Background
Towner, Leonard Wimberley was born on December 3, 1918 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Leonard Wimberley and K. Ione (Tiernan) Towner.
Towner, Leonard Wimberley was born on December 3, 1918 in Long Beach, California, United States. Son of Leonard Wimberley and K. Ione (Tiernan) Towner.
Student Pasadena Junior; graduate University of California at Los Angeles, 1943.
Assistant professor, then associate professor psychology Drake University, Des Moines, 1948-1951. Research associate, then assistant research oncologist University of California Medical School, San Francisco, 1951-1955. From assistant professor to professor.psychology California State University, Long Beach, 1955-1986, professor emeritus 1986, associate dean instruction, 1967-1969, dean academic planning, 1969-1971.
Visiting professor education University of California, Berkeley, 1953-1955, 67.
Served with United States Naval Reserve, 1943-1946. Member American Psychological Association, American Statistical Association, American Association for the Advancement of Science, California Ednl. Research Association (president 1961), Phi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Kappa.
Married Caroline Warren Frost, January 24, 1942 (divorced 1974). Married Patricia Jean Balestra Vogel, September 28, 1974. Children: Howard Frost, Joseph Francis, Barbara Jane, Robert Leonard, Margaret Annual