Hamden Landon Forkner, Sr.

Hamden Landon Forkner, Sr. (March 10, 1897 – November 25, 1975) was an American educator and writer who created Future Business Leaders of America, an educational organization for high school and college students, and developed the Forkner shorthand system for taking dictation.

Life and career Forkner was born on March 10, 1897, to Allen F. Forkner and Lucy Adline Irvine.

He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and was a professor of education at the Teachers College at Columbia University,

He died at his home in New York City on November 13, 1975, at the age of 78.