Russell S. Bock.

• Position: IN MEMORIUM

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 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 and UCLA (1942-50) and served as director of Claremont McKenna College (1964-70).

Bock had a...