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
Forkner Shorthand is an alphabetic shorthand created by Hamden L. Forkner and first published in 1955. Its popularity grew through the 1980s as those who needed shorthand every day (such as secretaries) began to favor the easier learning curve of ...
system for taking dictation.
Life and career
Folkner was born on March 10, 1897, to Allen F. Forkner and Lucy Adline Irvine.
He graduated from the
University of California at Berkeley
The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of California, it is the state's first land-grant uni ...
and was a professor of education at the
Teachers College at Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University (TC), is the graduate school of education, health, and psychology of Columbia University, a private research university in New York City. Founded in 1887, it has served as one of the official faculties and ...
,
where he developed the concept of what would become the
Future Business Leaders of America.
As an author, Forkner wrote the books “20th Century Bookkeeping & Accounting” (1940, co-authored with Alva Leroy Prickett), “Correlated Dictation and Transcription: Pitman Edition” (1946, co-authored with Agnes E. Osborne and James E. O’Brien), “Developing a Curriculum for Modern Living (1954, co-authored with Florence B. Stratmeyer), and “Study Guide for Forkner Shorthand” (1965, co-authored with Jean G. Hanna and published by his Forkner Publishing Company).
He died at his home in
New York, NY on November 13, 1975, at the age of 78.
References
[Dr. Hamden Landon Forkner Grav]
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1897 births
1975 deaths
Columbia University faculty
Teachers College, Columbia University faculty
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