Background
Kell, Leone Bower was born on November 27, 1898 in Dighton, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Carroll and Nettie Maxon (Cheever) Bower.
Kell, Leone Bower was born on November 27, 1898 in Dighton, Kansas, United States. Daughter of Carroll and Nettie Maxon (Cheever) Bower.
Bachelor of Science, Kansas State University, 1923. Master of Science, 1928. Postgraduate, Cornell University, 1937—1938.
Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1946.
Teacher elementary schools Lane County, Kansas, 1917—1919. Teacher Manhattan High School, 1923—1924. Graduate assistant child development Kansas State University, Manhattan, 1927—1928.
Instructor, 1929—1937. Assistant professor, 1938—1940. Associate professor family and child development, 1940—1946.
Professor, 1947—1965. Professor emeritus, since 1965. Professor home economics Kobe College, Nishinomiya, Japan, 1967—1970.
Missionary United Church Board World Ministries, United Church Christ, Japan, 1967—1970. Member of Society Research Child Development, National Council Family Relations, American Home Economics Association, Phi Kappa Phi.
Married William Edgar Kell, June 23, 1924 (deceased 1955). Children: George(deceased), Eugene R.(deceased) 1 stepchild Ruth Kell Noble.