Leon, Maurice, 1911-2007
Leon (1911-2007) was born in Chicago but grew up in Rockford (Illinois) and Milwaukee (Wisconsin). He attended the University of Wisconsin-Madison but was drafted into the Army in 1942, before he graduated. Leon served in Hawaii, New Guinea, the Philippines, and Japan with the 33rd Infantry Division, 122nd Field Artillery Battalion. After the war, he finished his B.A. at UW-Milwaukee and attended Law School at UW-Madison, later becoming the Director of the Law Library. In 1982, Leon retired from the Law Library at age seventy-one but stayed busy taking classes at UW in etching and printmaking.
From the description of Oral history interview with Maurice Leon, [sound recording], 2006. (Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center). WorldCat record id: 430340126
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| creatorOf | Leon, Maurice, 1911-2007. Oral history interview with Maurice Leon, [sound recording], 2006. | Wisconsin Veterans Museum Research Center |
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Birth 1911
Death 2007
