Leonard Shoen
| Leonard Shoen | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Leonard Samuel Shoen February 29, 1916 McGrath, Minnesota, U.S. |
| Died | October 4, 1999 (aged 83) Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, U.S. |
| Cause of death | Suicide by car crash |
| Education | B.Sc Oregon State College L.L.B. Northwestern College of Law |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
| Spouse(s) | Anna Carty (until her death) Suzanne Gilbaugh (divorced) Suzanne Whitmore (divorced) Spouse4 (divorced) Carol Schoen (until his death) |
| Children |
with Carty: --Samuel Shoen --Michael Shoen --Edward Joseph Shoen --Mark Shoen --Mary Anna Eaton --Paul Shoen with Gilbaugh: --Sophia Shoen --Cecilia Hanlon --Theresa Romero --Katrina Carlson --James Shoen with Whitmore: --Scott Shoen with Carol Schoen: --Shana Coupland (adopted) |
| Parent(s) | Sophie (nee Appert) Shoen Samuel J. Shoen |
Leonard Samuel "Sam" Shoen (February 29, 1916 – October 4, 1999) was an American entrepreneur who founded the U-Haul truck and trailer organization in Ridgefield, Washington. After growing up in the farm belt during the Great Depression, he envisioned the market for rental vehicles for families who wished to avoid the expense of professional transfer and storage companies and move themselves around the country.
Shoen was born on February 29, 1916 in McGrath, Minnesota to Sophie (née Appert) and Samuel J. Shoen. His father moved the family to Oregon in 1923 to farm in the Willamette Valley near Shedd. His father was ethnically Scottish and English; his mother was of Swiss and French descent. The younger Shoen worked his way through Oregon State College by running a chain of beauty parlors and barber shops in Corvallis and nearby Albany, and later at Camp Adair north of Corvallis and at the Hanford Reservation in Washington. Sam earned a B.Sc. in General Science (a pre-med degree) from OSC in 1943, and entered the University of Oregon Medical School in Portland. Shoen was suspended from medical school during his fourth year and never returned. He served in the U.S. Navy as a Hospital Apprentice First Class in Bayview, Idaho and Seattle, and was given a medical discharge in 1945 for rheumatic fever. After starting the U-Haul Company, Shoen earned an LL.B. at the Northwestern College of Law in Portland in 1955.
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