Background
Whitaker, Glen LeRoy was born on February 16, 1918 in Kansas, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Henderson and Mabel Ella (Bates) Whitaker.
Whitaker, Glen LeRoy was born on February 16, 1918 in Kansas, Missouri, United States. Son of Thomas Henderson and Mabel Ella (Bates) Whitaker.
Bachelor cum laude, University Missouri, Kansas, 1938. Juris Doctor cum laude, 1941.
Associate firm Morrison, Nugent, Berger, Byers & Johns, Kansas, 1941—1948. Private practice, from 1948. Counsel ABC Fireproof Warehouse Company, Kansas, 1966—1982.
Judge Kansas Municipal, 1955.
Elder, adult church school teacher Country Club Christian Church, Kansas, from 1967. Member of Sons Union Veterans Civil War, Civil War Round Table Kansas City (president 1977), Native Sons Kansas City 1980, (historian since 1981), Missouri Society, General Society Sons Revolution (president Kansas City chapter 1976, chairman national bicentennial commission 1983-1985, general historian since 1985), Heart American Genealogical Society (president Kansas City chapter 1983-1985), University Missouri Kansas City Alumni Association (president 1944-1946), Lawyers Association Kansas City (president junior section 1952-1953), Missouri Bar (commercial law committee 1983-1985), Masons, Phi Alpha Delta.
Married Doris Kerr, June 18, 1944. Children: Krista Jean, James Kevin.