Biography

1897 - 09/18/1976


LEONARD, William C., a Representative from Delaware County; born in 1897; graduated, West Philadelphia High School; attended, Temple University; served, United States Navy (World War I); elected, council, Yeadon (1940-1963, president, 1963); member, Delaware County Housing Authority; vice president, William H. W. Quick Co., Inc., realtors.; treasurer, vice president and chairman of the board, Crockett Mortgage Co. (1950-1965); elected as a Republican to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 1951 term; not a candidate for reelection to the House for the 1953 term; elected, mayor, Yeadon (1964-1966); died, September 18, 1976 in Somers Point, Atlantic County, New Jersey; interred, West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.


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