Sol Lindenbaum, lawyer and Executive Assistant to the Attorney General of the United States through several presidential administrations, was born in 1915 in the El Dorado area, where he grew up.

 

Lindenbaum saw active military service with the United States Army during World War II, followed by twenty years with the Army Reserve. He retired as a Lt. Colonel.

 

He attended the University of Kansas, having been awarded the prestigious Summerfield Scholarship. He then attended the Harvard School of Law.

 

Lindenbaum served his country a total of thirty-five years, both with the army and in the United States Department of Justice.

 

He died on October 25, 1994 in Atlanta, Georgia.