Background
Tanner,, Leonard R. was born on August 28, 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leonard R. and Lady (Pentecost) Tanner.
Tanner,, Leonard R. was born on August 28, 1915 in Nashville, Tennessee, United States. Son of Leonard R. and Lady (Pentecost) Tanner.
Bachelor, University Chattanooga. Juris Doctor, Northwestern University.
Associate Defrees, Buckingham, Fiske & O'Brien, Chicago, 1941-1943, Smith, Ristig & Smith, Washington, 1945-1946. Partner Noone, Tanner & Noone, Chattanooga, 1946-1953, Swafford & Tanner, Chattanooga, 1953-1955, Tanner, Jahn, Anderson, Bridges & Jahn, Chattanooga, 1955-1981. President, chief executive officer Mitchell Industrial Tire Company, Inc., from 1981, chairman board directors, from 1981.
Director Florida Industrial tire Company, Inc., since 1975.
Served to lieutenant United States Navy, 1943-1945. Member American Bar Association, Tennessee Bar Association, Chattanooga Bar Association Clubs: Mountain City (Chattanooga), Walden, Chattanooga Golf and Country. Fairyland Country (Lookout Mountain, Tennessee).
Married Anne Brueggeman, October 4, 1941 (deceased 1984). Children: Sherry Anne Earnhart, Wendy Leigh Miller, Roscoe Tanner III.