Multnomah County OR Archives Biographies.....Leander, John K. 1890 - 
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Source: History of the Columbia River Valley From The Dalles to the Sea, Vol. III, Published 1928, Page 465
Author: The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company

     JOHN K. LEANDER, who is favorably known in automobile circles throughout 
western Oregon for his success in handling the Studebaker line of cars, is 
also recognized as one of Portland's progressive and wide-awake business men. 
He was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1890, and is a son of John S. and Mary 
(Kett) Leander, the latter now deceased, while the father still resides in 
Chicago, where he is identified with the printing business.

     John K. Leander was given the advantage of a public school education, 
graduating from high school, after which for a few years he worked for an 
engineering company. In 1912 he became a salesman for Ford cars in Chicago, 
but a year later became identified with the Studebaker agency in Chicago, with 
which he was connected until 1917. He then enlisted for service in the World 
war, as a private in the 119th Field Artillery. He served until the close of 
the war, when he was honorably discharged, with the rank of second lieutenant 
in a machine gun battalion. In January, 1919, he became manager of the 
Studebaker interests at Denver, Colorado, where he remained until September 
13, 1919, when he came to Portland as local manager. He was successful in that 
capacity and in 1922 he organized the John K. Leander Company, which took over 
the agency for the Studebaker cars for western Oregon. He now occupies a three-
story building, one hundred by one hundred and twenty feet in size, comprising 
thirty-six thousand square feet of floor space, at 70 North Broadway, and here 
maintains the general offices and salesrooms. He also has a large and well 
equipped service and repair station at Nineteenth and Morrison streets, where 
he utilizes sixty-four thousand square feet of space. He employs ninety-five 
people and takes a justifiable pride both in the record of the sales 
department and in the splendid and complete service to Studebaker owners 
exclusively.

     In 1922, Mr. Leander was united in marriage to Miss Margaret Sackley, of 
Chicago, and to them has been born a daughter, Katherine Rita. Mr. Leander is 
a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the American Legion, the 
Waverly Country Club, the Arlington Club and the Chamber of Commerce. 
Politically, he is independent, voting according to the dictates of his 
judgment. He is public-spirited in his relation to the affairs of the city, 
supporting all measures for the promotion of the general welfare, and in all 
ways has shown himself worthy of the high place which he holds in the esteem 
of his fellowmen.

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