The BeginningLeonard Woodcock was born in Providence, Rhode Island on February 15, 1911. He was the son of English immigrants Ernest and Mary (Freel) Woodcock. In 1914, the Woodcock family was living in Germany, where Ernest, a skilled tool and die maker, was installing machinery for an American firm. That year, World War I began. Ernest was interned in Germany for the duration of the war while Leonard and his mother were repatriated to England. The family was reunited in England in 1918. Leonard's parents immigrated to Detroit in 1925 and Leonard joined them the next year. After completing his primary education in England, Leonard then attended classes at the College of the City of Detroit in the early 1930s.
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