Background
Congdon, Leon Abel was born on May 8, 1885 in Owego, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Olney and Frances Estelle (Scott) Congdon.
Congdon, Leon Abel was born on May 8, 1885 in Owego, New York, United States. Son of Daniel Olney and Frances Estelle (Scott) Congdon.
Bachelor of Science, Syracuse University, 1908. Master of Science, Colgate, 1916.
Chemist, New Jersey State Experiment Station, 1909-1910. Chemist and food and drug inspector, North Dakota State and Government Experiment Station, 1910-1914. Chief of State Division of Food and Drugs, Kansas State Board of Health, Topeka, May, 1914-November, 1917.
Commissioned captain, Sanitary Corps North.A., November 1917.
Was state hotel commissioner of Kansas, 1915-1917. Has made extensive researches on foods.
Member American Chemical Society, Kansas Academy Science, Kansas Pharmaceutical Association. Mason (Knight of the Order of the Thistle), Odd.
Married Mabel Beatrice Piers, of Fargo, North Dakota, June 19, 1912.