Leonard L. Whorton

Leonard L. Whorton was the Fairfax County Executive from 1976 to 1978.

Whorton grew up in Turner, Oregon, and graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Finance and Commerce with a Master of Governmental Administration.

Whorton was an administrative assistant and later the assistant city manager in Salem, Oregon.

Whorton was the assistant city manager for Richmond, Virginia when he was named as the county executive on June 21, 1976.

Under pressure from the Board of Supervisors, Whorton resigned on October 23, 1978, effective on November 3, 1978.

Whorton subsequently moved to California, where he became the county adminstrator for Sonoma County. Under pressure from that county's board of supervisors, Whorton resigned in 1985. In 1985, Whorton became the deputy director of finance and in 1987 the assistant city manager for the city of Richmond, California.