December 24, 1996(1996-12-24) (aged 89) Pebble Beach, California, U.S.
Relations
Harvey S. Firestone (father) Brooks Firestone (son)
Alma mater
Princeton University
Profession
Businessman, diplomat
Leonard Kimball Firestone (June 10, 1907 – December 24, 1996) was an American businessman, diplomat, and philanthropist.[1]
^"Leonard Kimball Firestone, class of 1931". Princeton University. 1996. Retrieved April 23, 2015. Leonard Firestone died at home in Pebble Beach, Calif., Dec. 24, 1996, of respiratory failure. He was 89. At The Hill School, where he prepared, and at Princeton, he was active in golf and polo. Upon graduation he was employed in sales positions by Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., founded by his father in Akron, Ohio. In 1932, he married Polly Curtis, by whom he had three children. Polly died in 1965. In 1935, Len was appointed sales manager and in 1939 became a director of Firestone. He was named president of Firestone Aviation Products Co. in 1941. He was commissioned in the Navy as a lieutenant, but was assigned to inactive status to become president of Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. of California in 1943. ...
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children of alcoholics. She partnered with her friend Ambassador LeonardFirestone to found it. She served as chair of the board of directors. She also...
prospective site for a new governor's mansion. Amongst the donors were LeonardFirestone and Holmes Tuttle. The Carmichael property was subsequently conveyed...
auto dealer Holmes Tuttle; Henry Salvatori; Alfred S. Bloomingdale; LeonardFirestone; and Justin Dart. The governor's key staffers included chief of staff...
1965–1969 John S. D. Eisenhower 1969–1971 Robert Strausz-Hupé 1972–1974 LeonardFirestone 1974–1977 Anne Cox Chambers 1977–1981 Charles H. Price II 1981–1983...
people in Jacksonville the programs they want as quickly as possible. LeonardFirestone, general manager, WBSG-TV, on throwing forward the affiliation switch...
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Reuven Firestone is an American academic and historian of religion, who serves as the Regenstein Professor in Medieval Judaism and Islam at the Hebrew...
Joseph Paul Leonard (August 4, 1932 in San Diego, California – April 27, 2017 in San Jose, California) was an American professional motorcycle racer and...
WGC-Bridgestone Invitational (2006–2018). During this time, it was hosted at Firestone Country Club in Ohio, except for 2002 when it was hosted at Sahalee Country...
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