GOODRICH LEON DEAD; SON OF LAWYER HERE;
He Set Alpine Record by Matterhorn Ascent in 1930--Is Stricken at Irvington at 26
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();
November 15, 1937,
Goodrich Leon, a son of Maurice Leon of Dublin Road, Irvington, died last night at the age of 26 after a brief illness and several years of poor health. His father is Maurice Leon, a member of the New York law firm of Evarts, Choate, Sherman Leon, 44 Wall Street. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Maurice Jr., and two sisters, Elizabeth G. and Frances W. Leon.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A10F9385A157A93C7A8178AD95F438385F9
Sport: Matterhorn
Monday, Sept. 15, 1930
For centuries the stark silent height of the Matterhorn uttered no challenge. Like the Greek Gods of Olympus, like the Firegoddess Pele of Kilauea, a legendary monster of the Matterhorn threatened and forbade. In the middle of the last century Englishmen came, applied cold geological calculations to the possibility of ascent, exploded the monster forever. Since then the Matterhorn has often been scaled, though hundreds have perished in the attempts. Last week an American, Leon Goodrich of Manhattan, set a record by climbing from a low outstation to the peak and back in...
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788467,00.html#ixzz1cydDolKn
He Set Alpine Record by Matterhorn Ascent in 1930--Is Stricken at Irvington at 26
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();
November 15, 1937,
Goodrich Leon, a son of Maurice Leon of Dublin Road, Irvington, died last night at the age of 26 after a brief illness and several years of poor health. His father is Maurice Leon, a member of the New York law firm of Evarts, Choate, Sherman Leon, 44 Wall Street. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Maurice Jr., and two sisters, Elizabeth G. and Frances W. Leon.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A10F9385A157A93C7A8178AD95F438385F9
Sport: Matterhorn
Monday, Sept. 15, 1930
For centuries the stark silent height of the Matterhorn uttered no challenge. Like the Greek Gods of Olympus, like the Firegoddess Pele of Kilauea, a legendary monster of the Matterhorn threatened and forbade. In the middle of the last century Englishmen came, applied cold geological calculations to the possibility of ascent, exploded the monster forever. Since then the Matterhorn has often been scaled, though hundreds have perished in the attempts. Last week an American, Leon Goodrich of Manhattan, set a record by climbing from a low outstation to the peak and back in...
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788467,00.html#ixzz1cydDolKn
GOODRICH LEON DEAD; SON OF LAWYER HERE;
He Set Alpine Record by Matterhorn Ascent in 1930--Is Stricken at Irvington at 26
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();
November 15, 1937,
Goodrich Leon, a son of Maurice Leon of Dublin Road, Irvington, died last night at the age of 26 after a brief illness and several years of poor health. His father is Maurice Leon, a member of the New York law firm of Evarts, Choate, Sherman Leon, 44 Wall Street. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Maurice Jr., and two sisters, Elizabeth G. and Frances W. Leon.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A10F9385A157A93C7A8178AD95F438385F9
Sport: Matterhorn
Monday, Sept. 15, 1930
For centuries the stark silent height of the Matterhorn uttered no challenge. Like the Greek Gods of Olympus, like the Firegoddess Pele of Kilauea, a legendary monster of the Matterhorn threatened and forbade. In the middle of the last century Englishmen came, applied cold geological calculations to the possibility of ascent, exploded the monster forever. Since then the Matterhorn has often been scaled, though hundreds have perished in the attempts. Last week an American, Leon Goodrich of Manhattan, set a record by climbing from a low outstation to the peak and back in...
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788467,00.html#ixzz1cydDolKn
He Set Alpine Record by Matterhorn Ascent in 1930--Is Stricken at Irvington at 26
Special to THE NEW YORK TIMES. ();
November 15, 1937,
Goodrich Leon, a son of Maurice Leon of Dublin Road, Irvington, died last night at the age of 26 after a brief illness and several years of poor health. His father is Maurice Leon, a member of the New York law firm of Evarts, Choate, Sherman Leon, 44 Wall Street. In addition to his parents, he is survived by a brother, Maurice Jr., and two sisters, Elizabeth G. and Frances W. Leon.
http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10A10F9385A157A93C7A8178AD95F438385F9
Sport: Matterhorn
Monday, Sept. 15, 1930
For centuries the stark silent height of the Matterhorn uttered no challenge. Like the Greek Gods of Olympus, like the Firegoddess Pele of Kilauea, a legendary monster of the Matterhorn threatened and forbade. In the middle of the last century Englishmen came, applied cold geological calculations to the possibility of ascent, exploded the monster forever. Since then the Matterhorn has often been scaled, though hundreds have perished in the attempts. Last week an American, Leon Goodrich of Manhattan, set a record by climbing from a low outstation to the peak and back in...
Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,788467,00.html#ixzz1cydDolKn
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