FEW DESIGNERS HAVE WON RECOGNITION FROM THEIR PEERS SO CONTINUOUSLY OR BEEN MORE STEADFAST IN THEIR PHILOSOPHICAL COMMITMENT TO MODERN ARCHITECTURE.  "GENE LEEDY IS A FAVORITE SON OF FLORIDA ARCHITECTURE" (FLORIDA ARCHITECT MAGAZINE - 1989).

LEEDY HAS BEEN ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF THE MODERN MOVEMENT IN FLORIDA AND WAS ONE OF THE FOUNDERS OF THE NOW FAMOUS "SARASOTA SCHOOL," INCLUDING PAUL RUDOLPH, VICTOR LUNDY, MARK HAMPTON, AND OTHERS.

LEEDY WAS SELECTED AS ONE OF ARCHITECTURAL RECORD'S SUCCESSFUL YOUNG ARCHITECTS IN 1965 WITH A PUBLISHED PORTFOLIO OF HIS WORK.  IN 1988 HE WAS AWARDED THE LIFETIME DESIGN ACHIEVEMENT AWARD FROM THE FLORIDA ASSOCIATION OF ARCHITECTS.  HE WAS INSTALLED INTO THE COLLEGE OF FELLOWS OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS IN 1992.  HE RECEIVED THE OUTSTANDING ALUMNI AWARD FROM THE COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA IN 1993.  HE HAS BEEN EXTENSIVELY PUBLISHED IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE AND HAS RECEIVED MORE THAN 50 ARCHITECTURAL AWARDS BOTH NATIONALLY AND STATEWIDE FOR HIS WORK.

HE HAS DESIGNED PROJECTS THROUGHOUT THE U.S. INCLUDING HAWAII AND A LARGE HOUSING PROJECT FOR THE GOVERNMENT OF MALAYSIA AND HAS BEEN A DESIGN CONSULTANT FOR ALFRED A. YEE AND ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS AND ENGINEERS, HONOLULU, HAWAII FOR MORE THAN 25 YEARS.

GENE LEEDY HAS ALSO BEEN A CONSULTANT TO THE PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE INSTITUTE IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.  MANY OF THE STANDARD PRE-STRESSED CONCRETE PRODUCTS AND CONNECTIONS USED IN THE BUILDING INDUSTRY TODAY WERE DESIGNED BY HIM.

A GRADUATE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA, LEEDY HAS PRACTICED FROM HIS WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA OFFICE SINCE 1955.