Background
Wheat, Leonard Frederick was born on November 13, 1931 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Leonard Benjamin and Gertrude Dorette (Wieland) Wheat.
Wheat, Leonard Frederick was born on November 13, 1931 in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. Son of Leonard Benjamin and Gertrude Dorette (Wieland) Wheat.
Bachelor, University of Minnesota, Duluth, 1952; Master of Public Administration, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, Harvard University, 1958.
Research analyst, Minnesota Department Taxation, St. Paul, 1954-1955; examiner, Navy Department, Washington, 1955-1956; program analyst, Navy Department, Washington, 1958-1959; survey statistical, bureau of Census, Suitland, Maryland., 1957; budget analyst, bureau of Budget, Washington, 1959-1966; program officer, Office of Regional Economics Development, Washington, 1966-1968; economist, Economics Development Administration, Washington, 1968-1997; retired, Economics Development Administration, Washington, 1997.
Member American Economics Association, Southern Economics Association, Potomac Appalachian Trail Club(chairman finance committee 1980-1982).
Married Janis Elizabeth Knudsen, May 9, 1964 (divorced November 1977).