Background
Kreider, Leonard Cale was born on February 16, 1910 in Sterling, Ohio, United States. Son of Lloyd Stanley and Adelia Mae (Stover) Kreider.
Kreider, Leonard Cale was born on February 16, 1910 in Sterling, Ohio, United States. Son of Lloyd Stanley and Adelia Mae (Stover) Kreider.
AB, Goshen College, 1931; Master of Science, Ohio State University, 1933; Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, 1936.
Research chemist, Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research, New York City, 1936-1937; from assistant professor to professor, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, 1937-1946; chairman division natural science, Bethel College, North Newton, Kansas, 1946-1949; analyst, researcher, Eldon Means laboratories, Wichita, Kansas, summer 1944; research chemist, Benjamin Franklin Goodrich Company, Brecksville, Ohio., 1949-1975.
City clerk City of North Newton, 1939-1947. Member school board Wadsworth (Ohio) Public Schools, 1958-1965. Trustee Bluffton (Ohio) College, 1960-1972, honorary trustee, since 1973.
Member American Chemical Society (chairman, secretary, treasurer, councilor 1940-1947), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Married Rachel Weaver, June 20, 1933. Children: L. Emil, Anna Rachel, Sara Kathryn.