Background
Meeker, Leonard Carpenter was born on April 4, 1916 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving Avard and Elizabeth Louise (Carpenter) Meeker.
Meeker, Leonard Carpenter was born on April 4, 1916 in Montclair, New Jersey, United States. Son of Irving Avard and Elizabeth Louise (Carpenter) Meeker.
Graduate, Deerfield Academy, 1933; Bachelor of Arts, Amherst College, 1937; Doctor of Laws, Amherst College, 1967; Bachelor of Laws, Harvard University, 1940.
With, Office General Counsel, Treasury Department, Washington, 1940-1941; With, Office Solicitor General, Department Justice, Washington, 1941-1942; with, Office Legal Adviser, Department State, Washington, 1946-1951; assistant legal adviser, Office Legal Adviser, Department State, 1951-1961; deputy legal adviser, Office Legal Adviser, Department State, 1961-1965; legal adviser, Office Legal Adviser, Department State, 1965-1969; United States ambassader to, Romania, 1969-1973; member, Center for Law and Social Policy, 1974-1980.
President Palisades Citizens Association, Washington, 1989-1991. Trustee Potomac School, 1959-1967, chairman, 1960-1963. Board directors Union Concerned Scientists, 1981-1996.
Member American, Federal bar associations, American Society International Law (vice president 1976-1979, 90-96), St. Nicholas Society of City of New York.
Married Christine Rhoda Halliday, September 27, 1947 (deceased February 1958). Children: Richard Halliday, Charles Carpenter, Sarah Louise. Married Beverly Joan Meeker, June 14, 1969.
Children: Eliza Ann Hunt, James Edward Weeks, Benjamin Chester Gilman.