Background
Wheeler, Leonard was born on July 20, 1901 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Cheever) Wheeler.
Wheeler, Leonard was born on July 20, 1901 in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Leonard and Elizabeth (Cheever) Wheeler.
Phillips Exeter Academy. Harvard (Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude, 1922). Harvard Law School (Bachelor of Laws, 1925).
Phi Beta Kappa. Editor, Harvard Law Review, 1923-1925.
Practiced in, Boston. Associate Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, 1925-1972, partner, 1932-1972, of counsel, 1972-1995. Director, clerk Harold Cabot & Company, Inc., 1930-1980.
Past corporator Cambridge Savings Bank.
Graduate treasurer Harvard Law Review, 1956-1971. Board directors, past treasurer, president Cambridge Family and Children's Service. Past treasurer, director Cambridge council Boy Scouts American, International Student Association Greater Boston.
Past president, board overseers Shady Hill School, Cambridge. Past board directors Boston Legal Aid Society. Past board directors, past vice president Cambridge Community Services.
Past board directors, past president Chocorua (New Hampshire) Lake Association. Past trustee Tamworth (New Hampshire) Foundation, Social Law Library, Boston. Served to colonel Army of the United States, 1942-1946.
Member prosecuting staff first Nuremberg War Crimes Trial 1945-1946. Member American Bar Association, Massachusetts Bar Association, Cambridge Bar Association (past president), American Law Institute, Phi Beta Kappa. Clubs: Union, Union Boat (past president), St. Botolph (Boston).
Cambridge (past president), Cambridge Boat (past secretary).
Married Cornelia Balch, October 5, 1929. Children: Cornelia Wheeler Lanou, Leonard, Penelope Wheeler Pi-Sunyer, John B.