H&R Block]] tax preparation and personal finance company with his older brother [[Henry W. Bloch\|Henry]] in 1955. His personal experience with cancer led him to invest in helping others fight and overcome the disease. == Early life and education == Bloch was born to a [[American Jews\|Jewish]] family in [[Kansas City]], the son of Hortense (Bienenstock) and Leon Bloch.<ref>{{cite web \| title = H&R Block \| publisher = [[Jewish Virtual Library]] \| url = https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/judaica/ejud_0002_0003_0_03134.html \| accessdate = 2014-03-10}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/henry-bloch-h-r-block-s-co-founding-tv-pitchman-dies-at-96-1.1248166\|title=Henry Bloch, H&R Block's Co-Founding TV Pitchman, Dies at 96 - Article\|date=April 23, 2019}}</ref> In the 4th grade, Bloch found a hand press in his uncle's attic and began his first business as a printer. By the time he was 12, he had three automatic presses and was providing printing services to several [[Kansas City, Missouri\|Kansas City]] high schools. He sold his business to an [[Iowa]] college to use as a print course teaching model. When he was 16, he entered the [[Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania\|Wharton School]] (part of the [[University of Pennsylvania]]). In college Bloch was a member of [[Zeta Beta Tau]], the campus' Jewish fraternity. The youngest member of his class, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in economics in 1945. He helped pay his college expenses by purchasing used cars, repairing them and selling them for a profit. Line 47 ⟶ 46: == Death == Bloch died of heart failure on July 21, 2004, at the age of 78.<ref name="NYT"/> He was survived by his wife, Annette (née Modell),<ref>[http://www.palmsprings.com/blog/palmsprings-com-spotlight-an-interview-with-annette-bloch/ Palm Springs.com: "PalmSprings.com Spotlight: An Interview with Annette Bloch"] December 10th, 2012</ref> daughters Linda Lyon, Barbara Stanny, and Nancy Linsely<ref name="NYT"/> and ten grandchildren. == Bibliography == ~~== Books co~~Co-written with his wife ==:▼ ▲== Books co-written with his wife == * ''Cancer... There's Hope'' (1981) {{ISBN\|0-399-12814-X}} (1983 edition) * ''Fighting Cancer: A Step-by-Step Guide to Helping Yourself Fight Cancer'' (1985) {{OCLC\|319004046}} * ''Guide for Cancer Supporters: Step-by-step Ways to Help a Relative or Friend Fight Cancer'' (1992) {{OCLC\|25561085}} == References == {{Reflist\|30em}} == External links == * [http://blochcancer.org Bloch Cancer Foundation] Line 65 ⟶ 66: [[Category:1926 births]] [[Category:2004 deaths]] [[Category:American male non-fiction writers]] [[Category:Businesspeople from Kansas City, Missouri]] [[Category:Writers from Kansas City, Missouri]] [[Category:American financial businesspeople]] [[Category:American health and wellness writers]] [[Category:Jewish American non-fiction writers]] ~~[[Category:Lung cancer survivors]]~~ [[Category:Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni]] [[Category:H&R Block]] [[Category:~~Colorectal~~20th-century ~~cancer~~American ~~survivors~~businesspeople]] [[Category:20th-century American Jews]] [[Category:21st-century American Jews]]