Leo A. Berg

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Leo A. Berg was the Mayor of Akron, Ohio, 1954-61. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Ohio in both 1956 and 1960. During his tenure, he served as the Chairman to the League of Mayors, bringing him to the US Capitol on a regular basis. His wife, Evelyn, and he traveled to Washington D.C. often, where they spent time with their friends, Jack and Jackie Kennedy.

Leo's father, Jon Berg, emigrated from Germany to the United States before WWI. Jon Berg was a fairly well known German inventor, with over 100 patents to his name. Among his patents were the switchtrack for the trolley, and a piece integral to the conversion of the gatling gun to the machine gun. Jon Berg taught his son Leo to speak German seamlessly, something that Leo used to help further American goals in WWII. Leo A. Berg assisted the American government in the second world war by conducting voice-over-radio operations to the Germans.

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• List of Mayors of Akron, Ohio