Pulaski County ArArchives Biographies.....Lasker, Harry 1865 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ar/arfiles.html ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Robert Sanchez lmu567@gmail.com May 25, 2009, 8:13 pm Author: S. J. Clarke (Publisher, 1922) HARRY LASKER. Harry Lasker, president of the Commercial Trust Company of Little Rock, is one of those strong and resourceful business men who seem to possess almost intuitive perception as to the value of any business opportunity, and, carefully directing his efforts at all times, he has advanced steadily step by step until he now occupies an enviable position in financial circles. Mr. Lasker was born in Little Rock, March 11, 1865, and is a son of Samuel and Augusta (Sheik) Lasker, both of whom were natives of Germany. Coming to America, they here reared their family of two sons and three daughters, all of whom are yet living. The parents are now deceased, the father dying in the year 1888, while the mother's death occurred in 1913. Harry Lasker obtained a public school education in his native city. Otherwise he has learned the lessons of life in the school of experience and his training there has been thorough and comprehensive. Activity and enterprise have constituted the rounds of the ladder on which he has climbed to success. No special advantages aided him at the outset of his career. He has worked persistently and steadily upward and is today recognized as one of the prominent figures in business and financial circles in the capital city. He is president of the city market and Arcade Company, is a director in many corporations and is an outstanding figure in financial circles. He was made the president of the Lasker-Morris Company Bank in 1915 and in January, 1920, the name of the institution was changed to the Commercial Trust Company. Mr. Lasker remained as president of this institution and is regarded as one of the strong representatives of financial interests in Little Rock. He is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the banking business and has always recognized the fact that the bank which most carefully safeguards the interests of its depositors is most worthy of public support. He has always followed a business policy that will bear the closest investigation and scrutiny, and the success of the Commercial Trust Company is attributable in large measure to his efforts. On the 28th of June, 1888, in Little Rock, Mr. Lasker was united in marriage to Miss Bertie Louchheim, who was born in Galena, Illinois, a daughter of A. Louchheim, now deceased, who was a Confederate soldier in the Civil war. Mr. and Mrs. Lasker have one child, Harry, Jr., born October 29, 1908. The parents are of the Jewish faith, and politically Mr. Lasker is a democrat. He belongs to the B'nai B'rith, the Knights of Pythias and to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is loyal to the high purposes of these organizations. His entire life has been passed in the city which is yet his home, and those who know him bear testimony to the fact that he has ever manifested those sterling qualities which in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard. Additional Comments: Citation: Centennial History of Arkansas Volume II Chicago-Little Rock: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company 1922 File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ar/pulaski/bios/lasker21nbs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/arfiles/ File size: 3.6 Kb