Eugene B. Glick, 92, of Indianapolis, died Oct. 2, 2013.
He was born Aug. 26, 1921, in Indianapolis, to Reuben and Faye Biccard Glick. He married Marilyn Koffman in 1947.
After graduating from Indiana University in December 1942, he completed basic training with the Army and served as a combat instructor until June 1944 when he was deployed to Europe. As a German speaker, Glick often served as a front-line interrogator for Army scouts. He helped take Nuremburg and Munich, and Glick and his comrades liberated Dachau concentration camp in April 1945. Glick received every European Theater ribbon awarded and was decorated with the Bronze Star and Combat Infantryman’s Badge.
After the war, Gene and Marilyn founded what would become the Gene B. Glick Company in 1947. It would become one of the largest privately-held real estate development firms in the country.
The bulk of the fortune Gene and Marilyn Glick earned through their business has been used to fund civic projects and charitable organizations throughout central Indiana. The Glicks have been major benefactors of a number of Jewish causes. He received an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Butler University in 1989 and Sagamore of the Wabash awards from Indiana governors Robert Orr (1982), Evan Bayh (1992), and Joe Kernan (2005).
Glick was preceded in death by his wife of 65 years, Marilyn Koffman Glick.
He is survived by his four daughters: Marianne (Mike Woods) Glick, Arlene (Thomas) Grande, Alice (Andrew) Meshbane and Lynda (Mark) Schwartz; many grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
A memorial service was conducted Oct. 4at the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation.
