When English settlement was first being made on the shores of New England the Whiting family was established in America by three brothers who came to the new world. Among their descendants was Captain Jacob Whiting, who served as an officer in the War of 1812. Hayden Whiting, the father of Dr. Whiting, was born in Hamden, Connecticut, and married Kathleen Ward, a native of New York and also of English lineage. They became the parents of four children, of whom three are living, Ralph and Irving being the brothers of Dr. Leonard C. Whiting, who is the eldest of the family. The parents are now living in Hamden, Connecticut, and the father, who for many years was a successful con-tractor, has now retired from active business.
     Dr. Whiting pursued his early education in the public schools of Whitneyville, Connecticut. He was born in Hamden, April 2, 1888, and has always been a resident of this state. After mastering the preliminary branches of learning in Whitneyville he continued his education in the public schools of New Haven and when he had completed his high school course he studied in the Booth Preparatory School, from which he was graduated in 1907. He next entered the Baltimore (Md.) Medical School, from which he was graduated in 1912, winning his degree in that year. Before his graduation he acted as substitute interne in St. Luke's Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland, and thus gained much valuable experience. He began practice in January, 1913, in New Haven, where he has since remained, and his ability in his chosen profession has won to him a liberal patronage. He is thoroughly conversant with all modern scientific phases of the profession and through broad reading and study keeps in touch with the onward trend of thought and progress. 
     Dr. Whiting was married October 11, 1917, in Hamdeni, Connecticut, to Miss Rhoda May Andrews, a native of Southington, Connecticut, and a daughter of Ephraim Horace and Mary E. (Andrews) Andrews.
     In his political views the Doctor is a republican, while fraternally he is a Mason, belonging to Wooster Lodge, No. 79, F. & A. M. He also has membership with the Loyal Order of Moose and with the Volunteer Firemen and he is identified with the Chi Zeta Chi, a medical fraternity. His religious faith is that of the Congregational church. His military experience covers service with Troop A of the Connecticut National Guard, with which he was formerly identified. Along strictly professional lines he has connection with the New Haven County, the Connecticut State and the American Medical Associations.