About me
Leslie Kendall was born in San Diego, California and has had an insatiable, life-longinterest in automobiles and automotive history. The only first grade student who knewwhat a Bugatti was, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from The Master’s College in1981 and an MBA from Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo in 1985. Kendallentered mortgage banking upon his graduation only to leave the lending profession in1992 to volunteer full-time at the San Diego Automotive Museum where he was hired tobe the full-time curator after only eight months. He was invited to join the teamresponsible for creating the Petersen Automotive Museum in April 1993 and in October1995 was named curator, a position that provided him an opportunity to develop morethan 150 individual exhibitions. Now the Petersen Museum’s Chief Historian, he is aregular contributor to automotive media outlets and consults on automotive historyrelated, public- and private-sector projects. Kendall is a member of the Society ofAutomotive Historians (former board member), National Association of AutomotiveMuseums (former board member), and numerous other special-interest organizations.
