Leonardo Ann French

Background

French, Leonardo Ann was born on July 18, 1940 in Hagerstown, Maryland. Daughter of Albert Grant and Leonardo Marie (Cosgrove) French.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Home Economics, James Madison U., 1979; postgraduate in Hotel Restaurant Management, James Madison U., 1981; postgraduate, Shenandoah U., since 1992.

Career

Remedial reading teacher, Harrisonburg (Virginia) City Schools, 1966-1968; 1st grade teacher, Washington County Board Education, Hagerstown, Maryland., 1968-1969; caterer, cooking instructor, Three Centuries Catering, Winchester, Virginia, since 1978; dining room supervisor, Sheraton Inn, Harrisonburg instructor home economics, James Madison U., Harrisonburg, 1985; food program specialist, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia, 1985-1988; director food services, Williamsburg Vending, 1988-1989; catering sales coordinator, Inn at Montross, Virginia, 1989-1990; secondary home economics teacher, Washington Board Education, Hagerstown, 1990-1991; occupational foods instructor, D. J. Howard Vocational-Technology Center, Winchester, since 1991. Menu consultant Venice Inn, Hagerstown, 1990-1991. Consultant, interpreter Belle Grove Plantation, Middletown, Virginia, since 1991.

Achievements

• Leonardo Ann French has been listed as a noteworthy Vocational school educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

President, consultant author James Madison U. Women's Club, Harrisonburg, 1965-1985. Advisory board Sigma Kappa Society, Delta Rho chapter, Harrisonburg, 1968-1985. Volunteer American Cancer Society, Winchester.

Vice president voter services League of WomenVoters, Harrisonburg, 1975-1976. Board directors Fort Harrison, Inc., Dayton, Virginia, 1982-1983. Member National Education Association, Virginia Education Association, Virginia Restaurant Association (Blue Ridge chapter sec.1991-), National Trust for History Preservation, American Vocational Education Association, Virginia Vocational Education Association (state committee member), James Madison U. Alumni (steering committee member).

Interests

• Avocations: hearth cooking, golf, collecting cookbooks (18th and 19thcentury), collecting antiques.

Connections

Children: Laura French Bland, Wilson Chatman Bland.

Father:

Albert Grant French

Mother:

Leonardo Marie (Cosgrove) French

child:

Laura French Bland French

child:

Wilson Chatman Bland French