Joseph P. Loeb

Joseph P. Loeb (1883–1974) was an American lawyer and public servant.

Early life Joseph O. Loeb was born in 1883 in Los Angeles, California.

Father His father, Leon (Leopold) Loeb, was born to a Jewish family in Alsace, France, and immigrated to Los Angeles in 1853 where he opened a dry goods store. Given that Los Angeles was a small city at the time (5,000 population), he quickly met Harris Newmark, a prominent established Jewish businessman; and in 1879 married his daughter Estelle. Harris Newmark had emigrated from Löbau (also spelled Loebau), Prussia.

In 1874, he joined with his cousin, Marc Eugene Meyer, Constant Meyer, and Nathan Cahn to purchase the S. Lazard & Co. business from Solomon Lazard, and thence operated as Eugene Meyer & Co. In January 1879, Leopold Loeb was added as a partner to Eugene Meyer & Co. At this time Stern, Cahn & Loeb started promoting the store as "The City of Paris" 1933–1937, Board of Directors of Los Angeles County Bar Association: 1915–1922, President of United Jewish Welfare Fund: 1937; and General Campaign Chairman: 1938, Founder, Director and First President of Southern California Chapter of the Arthritis Foundation, Director of Jewish Orphans Home of Southern California (now called Vista Del Mar Child Care Service): 1916–1939; from 1920–1926 he was its President, and Board of Governors, Los Angeles Civic Light Opera Association.

Personal life Loeb married Amy Cordelia Kahn (1885–1967) of San Francisco on January 24, 1909. They were the parents of two daughters: Kathleen (Mrs. Edward J. Bernath), born November 11, 1910; and Margaret (Mrs. Edward J. Soares), born June 10, 1913. Mr. Loeb retired from law practice in June 1965.

Death He died on July 18, 1974.