Background
Wheat, Renville was born on July 28, 1893 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel Edwin and Ida (Clements) Wheat.
Wheat, Renville was born on July 28, 1893 in Leavenworth, Kansas, United States. Son of Samuel Edwin and Ida (Clements) Wheat.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Michigan, 1914, Juris Doctor, 1916.
Admitted to Michigan bar, 1916, since practiced in Detroit. Partner firm Dykema, Wheat, Spencer, Goodnow & Trigg and predecessors, 1923-1968. Trustee Edwin South. George Foundation, 1947-1968.
President Michigan Children’s Aid Society, 1951-1956.
Secretary, trustee McGregor Fund. Board directors Detroit Symphony Orchestra Association.
Trustee Skillman Foundation. Member committee management, vice Chairman of the Board Governors Associates Clements Library.
Served to Second lieutenant, Field Artillery, United States Army, 1917-1919. Fellow American Bar Foundation. Member American, Michigan, Detroit bar associations, American Judicature Society, Lawyers.
Clubs: Detroit, University, Detroit Country (all Detroit), Grosse Pointe.
Married Elizabeth Shearer Russel, May 26, 1923. Children: Anne Davenport (Mistress William P. Hodgkins, Junior.