Leo Wardrup | |
State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 83rd |
Term Start: | January 8, 1992 |
Term End: | January 9, 2008 |
Preceded: | Billy O'Brien |
Succeeded: | Joseph Bouchard |
Birth Name: | Leo Clyde Wardrup Jr. |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1936 |
Birth Place: | Middlesboro, Kentucky, U.S. |
Death Place: | Virginia Beach, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Gloria Anne Wirth |
Alma Mater: | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (BA) George Washington University (MBA) Naval War College (MS) |
Allegiance: | United States |
Branch: | United States Navy |
Serviceyears: | 1958–1986 |
Rank: | Captain |
Battles: | Vietnam War |
Mawards: | Meritorious Service Medal |
Leo Clyde Wardrup Jr. (September 5, 1936 - July 2, 2014) was an American naval officer and politician.
Born in Middlesboro, Kentucky, Wardrup received his bachelor's degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and his master's degrees from George Washington University and Naval War College. Wardrup was a captain in the United States Navy from 1958 to 1986. He lived in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He served in the Virginia House of Delegates, as a Republican from 1992 until 2007.[1] [2]