Nahum Leonard was one of the founders of the American

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 college fraternity

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 Kappa Delta Phi

Kappa Delta Phi

Kappa Delta Phi is a college general men's fraternity that was founded on April 14, 1900 at the Bridgewater Normal School, now known as Bridgewater State University...

. He was born in Bridgewater, Massachusetts

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. While he attended Bridgewater State College, he was a member of the Normal Club. He was also at one time the president of the athletic association and chairman on the social committee for the Normal Club. As a member of Kappa Delta Phi, he served on the Executive Committee, Advisory Council and as Vice-President.

After graduating from Bridgewater in 1902, he went on to be principal of Sanderson Academy in Ashfield, Massachusetts

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. He was Superintendent of Schools in North Andover, Massachusetts

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 when he died on September 11, 1927 from angina pectoris immediate cardio scherosis, and was laid to rest in the Mt. Prospect Cemetery in Bridgewater.