Stephen R. Leopold
Stephen R. Leopold is a former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly.
Biography
Leopold was born on June 19, 1944, in Jefferson City, Missouri.[1] He graduated from Shorewood High School in Shorewood, Wisconsin, before earning a Bachelor of Arts degree from Stanford University in 1966 and attending graduate school at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee.[1] During the Vietnam War, Leopold was a member of the United States Army Special Forces.[2] He achieved the rank of captain before being held as a prisoner of war from 1968 to 1973. Leopold died in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on April 7, 2026, while undergoing heart surgery. Leopold was married with two children.
Political career
Leopold was first elected to the Assembly in 1976. He is a Democrat.
References
- 1 2 Members of State Legislature. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1981. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
- ↑ "Leopold, Stephen R. 1944". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- People from Jefferson City, Missouri
- People from Shorewood, Wisconsin
- Politicians from Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
- Democratic Party members of the Wisconsin State Assembly
- Military personnel from Wisconsin
- Members of the United States Army Special Forces
- United States Army officers
- United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War
- American prisoners of war in the Vietnam War
- Stanford University alumni
- University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee alumni
- Shorewood High School (Wisconsin) alumni
- 20th-century members of the Wisconsin Legislature