Richard T. Leonard, 79, Labor Leader, Succumbs
Richard T. Leonard, 79, of 201 E. Second St., Logan, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday in Hocking Valley Community Hospital following an extended illness.
Born Feb. 22, 1902, in New Straitsville, son of the late Bernard and Anna Thomas Leonard, he was active as a labor leader for many years.
He was elected international vice president of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) in 1946 after he authored the first successful retirement pension plan in the automobile industry at the Ford Motor Co.
He served as a high appointed official of the national AFL-CIO for 25 years and was instrumental in securing benefits and union recognition for many thousands of workers. He also was one of the pioneers in the formation of the OCAW-AFL-CIO.
Leonard was tapped by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson for special assignments in the state department and in the United Nations, where he served with distinction.
He was a member of Elks Lodge 2489, BPOE, of Logan, the National Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Price Leonard, and one son, Richard T. Leonard Jr. of Logan. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home, with the Rev. James A. Geiger officiating. Burial will be in New Straitsville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Link to record of Richard T. Leonard Papers, which are held at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit:
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/2692
Richard T. Leonard, 79, of 201 E. Second St., Logan, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday in Hocking Valley Community Hospital following an extended illness.
Born Feb. 22, 1902, in New Straitsville, son of the late Bernard and Anna Thomas Leonard, he was active as a labor leader for many years.
He was elected international vice president of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) in 1946 after he authored the first successful retirement pension plan in the automobile industry at the Ford Motor Co.
He served as a high appointed official of the national AFL-CIO for 25 years and was instrumental in securing benefits and union recognition for many thousands of workers. He also was one of the pioneers in the formation of the OCAW-AFL-CIO.
Leonard was tapped by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson for special assignments in the state department and in the United Nations, where he served with distinction.
He was a member of Elks Lodge 2489, BPOE, of Logan, the National Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Price Leonard, and one son, Richard T. Leonard Jr. of Logan. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home, with the Rev. James A. Geiger officiating. Burial will be in New Straitsville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Link to record of Richard T. Leonard Papers, which are held at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit:
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/2692
Richard T. Leonard, 79, Labor Leader, Succumbs
Richard T. Leonard, 79, of 201 E. Second St., Logan, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday in Hocking Valley Community Hospital following an extended illness.
Born Feb. 22, 1902, in New Straitsville, son of the late Bernard and Anna Thomas Leonard, he was active as a labor leader for many years.
He was elected international vice president of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) in 1946 after he authored the first successful retirement pension plan in the automobile industry at the Ford Motor Co.
He served as a high appointed official of the national AFL-CIO for 25 years and was instrumental in securing benefits and union recognition for many thousands of workers. He also was one of the pioneers in the formation of the OCAW-AFL-CIO.
Leonard was tapped by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson for special assignments in the state department and in the United Nations, where he served with distinction.
He was a member of Elks Lodge 2489, BPOE, of Logan, the National Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Price Leonard, and one son, Richard T. Leonard Jr. of Logan. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home, with the Rev. James A. Geiger officiating. Burial will be in New Straitsville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Link to record of Richard T. Leonard Papers, which are held at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit:
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/2692
Richard T. Leonard, 79, of 201 E. Second St., Logan, died at 3:45 p.m. Monday in Hocking Valley Community Hospital following an extended illness.
Born Feb. 22, 1902, in New Straitsville, son of the late Bernard and Anna Thomas Leonard, he was active as a labor leader for many years.
He was elected international vice president of the United Automobile Workers Union (CIO) in 1946 after he authored the first successful retirement pension plan in the automobile industry at the Ford Motor Co.
He served as a high appointed official of the national AFL-CIO for 25 years and was instrumental in securing benefits and union recognition for many thousands of workers. He also was one of the pioneers in the formation of the OCAW-AFL-CIO.
Leonard was tapped by presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman and Lyndon B. Johnson for special assignments in the state department and in the United Nations, where he served with distinction.
He was a member of Elks Lodge 2489, BPOE, of Logan, the National Democratic Club of Washington, D.C., and the Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C.
Surviving are his wife, Mary Price Leonard, and one son, Richard T. Leonard Jr. of Logan. He was preceded in death by one daughter, one sister and three brothers.
Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday in the Heinlein-Brown Funeral Home, with the Rev. James A. Geiger officiating. Burial will be in New Straitsville Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home from 7 to 9 tonight, and from 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 p.m. Wednesday.
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Link to record of Richard T. Leonard Papers, which are held at the Walter P. Reuther Library, Wayne State University, Detroit:
http://www.reuther.wayne.edu/node/2692
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