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Abbey, Edward –author, advocate and conservationist of the Western United States.   http://www.abbeyweb.net/

Addams, Jane – founder of Hull House one of the first settlement houses in the United States. Hull House included a night school for adults, kindergarten classes, clubs for older children, a public kitchen, an art gallery, a coffeehouse, a gymnasium, a girls club, a swimming pool, a book bindery, a music school, a drama group, a library, and labor-related divisions. http://www.uic.edu/jaddams/hull/newdesign/ja.html

Audubon,  John James – artist of birds, Audubon Society. http://www.audubon.org/nas/jja.html

Ball, Edith L - considered one of the true pioneers in therapeutic recreation. http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/Legends/Ball.htm

Brightbill, Charles - one of the first scholars to acknowledge the importance of what he variously called "education for leisure" and "leisure education." http://www.ahs.uiuc.edu/history/brightbill.htm

Burroughs, John - was an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement. http://www.ecotopia.org/ehof/burroughs/

Carson, Rachel – author Silent Spring.  www.rachelcarson.org/

Dalai Lama-the spiritual leader of the Tibetan people. http://www.dalailama.com/

Disney, Walt – recreational theme parks. http://www.justdisney.com/walt_disney/biography/long_bio.html

Dulles, Foster Rhea – wrote A History of Recreation: Americans Learn to Play. http://eric.ed.gov/ERICWebPortal/custom/portlets/recordDetails/detailmini.jsp?_nfpb=true&_&ERICExtSearch_SearchValue_0=ED308157&ERICExtSearch_SearchType_0=no&accno=ED308157

Hahn,  Kurt  - was a key figure in the development of experiential education. http://www.kurthahn.org/about/about.html

Jacks, L(awrence) P(earsall) – author Education through Recreation. http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/lawrencepearsalljacks.html

Kelly, John R – sociologist, educator and author. http://www.academyofleisuresciences.org/biogshl.htm

Kraus, Richard - wrote all or part of 40 books on recreation and dance, helped establish recreation studies as an academic discipline, and was a founding member of the Academy of Leisure Sciences. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9507EFD8123FF933A15757C0A9649C8B63

Lee, Joseph – leader of the playground movement. http://www.nrpa.org/content/default.aspx?documentId=3544

Low, Juliette Gordon – founded the Girl Scouts. http://www.girlscouts.org/who_we_are/history/low_biography/

MacKaye, Benton – founded the Appalachian trail. http://wilderdom.com/vignettes/Appalachian.htm

Muir, John – naturalist, first president of the Sierra Club. http://www.ecotopia.org/ehof/muir/bio.html

Nash, J(ames) B(ryan)– author Philosophy of Recreation and Leisure. http://member.aahperd.org/sandbox/dev2003/aalr/2003JBNashScholarLecture.pdf

Olmsted,  Frederick Law - founder of American landscape architecture and designer of Central Park. http://www.fredericklawolmsted.com/

Olson, Sigurd – conservationist and nature writer, helped with park preservation.  http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/JMC/Olson/

Petzoldt,  Paul - Legendary mountaineer, environmentalist and founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School. http://www.nols.edu/about/history/paul_petzoldt.shtml

Pinchot, Gifford – first chief of the forest service. http://www.phmc.state.pa.us/ppet/pinchot/page1.asp

Powell, Major John Wesley – one-armed Civil War veteran who explored the Grand Canyon. http://www.powellmuseum.org/MajorPowell.html

Roosevelt, Theodore – President of the United States and outdoorsman, who helped establish the National Parks system.  http://www.theodoreroosevelt.org/

Rossman, J Robert - author, speaker, and consultant on recreation program design and management. http://www.rpts.tamu.edu/aapra/Rossman.htm

Sapora, Allen - educator  and pioneer in recreation education and research.  http://www.aapra.org/Sapora.htm

Sessoms, H. Douglas - is “a Professor Emeritus, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. He was Chair for 28 years and taught there for 44 years”. http://www.aapra.org/Sessoms.htm

Thoreau, Henry David – nature writer and author of Walden Pond who also wrote on work and leisure.  http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/authors/thoreau/

Van der Smissen, Betty – lawyer and educator who published research and scholarly materials on recreation. http://www.aapra.org/vandersmissen.htm