Background
Parr, Leland Wilbur was born on November 2, 1892 in Cooksville, Illinois, United States. Son of Marion Elmer and Edna May (Brigham) Parr.
Parr, Leland Wilbur was born on November 2, 1892 in Cooksville, Illinois, United States. Son of Marion Elmer and Edna May (Brigham) Parr.
Student, Drake U., 1913-1915; Bachelor of Science, University of Chicago, 1916; Doctor of Philosophy, University of Chicago, 1923; postgraduate, Pasteur Institute, Paris, summer 1928.
Instructor, Assiut (Egypt) College, 1916-1919;
Adjunct Professor hygiene and bacteriology, then associate professor, American U. Beirut, 1923-1930;
associate professor bacteriology, University of Chicago, 1930;
chief bacteriologist, with research laboratory, Rockefeller Foundation, Andalusia, Alabama, 1931-1932;
associate professor department bacteriology, hygiene and preventive medicine, George Washington University, 1932-1937;
professor, George Washington University, 1937-1958;
Executive officer, George Washington University, 1938-1958;
professor emeritus in residence, George Washington University, from 1958. Consultant infectious diseases Office Surgeon General United States Army, 1942-1944. Member bacteriological study section United States Public Health Service.
Consultant in bacteriology central office VA, Washington. Consultant Cliln. Center, National Institutes of Health. Adviser to director National Selective Svc., from 1948.
Fellow American Academy Microbiology. Member American Society Experimental Pathology, Society of America Bacteriologists (secretary-treasurer 1944-1949), American Public Health Association, Society Experimental biology and Medicine, American Genetic Association, Conference Professors of Preventive Medicine (chairman 1949), Washington Academy of Sciences (president 1943), Washington Academy Medicine, Cosmos Club, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi, Phi Delta Theta, Nu Sigma Nu.
Married Grace Belle Ghormley, June 16, 1915. Children: Martha Grace (deceased), Patricia (Mistress John Kibler Bash), Robert Ghormley.