Background
Leake, Preston Hildebrand was born on August 8, 1929 in Proffit, Virginia, United States. Son of Perry Hansford and Lydia Viola (Cox) Leake.
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Preston Hildebrand Leake
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Bachelor of Science, University Virginia, 1950. Master of Arts, Duke University, 1953. Doctor of Philosophy, Duke University, 1954.
Career
Research supervisor, Allied Chemical Corporation, Hopewell, Virginia, 1954-1960;
assistant research director, Albemarle Paper Manufacturing Company, Richmond, Virginia, 1960-1965;
assistant to managing director, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1965-1968;
assistant managing director, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1968-1970;
assistant R & D director, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1970-1987;
director R & D, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1987-1988;
vice president research, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1988-1991;
retired, The American Tobacco Company, Hopewell, 1991. Adjunct Professor organic chemistry Virginia Commonwealth U., 1963-1964. Tobacco industry representative to Council for Tobacco Research, 1977-1988.
Chairman, Board Of Directors Tobacco Institute Testing Laboratory, 1977-1988. Advisory board chemical abstracts Virginia Junior Academy Science, 1986-1988, member planning committee, 1991-1995. Member Congressional Study Committee, 1984-1988.
Expert witness patent suit Toronto, 1993-1995.
Achievements
Membership
Chairman Providence Junior High School Parent-Teachers Association, Midlothian, Virginia, 1968-1970, Clover Hill High School Parent-Teachers Association, 1971-1972. Chairman board trustees Chesterfield County (Virginia) Public Libraries, 1974-1977. Member County School Advisory Committee, Chesterfield, 1969-1970.
Judge chemistry section Junior Academy of Sciences, 1991-1992. Member Hopewell Community and Industrial Panel for Environmental Improvement, since 1992. Member American Chemical Society (treasurer 1966, secretary 1967, vice chairman 1968, chairman 1970, member People to People Goodwill Tour to England, Norway, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, Czechoslovakia, East and West Germany 1971, Distinguished Service award 1976), American Institute Chemists (chairman 1962), Virginia Academy of Sciences, Society Genealogist London, Genealogical Research Institute Virginia, Computer Users Group (president Richmond chapter 1984-1986), James River Catfish Club (keeper of keys 1978-1980), Rotary (secretary Hopewell 1992), Sigma Xi, Phi Lambda Upsilon.
Connections
Married Elizabeth Ann Kelly, December 5, 1954. Children: Luther Hildebrand, Lawrence Albert.
