Background
Cleland, Charles Leslie was born on August 26, 1927 in Cairo. Son of Ronald Stewart Cleland and Dorothy Catherine Leslie.
Cleland, Charles Leslie was born on August 26, 1927 in Cairo. Son of Ronald Stewart Cleland and Dorothy Catherine Leslie.
Bachelor summa cum laude, University Charleston, West Virginia, 1952. Postgraduate, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1952—1953. Master of Science, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1955.
Doctor of Philosophy, University Wisconsin, Madison, 1958.
Assistant professor rural sociology University Tennessee, Knoxville, 1958—1962, associate professor rural sociology, 1962—1969, professor rural sociology, 1969—1995, professor emeritus, since 1995. From participating scientist to chairman regional research committees Agricultural Experimental Station southern region, Knoxville, 1963—1992. Staff sergeant United States Air Force, 1946-1948.
Member of Rural Sociological Society (Distinguished Service award 1995), Phi Kappa Phi.
Married Laurel Elaine Hays, June 6, 1953. Children: Rebecca Elizabeth, Linda Hays.