Wendall Yeager Blanning

Background

Blanning, Wendall Yeager was born on November 13, 1888 in Williamstown, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of William and Belle Jane (Yeager) Blanning.

Education

Bachelor of Philosophy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1912.

Career

Began as newspaper reporter, 1912. Law librarian, 1913-1914. Admitted to Pennsylvania bar, 1917, and practiced in Pennsylvania.

Director Bureau of Public Convenience, Public Service communications of Pennsylvania, 1931-1935.

Assistant director Bureau Motor Carriers, Interstate Commerce Commission, 1935-1937, director, 1937-1958. Practicing lawyer, Washington, from 1959.

Achievements

• Wendall Yeager Blanning has been listed as a reputable lawyer by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

• Other Work

  • Author: Public Utility Regulation in Pennsylvania, 1924.

Membership

Served in infantry United States Army, 1917-1919. Member Alpha Chi Rho.

Connections

Married Christine Anne Hoffman, September 26, 1935. Children: Robert Wendell, Bruce Jerome.

Father:

William Blanning

Mother:

Belle Jane (Yeager) Blanning

Spouse:

Christine Anne Hoffman

child:

Bruce Jerome Blanning

child:

Robert Wendell Blanning