Background
Leedy, Daniel Loney was born on February 17, 1912 in Butler, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Monroe and Bernice Camilla (Loney) Leedy.
Leedy, Daniel Loney was born on February 17, 1912 in Butler, Ohio, United States. Son of Charles Monroe and Bernice Camilla (Loney) Leedy.
Bachelor of Arts with honors, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1934; Bachelor of Science, Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, 1935; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1938; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1940.
Assistant geology and zoology departments, Miami University, 1933-1935; instructor wildlife management, Ohio State University, 1940-1942; leader, Ohio Cooperative Wildlife Research Unit, 1945-1948; biologist charge cooperative wildlife research units, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, Washington, 1949-1957; member biological science committee, Department Agriculture Graduate School, 1950-1975; president, Wildlife Society, 1952; executive secretary, Wildlife Society, 1953-1957; chief branch wildlife research, United States Fish and Wildlife Service, 1957-1963; chief division research, Bureau Outdoor Recreation, Department Interior, 1963-1965; water resources research scientist, Office Water Resources Research, 1965-1974; retired, 1974; senior scientist, National Institute Urban Wildlife, Columbia, Maryland., 1975-1995.
Served to captain United States Army Air Force, 1942-1945. Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Wildlife Society (honorary, Aldo Leopold award for distinguished service to wildlife conservation 1983), American Ornithologists Union (elective member), Wilson Ornithological Society, American Fisheries Society, Sigma Xi.
Clubs: Field Biologists, Cosmos (Washington).
Married Barbara E. Sturges, November 25, 1945 (deceased March 12, 1988). Children: Robert Raymond, Kathleen Eleanor. Married Virginia Lee Bittenbender, September 22, 1989.