Background
Peairs, Leonard Marion was born on June 5, 1886 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Chalmers Addison and Susan (Banta) Peairs.
Peairs, Leonard Marion was born on June 5, 1886 in Lawrence, Kansas, United States. Son of Chalmers Addison and Susan (Banta) Peairs.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State Agricultural College, 1905, Master of Science, 1907. Student Cornell 1909. Doctor of Philosophy, University Chicago, 1925. m.
Edith Pennington, June 15, 1915.
Graduate assistant Kansas State College, 1905-1907, University of Illinois, 1907-1908. Assistant professor entomology U. Maryland., 1908-1910, U. Kansas, 1910-1912. Professor entomology U. West Virginia, entomologist West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station, 1912-1952, retired June 1952.
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Entomological Society American. Member American Association Economics Entomologists (life.
Children: Chalmers Addison, Junior.