Stephen R. Leopold

For the Canadian entrepreneur, see Stephen Leopold.

Stephen R. Leopold is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.

Biography

Leopold was born on June 19, 1944, in Jefferson City, Missouri.[1] He graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1966 and attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[1] During the Vietnam War, Leopold was a member of the United States Army Special Forces.[2] He achieved the rank of captain before being held as a prisoner of war from 1968 to 1973. Leopold is married with two children.

Political career

Leopold was first elected to the Assembly in 1976. He is a Democrat.

References

  1. 1 2 Members of State Legislature. Wisconsin Blue Book. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Leopold, Stephen R. 1944". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
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