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Born: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Education: West Chester State Teachers College, BS; Temple, MA and EdD in Urban Education

Career: WWII, 183rd Engineers Combat Battalion, 3rd Army; teacher, principal of two Philadelphia elementary schools and Benjamin Franklin High School; teacher, George School, lecturer on racism, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust.

Community: President of the Student Welfare Council; chairman, Interfaith Council on the Holocaust, Philadelphia; West Chester University, Alumni Association; Board of Trustees, Penn Charter School; member, George School Committee.

Interests: Reading, travel, theater and movies

Leon is a passionate life-long teacher and story teller. He sees himself as “a drum major for justice.” He travels nationwide to lecture on racism, anti-Semitism and the Holocaust sharing personal life experiences. Home at Pennswood, Leon finds "joy and wonderful living” in a richly diverse community. “I wouldn’t want to be any place else,” he says. Pennswood is a community of “peaceful harmony.”