LEACH, JAMES A
President Bottled Gas Co; b Adel, Iowa Dec 12, 1908; s of Robert L Leach-Jessie Smith; ed Adel HS 1927; U of Iowa, BA 1931 ; Stanford U 1931-32, grad work law dept 1932-33; Sigma Nu; m Lois Barbara Hill Jan 30, 1937 Evanston Ill; s Robert Lyman; 1933 adm to Iowa bar; 1933-34 prac law, Spencer; 1935-36 It in US army res; 1936 underwriter for Continental Casualty Ins Co; 1937 credit mgr Bupane Gas Co, Cedar Rapids; 1938- orgr & pres Bottled Gas Corp, Davenport; Natl Liquified Petroleum Gas Assn; Indep Gas Marketers Assn; C of C; Rotary; Rep; off 141 12th, Bettendorf; res 1212 E 1Oth, Davenport.
This bio was extracted from the "Who's Who in Iowa," by Iowa Press Association, Des Moines: Iowa Press Association, 1940, pg. 1098.