Biography:

Researcher, realtor, poet. Born– July 20, 1941, Tuskegee. Parents– William and Reoda (Turner) Lennard. Married– Anita Liggins, June 6, 1964. Children– Two. Education– Central State University, Wilberforce, Ohio, B.S., 1963; Tuskegee Institute, M.S. in Food Science and Technology, 1968. Research technician, Battelle Memorial Institute, 1964-1966; research technician, Tuskegee Institute, 1968; Director of Community Development, Community Action Agency, Tuskegee, 1968-1977; real estate salesman, 1977-; National Park Service, 1978- . Honors– special achievement award, U.S. Department of the Interior, 1982; featured on television programs; his poetry has won special recognition and was selected for the Alabama State Poetry Sampler, in 1978, 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, and 1984.

Source:

William Carver Lennard, Tuskegee.

Publication(s):

Life, Love, Nature and You. New York; Vantage Press, 1976.

Sand Castles. Tuskegee; McRaie’s Printing Service, 1985.

Contributor:

Best of the Best. Chicago; Path Press, 1984.