Lee F. Hanmer
Scouting pioneer
About Lee F. Hanmer
Lived 1871 – 1961 (aged 89).
Lee Franklin Hanmer (October 24, 1871 – April 27, 1961) was the director of the recreation department of the Russell Sage Foundation from 1912 to 1937.
Biography He was born on October 24, 1871, in Schuyler County, New York. Hanmer attended Cornell University and New York University. He worked in the New York City school system, serving as a physical training supervisor from 1903 to 1906 and then as athletics inspector through 1907. He then worked as a secretary of the Playground Association of America before moving to the Russell Sage Foundation.
Hanmer directed recreation for servicemen during World War I. He was later a chairman of the Motion Pictures Producers and Distributors Association.
The BSA presented Hanmer with the ninth Silver Buffalo Award in 1926.
He died on April 27, 1961, in New Paltz, New York.
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Scouting pioneer
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Lee F. Hanmer was born on 24 October 1871.
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Lee F. Hanmer died on 27 April 1961.
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