Leon Fradley Whitney

Background

Whitney, Leon Fradley was born on March 29, 1894 in Brooklyn. Son of Leon Augustine and Geneva (Fradley) Whitney.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1916. Student Yale, 1937-1938. Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, 1940.

Career

Secretary American Eugenics Society, 1924-1934. Clinical instructor pathology Yale School Medicine, 1946-1960.

Achievements

• Leon Fradley Whitney has been listed as a noteworthy veterinarian, biologist by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member American Genetics Association, Eugenics Research Association American Society Mammalogists, American Psychological Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Veterinary Medical Association, Kappa Sigma, Phi Kappa Phi (honorary), Omega Tau Sigma.

Connections

Married Katharine Carroll Sackett, February 12, 1916. Children: Julia Mead, George Dana, Executive.

Father:

Leon Augustine Whitney

Mother:

Geneva (Fradley) Whitney

Spouse:

Katharine Carroll Sackett

child:

Julia Mead Whitney

child:

Executive Whitney

child:

George Dana Whitney