Boston University

A graduate of the Questrom School of Business, followed by a master's degree from the Wheelock College of Education, Leon recorded an impressive athletic and academic record while at Boston University.

A football letterman on the 1935 (3-4-2), 1936 (5-1-2) and 1937 (6-2-0) teams, and captain of the 1937 eleven, Leon was described in the HUB: "Captain Spivack preferred the unheralded drudgery of blocking, player and a grand leader, Spiv bowed out, as was characteristic of him, playing a great game against Boston College."

In that game, the Terriers emerged victorious and for the first time "entered the game as favorites."

He was named Athlete of the Year in 1938. In the classroom, he earned Dean's List honors in '36, '37 and '38, as well as making the National Honor Society and the Dean's Cabinet in 1938.

Since graduating, he served in the Army Air Corps as an athletic instructor at OCS and Director of Physical Fitness at Hillsgrove and Suffolk Air Force Bases. He was a partner in a wholesale meat business in Connecticut at the time of his induction.