Leigh H. Pennington

Background

Pennington, Leigh H. was born on October 26, 1877 in Macon, Michigan, United States. Son of Baron H. and Claribel (Pratt) Pennington.

Education

High school, Tecumseh, Michigan, 1897. Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1907, Doctor of Philosophy, 1909.

Career

Phyllis (Mistress Walter Clement Percival). Instructor in botany, Northwestern University, 1909-1910. Assistant professor botany, Syracuse University, 1910-1912, associate professor, 1912-1914.

Professor forest pathology, New York State College Forestry, since 1914.

Expert in forest pathology, United States Department of Agriculture, summers 1911, 12. Collaborator, New York Botanical Garden, summers, 1913, 14.

Pathologist or collaborator United States Department of Agriculture, since 1917.

Achievements

• Leigh H. Pennington has been listed as a noteworthy botanist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Mason. Research in white pine blister rust.

Connections

Married Mary Blanche Van Fleet, August 27, 1902.

Father:

Baron H. Pennington

Mother:

Claribel (Pratt) Pennington

Spouse:

Mary Blanche Van Fleet