Whaley Genealogy & History. Whaley is a British locational surname, from the villages of Whalley in Lancashire and Whaley in Derbyshire. Both likely come from the Old English hwealf, which means vault, arch or hill, and leah, for a clearing in a forest or a meadow.haley family history starts in 1185 with the recording of Adam de Walleg in the Pipe Rolls of Lancashire. Whaley genealogy lays claim to several notable persons, such as actor Michael Whaley and St. Louis Browns outfielder Bill Whaley.
1 America's first professional forester, and founder of the U.S. Forest Service. 2  Gifford Pinchot was the leader of the utiliatarian wing of the early conservation movement, who served under President Theodore Roosevelt and later as governor of Pennsylvania.  John Muir first met Gifford Pinchot in New York in 1893. Muir traveled with Pinchot and others with the National Forestry Commission surveying the problems of the western forest reserves. At that time, they became good friends.
--. --. Mr. Richard Gilder is the Founder and Managing Member at Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co.LLC. He is also Co-Founder and Co-Chairman of the Gilder Lehrman collection and the Gilder Lehrman institute of American history. Previously, Mr. Glider worked as a Stockbroker on Wall Street at A.G. Becker & Co.e served as a Co-Chairman of the club for growth. Mr. Gilder is a Co-Founder of the Lincoln Prize and The Frederick Douglass Book Award. He received a degree in History from Yale University in 1954, and is the recipient of honorary degrees from Gettysburg College and St. John's University.