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Frank Aleamon Leach (August 19, 1846 – June 19, 1929) was a United States newspaperman who was Director of the United States Mint from 1906 to 1909. In the aftermath of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, the heroic efforts by Frank A. Leach, and his men preserved the old San Francisco Mint building and the bullion that then backed the nation's currency. ==Biography== Frank A. Leach was born in Auburn, New York on August 19, 1846, the son of Edwin Warren Leach and his wife Mary A. Leach.〔(''Who's Who in America'' (1908-1909), Vol. 5, p. 1111 )〕 When he was a boy, his father moved to Sacramento, California to establish a bottling plant there, and Frank and his mother later joined his father there.〔(From Books Online )〕 In 1857, the family moved to Napa, California.〔 In 1867, at age 20, Leach became a newspaper publisher when he began publishing the Vallejo ''Evening-Chronicle''.〔 He married Mary Louise Powell in Vallejo in December 1870.〔 He published the ''Evening-Standard'' until 1886, when he moved to Oakland, California and founded the Oakland ''Enquirer''.〔 Leach retired from journalism in 1897 to become Superintendent of the San Francisco Mint.〔 In 1907, on the recommendation of United States Secretary of the Treasury George B. Cortelyou, President of the United States Theodore Roosevelt named Leach Director of the United States Mint and Leach held that office from September 1907 until August 1909.〔("Mint Director Appointed; Frank A. Leach, at Present Superintendent in San Francisco", ''New York Times'', July 9, 1907 )〕 Frank Leach died on June 19, 1929. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery (Oakland, California), plot 14B. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Frank A. Leach」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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