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Simon D Steiner 1916 - 1984

Simon Daniel Steiner of Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois was born on November 12, 1916 in Chicago, and died at age 67 years old on February 20, 1984 in Chicago. Simon Steiner was buried at Cremated.

Simon Daniel Steiner
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Oak Park, Cook County, Illinois 60302
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November 12, 1916
Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States
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  • 11/12
    1916

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    November 12, 1916
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    Chicago, Cook County, Illinois United States
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  • Ethnicity & Family History

    The United States Army listed Simon as "White, Citizen" when he joined. He was Russian on his maternal side as his mother was born in Russia.

  • Nationality & Locations

    Born and raised in Chicago, Illinois, Simon had lived at 7900 Division Street in River Forest, Illinois and at 538 N. East Avenue in Oak Park, Illinois. Except for his service during World War II and his relatively brief time in Los Angeles, California and Haifa, Israel, he was a lifelong resident of Illinois.

  • Early Life & Education

    When Simon entered the military, he had completed 4 years of High School. He later graduated, in 1948, from the Institute of Design in Chicago. The Institute was an outgrowth of the Bauhaus School in Germany.

  • Religious Beliefs

    His funeral was held at the Unity Unitarian-Universalist Temple in a suburb of Chicago.

  • Military Service

    A veteran of World War II, Simon enlisted in the United States Army on February 28th, 1941 in Chicago, Illinois. His military record was as follows: Military serial#: 36006562 Enlisted: February 28, 1941 in Chicago Illinois Military branch: Branch Immaterial - Warrant Officers, Usa, Selectees (enlisted Men)

  • Professional Career

    The United States military classified his civilian occupation when he entered the service as being "Salesperson". Later, Simon was a professor of art and design at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Illinois at Chicago. He was also the former chairman of the university's department of art. From 1951 until 1965, he had operated a Los Angeles furniture and interior design firm. He also taught at several colleges in the area and from 1963 to 1965, he was the chairman of the design laboratory at the California Institute of Art. According to a classmate and former business partner, "he designed computers, sporting equipment and a lot of furniture". For two years, in 1964 and 1965, he taught at the Technion in Haifa, Israel.

  • Personal Life & Family

    Born on November 12th, 1916 in Chicago, Illinois Simon Daniel Steiner was one of three sons of Samuel Steiner (1890 - 1949) and Freda Greenfield (1895 - 1976). His brothers were Melvin and Paul. On his 1940 World War II draft card, Simon described himself as being 5 feet 9 inches tall. He weighed 192 pounds and had brown hair and a "light brown" complexion. Simon Steiner married Sylvia K. Robins but they divorced in July of 1967 in Los Angeles, California. At the time of his death, he was married to an art professor at Rosary College, Frances. He was also survived by four daughters: Rochelle, Laura, Judi, and Elyse; one son, Stephen; and a granddaughter.
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In 1916, in the year that Simon D Steiner was born, in June, the U.S. Congress authorized a plan to expand the armed forces over the next five years. Called the National Defense Act of 1916, the national law expanded the National Guard and Army (the Army added an aviation unit), created the Reserves, and gave the President expanded authority to federalize the National Guard. It also allowed the government to stockpile, in advance, materiel to be used in wartime.
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In 1947, Simon was 31 years old when in June, the Marshall Plan was proposed to help European nations recover economically from World War II. It passed the conservative Republican Congress in March of 1948. After World War I, the economic devastation of Germany caused by burdensome reparations payments led to the rise of Hitler. The Allies didn't want this to happen again and the Marshall Plan was devised to make sure that those conditions didn't arise again.
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Steiner, Landon (Oct 13, 1986 - Apr 30, 2001) Steiner, Alice (May 11, 1912 - Apr 1981) Steiner, Charles (Apr 28, 1904 - Sep 14, 1994) Steiner, Adolph (Oct 28, 1909 - Nov 1984) Steiner, Walter (Jan 1, 1911 - Feb 19, 2002) Steiner, Sophie (Jan 1, 1903 - Sep 6, 2004) Steiner, Barbara (Feb 27, 1922 - Dec 19, 1996) Steiner, Charles (Dec 19, 1925 - Mar 11, 1992) Steiner, Jacob (Sep 15, 1889 - Feb 1965) Steiner, Celeste (Jun 25, 1905 - Aug 1972)
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