Background

Franklin, Leo M. was born on March 5, 1870 in Cambridge City, Indiana, United States. Son of Michael H. and Rachel (Levy) Franklin.

Education

Bachelor of Laws, University of Cincinnati, 1892 (Phi Beta Kappa). Rabbi, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, 1892. Doctor of Laws, University of Detroit, 1923.

Doctor of Divinity, Hebrew Union College, 1939. Doctor of Laws, Wayne University.

Career

Rabbi, Temple Israel, Omaha, 1892-1899, Temple Beth El, Detroit, Michigan, 1899-1841, rabbi emeritus since 1941. President Detroit Public Library, 1928-1934, 1939. Chairman of book committee since 1929.

Trustee Detroit Symphony Orchestra since 1924. Trustee Detroit Historical Society since 1940, Citizens’ Housing and Planning Commission since 1939. Director World Union of Progressiye Judaism, 1926.

Chairman of Tract Commission of Union American Hebrew Congregations and Central Conference of America Rabbis.

Membership

Member Central Conference American Rabbis (ex-president), Hebrew Union College Alumni Association (ex-president). Wrote: Christ and Christianity from the Standpoint of the Modern Jew. Clubs: Economics, Wranglers, Great Lakes, Franklin Hills Country, Torch.

Member Eugene Field Society, honorary. Member International Mark Twain Society.

Connections

Married Hattie M. Oberfelder, July 15, 1896. Children: Ruth Lucile (Mistress Raymond H. Einstein, deceased), Leo I., Margaret Helen Fleishaker.

father:

Michael H. Franklin

mother:

Rachel (Levy) Franklin

spouse:

Hattie M. Oberfelder

child:

Margaret Helen Fleishaker Franklin

child:

deceased) Franklin

child:

Leo I. Franklin

child:

Ruth Lucile (Mistress Raymond H. Einstein Franklin