Background
Leighly, John Barger was born on November 6, 1895 in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Philip T. and Margaret (Reed) Leighly.
Leighly, John Barger was born on November 6, 1895 in Locust Grove, Oklahoma, United States. Son of Philip T. and Margaret (Reed) Leighly.
Student, Center Michigan College Education, 1919-1920; AB, University of Michigan, 1922; Doctor of Philosophy, University of California, 1927.
Instructor geography, University of California, Berkeley, 1927;
assistant professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1928;
associate professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1935-1943;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1943-1986. Appointments with United States Soil Conservation Svc., 1934, 41, 42. With Weather Bureau, 1940.
Instructor Army Air Forces Technology Training Command, 1943-1944. Meteorologist Army Air Forces Weather Svc., 1944-1946.
Fellow American Association for the Advancement of Science. Member Association American Geographers (vice president 1946), American Meteorological Society (councilor 1937-1939), American Geophysical Union, Phi Beta Kappa, Sigma Xi.
Married Katherine Edmonds, January 4, 1929.