Background
Simon, Leon Charles was born on September 28, 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Charles and Dora (Kohn) Simon.
Simon, Leon Charles was born on September 28, 1876 in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Son of Charles and Dora (Kohn) Simon.
Graduate Tulane University High School, 1892. Student Soule College, 1892.
In mercantile business, New Orleans, since 1892. Now president United China and Glass Company. Director Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, 1920-1936.
Director New Orleans Branch Federal Reserve Bank, 1921-1936 (Chairman of the Board 1926-1936).
Chairman Wholesale Merchants and Manufacturers Bureau, 1911. Organizer, and 1st president New Orleans Association Commerce, 1913.
Director Chamber Commerce of the United States, 1914-1917. Organizer, 1st chairman Board of Guarantors, College of Commerce and Business Administration, Tulane University, 1914.
Past Chairman, Board Of Directors Isidore Newman School.
Honorary president Jewish Children’s Home.
Member New Orleans Academy of Sciences, Beta Gamma Sigma. Mason (32°, Shriner).
Married Fannie Merz, November 12, 1901. Children: Doris Regina (Mistress Carl Goettinger), Ruth Merz (Mistress F. Julius Dreyfous), Leone Carol (Mistress Jacques P. Marks).