Lee Franklin Hanmer was the director of the recreation department of the Russell Sage Foundation from 1912 to 1937. In that capacity, he helped to found the Boy Scouts of America. He later helped to form the Campfire Girls of America in 1912.
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.
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