James Patrick "Larry" Leonard, Jr. (August 18, 1934 – July 4, 2002) was an American radio director and politician.
Born in
Davenport, Iowa, Leonard went to
University of Iowa
The University of Iowa (UI, U of I, UIowa, or simply Iowa) is a public research university in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Founded in 1847, it is the oldest and largest university in the state. The University of Iowa is organized into 12 coll ...
and
John Marshall Law School in
Chicago, Illinois
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
, image_map =
, map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago
, coordinates =
, coordinates_footnotes =
, subdivision_type = List of sovereign states, Count ...
. Leonard served in the
United States Army
The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare, land military branch, service branch of the United States Armed Forces. It is one of the eight Uniformed services of the United States, U.S. uniformed services, and is designated as the Army o ...
from 1957 to 1959 and was with the Armed Forces Radio Network in Japan. He lived in
Waukegan, Illinois
''(Fortress or Trading Post)''
, image_flag =
, image_seal =
, blank_emblem_size = 150
, blank_emblem_type = Logo
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_type1 = State
, subdivisi ...
and was the public affairs director for
WKRS
WKRS (1220 AM) is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Sports format. Licensed to Waukegan, Illinois, United States, the station is currently owned by Alpha Media, through licensee Alpha Media Licensee LLC, and features programming from TUDN R ...
radio. Leonard served in the
Illinois Senate
The Illinois Senate is the upper chamber of the Illinois General Assembly, the legislative branch of the government of the State of Illinois in the United States. The body was created by the first state constitution adopted in 1818. Under the I ...
, as a
Democrat from 1977 to 1979. Leonard lost his election bid to
Adeline Geo-Karis. He died in Waukegan, Illinois.
['James Patrick "Larry" Leonard-obituary,' Chicago Tribune, July 7, 2002]
Notes
External links
*
1934 births
2002 deaths
Politicians from Davenport, Iowa
People from Waukegan, Illinois
University of Iowa alumni
John Marshall Law School (Chicago) alumni
American radio directors
Democratic Party Illinois state senators
20th-century American politicians
{{Illinois-statesenator-stub