William Colston Leigh, Sr.
- William Colston Leigh, Sr.
William Colston Leigh, Sr. (August 7, 1901 – July 19, 1992) created one of the world's leading speakers' agencies, the W. Colston Leigh Bureau.
He was the son of William Robinson Leigh, and was born in New York City, and was raised in Portsmouth, Virginia. He was offered a college baseball scholarship in Georgia but instead went to New York as an opera singer, but failed. He started the W. Colston Leigh Bureau in 1929, which still operates in Somerville, New Jersey. He married Helen M. Cady and then divorced, then married Ardis Neff. He has a son, William Colston Leigh, Jr. He died in 1992 in Tampa, Florida. [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |coauthors= |title=W. Colston Leigh, 90, Organizer Of Biggest Lecture Agency in U.S. |url= |quote= |publisher=New York Times |date=July 20, 1992 |accessdate=2007-07-21 ]
External links
* [http://www.leighbureau.com/ Official website]
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