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Daniel T. Leisk, cashier of the Union Bank of Milwaukee, is a man who in the pursuit of a persistent purpose has gained a most satisfactory reward. He has never dissipated his energies over a broad field but has concentrated his efforts and attention upon banking since making his initial step in the business world and thus gradually he has advanced to the important position which he now fills, and his labors have been a contributing factor to the growing success of the Union Bank since he became its cashier.

Mr. Leisk was born in this city September 6, 1879, a son of James and Martha (Tainsh) Leisk, the former a native of the Shetland Islands, while the mother was born in Milwaukee. They were married in this city, the father having come to the new world in 1871. at which time he took up his abode in Milwaukee, where seven years later he wedded Miss Martha Tainsh. He was for some years a captain on the Great Lakes, commanding the largest vessels that sailed the inland sea, and made a notable record in handling cargoes. His death occurred in 1909 and his widow is still living.

Daniel T. Leisk obtained his education in the public schools and when. his textbooks were put aside he took up office work, in which he engaged for a time but in 1899 entered the Milwaukee National Bank as an employee, remaining with that institution for twelve years, during which period he worked his way upward through various promotions. He was later cashier of the Red Granite State Bank of Red Granite, Wisconsin, for a period of three years and in 1915 he became connected with the Union Bank of Milwaukee as assistant cashier and in 1916 was promoted to his present position as cashier. During the period of his incumbency in the office the deposits of the bank have tripled in amount and the business of the institution has steadily grown in every department. Mr. Leisk has been a most ardent and earnest worker for the success of the bank and has made the institution a strong place for deposits. He was one of the first graduates of the American Institute of Banking, an educational branch of the American Bankers Association.

On the 24th of February, 1904, Mr. Leisk was married to Miss May B. Oliver of Waukesha, Wisconsin, and they have one son, James Henry, who was born November 10, 1906. During the World war Mr. Leisk was connected with the Company L Booster Club of the Three Hundred and Fortieth Infantry and was Instrumental in securing and raising money to pay the expenses of the regiment on its visit to Milwaukee on the 30th of May, 1918. He is identified with several fraternal organizations, including the Masons, the Elks, the Eagles and the Knights of Pythias, and he is also a member of the City Club. With the exception of the brief period of three years he has always resided in Milwaukee and there has come to him definite recognition of his worth as a man and as a citizen. Capability has advanced him to his present position in banking circles and his sterling worth has been attested by all with whom he has been brought into contact.