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© The Chickasha Express-Star 25 Jan 2004

Eason Harris Leonard

Eason Harris Leonard, 83, a founding partner of the Manhattan 
architectural firm I.M. Pei & Partners, died of pneumonia November 13, 
2003, at Hospice House in Monterey.

Among Mr. Leonard’s various memberships, he was a fellow of the American 
Institute of Architects and a corporate member of the Royal Institute of 
British Institute of Architects.

Mr. Leonard was managing partner of I.M. Pei & Partners for 36 years. 
During that time, the firm handled more than 100 projects around the world 
and was responsible for hiring and mentoring more than 2,000 architects.

Among the firm’s numerous major projects, he was instrumental in 
constructing the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library in Boston, the East 
Wing of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, the John Hancock Tower 
in Boston, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, the 
Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong and the expansion and modernization of 
the Louvre Museum in Paris.

Mr. Leonard was born June 5, 1920 in El Reno, Oklahoma. His family moved 
to Chickasha, his parents were Mr. & Mrs. C.V. Leonard who established the 
Bake-Rite Bakery. Leonard attended and graduated from Chickasha High 
School in 1940 and he attended OSU.

In 1989 he was honored by Oklahoma State University’s School of 
Architecture with the first endowed professorship.

When he retired to Carmel in 1990, he lectured, produced a video about the 
Louvre and served as trustee and president of the board of the Monterey 
Museum of Art.
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