Leon was born on December 16, 1919 and passed away on Wednesday, March 4, 2009.

Leon was a resident of Ardmore, Pennsylvania at the time of his passing.

Dr. Saunders was educated at Wesley College there and the Ontario Veterinary College in Guelph, from which he graduated in 1943 with his DVM.

After completing training in pathology and passing the first certifying examination given by the American College of Veterinary Pathologists, Saunders went in 1951 to the Army Chemical Center in Edgewood, Maryland as a civilian pathologist, and the following year to Brookhaven National Laboratory on Long Island, NY.

He is survived by his wife Marliese.

Services and interment will be private for the family.

the family would humbly embrace memorial donations being made to Cornell University, College of Veterinary Medicine in Ithaca, NY in the name of The Dr. Leon Z. Saunders Ph.D., class of 1951, memorial scholarship fund at the following address: Office of Alumni Affairs and Development, Cornell College of Veterinary Medicine, Box 39, Ithaca, NY 14853-6401.