Background
Leslie, John was born on July 11, 1923 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of John Joseph and Mary Kathryn (Bauermees) Leslie.
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John Leslie
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Education
Graduate commercial art, Murrell Dobbins Technology, Philadelphia, 1941. Postgraduate, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, 1942. Postgrad, Philadelphia Museum School Industrial Art, 1944.
Postgraduate, Philadelphia Music Academy, 1967. Postgraduate, Pennsylvania State University, from 1982.
Career
Staff artist, Philadelphia Daily News, 1942;
founder, creative director, Graphic Ad Displays, Inc., Philadelphia, 1944;
collaborative designer, Gimbel Brothers Thanksgiving Day Parade, Philadelphia, 1945;
president, art director, Duplex Display and Manufacturing Company, Inc., Philadelphia, 1947-1954;
president, designer, Leslie Creations, Inc., Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, 1954-1965;
president, founder, Mail Order Methods, Inc., Lafayette Hill, 1954-1967;
president, World Treasures, Seven Seas House, Inc., Lafayette Hill, 1960-1965;
founder, creative director, Kopy Kat Inc., Fort Washington, Pennsylvania, 1968-1977;
art director designer, Jesse Jones Industries, Inc., Philadelphia, 1978-1979;
co-founder, art director, Galerie Marjole, Inc., Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, 1987-1989;
lecturer limited edition prints, Galerie Marjole, Inc., Sanatoga, Pennsylvania, since 1987. Fine art spokesman radio, television, since 1989. Guest speaker Hundred Million Club, New York City, 1963.
Stage set designer Bessie V. Hicks School, Dramatic Arts, Philadelphia, 1944-1946.
Achievements
Membership
President, founder Central Citizens Committee, Inc. (limiting strip mining in residential areas), Whitemarsh Township, Pennsylvania, 1960-1975. Active Big Brothers American, Philadelphia, 1957-1965, Young Men’s Christian Association Indian Guides, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, 1965-1968.
Conservationist, animal rights activist American Anti-Vivisection Society, since 1959. President Lions, Lafayette Hill, Pennsylvania, 1960-1970. With 8th Armored Division Tank Corps., United States Army, World War II, 1943.
Member Woodmere Art Museum (Philadelphia), Boca Grande Florida Art Alliance, Englewood (Florida) Photographers Association, Oil Pastel Association New York, Les Amis de Veterans Francais, National Amvets., 8th Armored Division Association, Military Heritage and Aviation Museum, Veterans Week Council.
Interests
Connections
Married Kathryn Elizabeth Frame, February 4, 1946 (divorced 1948). Married Mary Frances Huggins, April 2, 1950. Children: Karol Ann, John Joseph III, Mary Lee.
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Religion
Roman Catholic
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Named Citizen of Week Montgomery Newspapers, 1978. Recipient Direct Mail Leaders award Direct Mail Advertising Association, 1957, 60, Artistic Merit award Playboy Magazine, 1958, Japanese Graphic Arts Industry award, 1975, King of Prussia Fine Arts award Upper Merion Cultural Center, 1966, Distinguished Service award Citizens Committee on Public Education, Philadelphia, 1981, Walter Emerson Baum Award for An American Impressionist Painting, Sellers Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1995, The Sellers Museum award for Impressionism in Fine Art Photography, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 2001, Outstanding Artistic Design award AmVets, Punta Gorda, Florida, 2004. Inducted into Artists Hall of Fame, Murrell Dobbins Technology, Philadelphia, 1988. Presented artist's proof to French World Cup Soccer Champions, Paris, 1998, presented artist's proof to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, 2003.Named Citizen of Week Montgomery Newspapers, 1978. Recipient Direct Mail Leaders award Direct Mail Advertising Association, 1957, 60, Artistic Merit award Playboy Magazine, 1958, Japanese Graphic Arts Industry award, 1975, King of Prussia Fine Arts award Upper Merion Cultural Center, 1966, Distinguished Service award Citizens Committee on Public Education, Philadelphia, 1981, Walter Emerson Baum Award for An American Impressionist Painting, Sellers Museum, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 1995, The Sellers Museum award for Impressionism in Fine Art Photography, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, 2001, Outstanding Artistic Design award AmVets, Punta Gorda, Florida, 2004. Inducted into Artists Hall of Fame, Murrell Dobbins Technology, Philadelphia, 1988.
Presented artist's proof to French World Cup Soccer Champions, Paris, 1998, presented artist's proof to Russian President Vladimir Putin, Moscow, 2003.