Background
Lerner, Leo Alfred was born on September 20, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry and Dora (Jacobs) Lerner.
Lerner, Leo Alfred was born on September 20, 1907 in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Son of Harry and Dora (Jacobs) Lerner.
Student Northwestern University, 1924-1928.
Reporter Niles Center (Illinois) News, 1924-1925. Editor Morton Grove (Illinois) News, 1925-1926. News editor Lincoln-Belmont Booster, 1926-1928.
Managing editor, co-public Lake View Booster, Sheridan Center Booster, Sunday Booster, Lincoln-Belmont Booster, 1928-1949. President Lincoln Belmont Public Company, Chicago, since 1949. Neighbor Press, Inc., since 1949, Myers Public Company, since 1949.
Editor, public Myers Newspapers, Booster Publications, also Times Home Newspapers, Chicago, since 1949. Vice president, director of Lincoln Square Savings & Loan Association.
Member of Abraham Lincoln Sesquicentennial Commission of Illinois. Member Illinois State Parole and Pardon Board, 1962. Member The Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, Museum Modern Art, New York City.
Member Accredited Community Newspapers of Chicago (vice president, secretary, since 1930), Controlled Circulation Newspapers American (vice president since 1948, director), Accredited Home Newspapers American (president 1955-1957), Indiana Voters Illinois (chairman 1943-1947), American Forestry Association, American Political Science Association, Society General Semantics, Americans for Democratic Action (national treasurer 1950-1951), Chicago Association Commerce, Chicago Civil War Round Table. Walt Whitman Society American, Illinois Press Association, National.
Married Deana Duskin, July 12, 1929. Children: Louis Abraham, Robert Morris, Rosanne.