REC120 (Brown)  

Author, advocate and conservationist of the Western United States.

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. Also visit http://www.hullhouse.org/

Boxer and humanitarian

Groundbreaking African American tennis player and author

Artist of birds, Audubon Society.

Considered one of the true pioneers in therapeutic recreation.

Known as the "Omnipotent Oom" popularized yoga in the United States

One of the first scholars to acknowledge the importance of what he variously called "education for leisure" and "leisure education."

Was an American naturalist and essayist important in the evolution of the U.S. conservation movement.

Author Silent Spring.

Architect of the Grand Canyon

The spiritual leader of the Tibetan people.

Recreational theme parks.

Wrote A History of Recreation: Americans Learn to Play.

Actress, aerobics promoter, poliltical protester

Was a key figure in the development of experiential education.

Author Education through Recreation.

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.

Fitness pioneer and television personality

Leader of the playground movement.

Founded the Girl Scouts.

Founded the Appalachian trail.

Naturalist, first president of the Sierra Club.

Founder of American landscape architecture and designer of Central Park.

Conservationist and nature writer, helped with park preservation.

Olympic athlete and motivational speaker

Legendary mountaineer, environmentalist and founder of the National Outdoor Leadership School.

First chief of the forest service.

One-armed Civil War veteran who explored the Grand Canyon.

President of the United States and outdoors-man, who helped establish the National Parks system.

Founder of the Special Olympics and sister of John F. Kennedy

Nature writer and author of Walden Pond who also wrote on work and leisure.