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. 1 2 Members of State Legislature. Wisconsin Blue Book. 1981. Retrieved 2013-07-15.
  2. ↑ "Leopold, Stephen R. 1944". Wisconsin Historical Society. Retrieved 2013-07-15.