Leo Benatar interviewed by Shirley Bregman on March 15, 1992, in Atlanta, Georgia.https://thebreman.aviaryplatform.com/collections/994/collection_resources/92290Leo Benatar was born on February 21, 1930 in Atlanta, Georgia to Morris H. and Mary (Levy) Benatar. He graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Industrial Engineering in 1951. After graduating, her served in the United States Navy. Leo completed postgraduate at Rochester Institute of Technology in 1956n and Harvard Business School in 1970. He married Louise Cure in 1956, who we had three children with: Morris L., Ann Marie, and Ruth Eileen. Throughout his career, Leo served as the former president of Mead, Packaging Company, the Atlanta chairmen of Engraph, Inc., as a board director of Sonoco Products Company, and other various roles. He attended Congregation OrVeshalom and was an active part of the Jewish Community.Benatar begins the interview by discussing is family origins in Rhodes and how they came to the United States. He talks about his father’s delicatessen business. Benatar reminisces on his childhood. He talks about his elementary school days and his schoolmates. Benatar discusses his Jewish upbringing and attending Hebrew school. He recalls his high school experience. Benatar then details his time at Georgia Tech before discussing his Jewish organization involvements as a teenager. He reflects on what Jewish holidays were like in his household. Benatar goes into his experience in the Navy after attending Georgia Tech. He reminisces on how he met his wife Louise and raising kids. Benatar discusses his career and his family’s time in Europe as a result of his job. He concludes the interview by talking about the relationship he holds with his children now that they’re all adults and reflects on the Jewish values that he has instilled in them.Ruth Benatar Falkenstein