Gene Leedy (February 6, 1928 – November 24, 2018) was an American architect based in Winter Haven, Florida.
He was a pioneer of the modern movement in Florida and later a founder of the Sarasota School of Architecture, whose members included Paul Rudolph, Victor Lundy, and others.
Leedy's Father was a supervisor for a coal mining company, and Ethyl was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse.
[5] At 16 years old, Leedy attended the University of Florida in Gainesville, graduating in 1950 with a Bachelor of Architecture degree.
After their wedding in Arlington, Virginia, the couple settled in Florida, first in Sarasota, where Leedy was employed by Ralph and William Zimmerman and later by Paul Rudolph, before being called to military service.
In 1954, Leedy and his wife relocated back to Sarasota where he opened his own architectural office and then later moved his practice and family to Winter Haven, Florida.