page_title: Leslie R. Nicholas
section_title: Insurance and real estate
hierarchical_section_title: Leslie R. Nicholas / Early life and career / Insurance and real estate
caption_attribution_description: English: Governor Sholtz signing a proclamation declaring May 11-16 life insurance week in Florida
context_page_description: Leslie Robinson Nicholas Sr. was an executive for The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and president of the Nicholas Realty Company. Nicholas was a United States Army major of an anti-aircraft unit in the Pacific War and was one of the most decorated Pacific War veterans from Wayne County, Georgia.
context_section_description: On November 14, 1923 Nicholas married Sybil Williams in Bulloch County, Georgia and then relocated to Tampa, Florida. Nicholas pursued a career in real estate called Nicholas Realty Company as president of the company. The Nicholas Realty Company assisted customers with purchasing real estate. The company also owned several properties and would lease them to customers. In 1926 Nicholas leased the Henry-Knight building to Frank Sullivan of Savannah for $100,000. Nicholas was a member of the Tampa Junior Chamber of Commerce being an occasional speaker. Nicholas left the Nicholas Realty Company in the early 1930s to pursue a career in insurance with The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America. Nicholas first joined Guardian Life as a supervisor. In July 1932 Nicholas went to Quebec for an insurance convention to represent Guardian Life Insurance. On May 10, 1936 Nicholas participated in Governor Sholtz's proclamation signing declaring May 11-16 life insurance week.
  Nicholas moved to Jacksonville, Florida ten years later where he continued to work for Guardian Life Insurance at the Barnett National Bank Building. Nicholas had a second son in 1937 but died one day later after he was born. In 1938 his father Alex died from complications of cancer in Jacksonville.
caption: Nicholas, far right, with Governor David Sholtz in 1936.
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