Russell S. Bock.Russell S. Bock, a former CalCPA president, died July 12. He was 99. Bock was the Los Angeles Chapter president in 1950 and CalCPA president in 1954-55. He also served as a member of AICPA AICPA See American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA). Council (1953-57) and AICPA Trial Board (1955-58). Bock worked for Ernst & Ernst in Los Angeles from 1938 to his retirement in 1969, serving as a partner of the firm from 1951-69. A Washington native, Bock received a bachelor's degree in business management from the University of Washington in 1929. In addition to authoring several articles for the Journal of Accountancy, Bock wrote the first Guidebook to California Taxes in 1950, an important reference work now in its 53rd edition. Bock also authored Taxes in Hawaii in 1964. He was a part-time instructor in tax accounting at USC An abbreviation for U.S. Code. and UCLA UCLA University of California at Los Angeles UCLA University Center for Learning Assistance (Illinois State University) UCLA University of Carrollton, TX and Lower Addison, TX (1942-50) and served as director of Claremont McKenna College A member of the Claremont Colleges, Claremont McKenna College is a small, highly selective, private coeducational, liberal arts college enrolling about 1100 students with a curricular emphasis on government, economics, and public policy. (1964-70). Bock had a strong sense of community involvement, serving at various times as director of the Community Arts Music Association The Community Arts Music Association (CAMA) of Santa Barbara is the oldest arts organization in Santa Barbara, California, USA. CAMA began in the fall of 1919 when a group of community-minded Santa Barbarans came together in the years following World War I to create the , the Santa Barbara Symphony Association, the Santa Barbara Boys & Girls Club and the Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera The Santa Barbara Civic Light Opera (SBCLO) put on hundreds of performances in the Granada Theater in Santa Barbara, California before going bankrupt. The organization transformed into the short-lived Musical Theater of Santa Barbara . He also served as director and treasurer of Community Television of California (KCET), and as director, vice president and treasurer of the Southern California Symphony-Hollywood Bowl Association. He is survived by his wife, Suzanne; daughter, Beverly Wunderlich; son James Bock; five grandchildren, 11 great-grandchildren; and 8 great-great-grandchildren. |
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