Leo A. Daly Jr.

(1917-1981) born in Omaha. Architect, business executive, served as president of Leo A. Daly Company from 1952 to 1981 during which time he developed the architectural and engineering design firm founded in 1915 by his father from a small staff and $1 million in annual construction in 1941 to a staff of some 500 professional employees and over $500 million in annual construction in 1971 with a rank among the top 20 firms of its kind in the world. Consult Sunday /Omaha/ World Herald Magazine, July 19, 1959, pp. 10-11, 16 and National Cyclopedia of American Biography, Vol L (1972) 447-449 and Omaha World Herald obituary, June 17, 1981, pp. 1, 4 and Who Was Who in America, Vol 8 (1985) 98 and Architectural Digest, Vol 47 (December 1990) 82, 84, 86-87.

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