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- !OBIT:Atlanta Journal-Constitution - (May/31/2009)
Frank Emmanuel Block, son of Hamilton and Evelyn Gale Johnson Block, died of interstitial lung disease on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. He was born May 15, 1925, in Asheville, NC, and moved to Atlanta as a young child. He attended Spring Street School and Marist School. He served as a radio operator in the army in France during World War II, and participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He was discharged with the rank of Master Sergeant and was awarded three bronze stars. He attended the University of Georgia, the University of London, Vanderbilt University, and Georgia Tech, and he was graduated with honors from Yale University with a B.E. in mechanical engineering in 1948 and with a B.S. in industrial administration in 1949. He was a long-time member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church and served a term as Senior Warden of the Vestry. He worked at the C & S Bank in Atlanta from 1949-1970, and finished his time there as Vice President in charge of trust investments. He then became the Senior Vice President in charge of investment strategy for the Girard Bank in Philadelphia, PA, and later the Vice President and Research Director for the Model Roland brokerage firm in New York City. He served as a member of the Financial Accounting Standards Board in Stamford, CT from 1979-1985. His other memberships included the Financial Analysts Federation (President, 1969-1970; Graham and Dodd award, 1964; Distinguished Service Award, 1977) and the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (CFA) (President, 1972-1973; C. Stewart Sheppard award, 1979). He was president of the Atlanta Society of Security Analysts from 1963-1964, Associate Editor of the Financial Analysts Journal from 1965-1979, Associate Editor of the CFA Digest from 1971-1979, and Editor of "Personal Trust Investment Management." After his retirement in 1986, he returned to Atlanta and wrote the section on analysis of financial statements for the Fifth Edition of Graham and Dodd's "Security Analysis," published by McGraw-Hill Book Co. in 1987. He was a member of the Piedmont Driving Club in Atlanta, which his grandfather Frank E. Block had helped found. He was also a member of the Huff 'N Puffs men's singing group in Atlanta. He supported many charitable organizations including the High Museum of Art, the Atlanta Botanical Garden, the Atlanta History Center, and the Center for the Visually Impaired. A lifelong Georgia Bulldogs fan, he also loved dancing, bridge, electronic gadgetry of all kinds, genealogy, and his family and friends. He was predeceased by his wife of forty-nine years, Anne Nimmons Burckhardt Block. He is survived by his children, Frank Emmanuel Block, Jr. and his wife Marcy, of Little Rock, Arkansas; and Jeannette Block DePoy and her husband Scott, of Atlanta. He has three grandchildren, Frank Emmanuel Block III, Richard Burgess Block, and John Burckhardt Block. He is also survived by his sister, Evelyn Block Moore, of Bryan, Texas; a nephew, Thomas Overton Moore, III, of Houston, Texas; two nieces, Ellen Douglas Moore, of Bryan, Texas, and Sally Moore Gray, of Houston, Texas; as well as great-nieces and great-nephews. In lieu of flowers, a gift to your favorite charity or to the Center for the Visually Impaired, 739 W. Peachtree St. NW, Atlanta 30308, would be welcome. Funeral services will be held Monday, June 1, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Patterson's Spring Hill Chapel. Interment, Westview Cemetery. The family will receive friends Sunday from 3 until 5 p.m. at H.M. Patterson & Son, Spring Hill, 1020 Spring St., Atlanta, 404-876-1022
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1925 - 2009 (84 years)
