Leigh Hanes

Background

Hanes, Leigh was born on December 24, 1893 in Montvale, Bedford Company, Virginia, United States. Son of Ernest Langstor and Lillian Barksdale (Kinnier) Hanes.

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Hampden-Sydney College, 1916, Doctor of Letters, 1936. Bachelor of Laws, Washington and Lee University, 1920, Master of Arts, 1938. M. Lillian Lee Thompson, June 20, 1917.

1 son Leigh Buckner.

Career

Began practice law, Roanoke, 1920. Editor The Lyric (quarterly magazine), 1929-1949. Lecturer English and American poetry, formerly Hollins College, University of Virginia Extension.

Achievements

• Leigh Hanes has been listed as a notable writer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member Poetry Society America, Virginia State, Roanoke (past president) bar associations, Virginia Writers, Poetry Society of Virginia (advisory board), Theta Chi, Sigma Upsilon and Phi Beta Kappa.

Connections

Father:

Ernest Langstor Hanes

Mother:

Lillian Barksdale (Kinnier) Hanes