Background
Slyter, Leonard Leroy was born on November 13, 1933 in Fontana, Kansas, United States. Son of Elmer Jess and Anna Dorothea (Rodewald) Slyter.
Slyter, Leonard Leroy was born on November 13, 1933 in Fontana, Kansas, United States. Son of Elmer Jess and Anna Dorothea (Rodewald) Slyter.
Bachelor of Science in Dairy Production Agriculture, Kansas State University, 1955. Master of Science in Agriculture, University Missouri, 1958. Doctor of Philosophy in Nutrition, North Carolina State University, 1963.
Research assistant, U. Missouri, Columbia, 1957-1958; research assistant, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1959-1962; research associate, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1963-1964; research chemist, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1965-1978; microbiologist, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., 1979-1996; retired, Agricultural Research Svc., USDA, Beltsville, Maryland., since 1996. Cooperative scientist Office International Cooperative and Development, New Delhi, 1986-1991, department animal science and agricultural biochemistry U. Delaware, Newark, 1988-1990, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1974-1976.
First lieutenant United States Army, 1955-1957. Member American Society Microbiology, American Society Animal Science.
Married Dolores Jean Reifel, September 6, 1958. Children: Susan Lynn, Sandra Jean.