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2 unusual facts about Harry G. Leslie


Harry G. Leslie

Leslie enjoyed humor and among his close friends were George Ade and Will Rogers.

Following his governorship Leslie became a founder, and eventually the president, of Standard Life Insurance Company in Indianapolis.


Bi-State Vietnam Gold Star Bridges

The dedication ceremony featured Kentucky governor Ruby Laffoon and Indiana governor Harry G. Leslie shaking hands with one another, as 22 military planes under the command of Jimmy Doolittle flew overhead with cannon fire and boat whistles in the distance celebrating the occasion.

Harry Barnes

Harry G. Barnes, Jr. (1926–2012), American diplomat, United States Ambassador to India

Harry Robinson

Harry G. Robinson III (born 1942), African American architect and professor of architecture

Henrietta Ward

An only child, the young Henrietta grew up surrounded by and familiar with her parents' artist acquaintances, including Sir Edwin Landseer, C. R. Leslie, and the brothers John James and Alfred Edward Chalon.

Jack Kilby

Berlin, Leslie The man behind the microchip: Robert Noyce and the invention of Silicon Valley Publisher Oxford University Press US, 2005 ISBN 0-19-516343-5

Ketti Frings

Her Hollywood movie screenplays include Guest in the House (1944), The File on Thelma Jordon (1950), Come Back, Little Sheba (1952), About Mrs. Leslie (1954), The Shrike (1955), and Foxfire (1955).

Philosophy in Canada

Armour, Leslie; Trott, Elizabeth, The Faces of Reason: An Essay on Philosophy and Culture in English Canada 1850-1950, Wilfrid Laurier University Press, Waterloo, 1981.

William V. Pratt

During his tenure, he also helped Coast Guard Commandant Harry G. Hamlet in discouraging President Franklin D. Roosevelt from merging the Navy and Coast Guard.

WTAG

Ellis sold the newspapers and radio station in December 1925 to Harry Stoddard and George F. Booth (1960 recipient of the Yankee Quill Award).


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