Hamden L. Forkner

Hamden Landon Forkner, Sr. 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 system for taking dictation.

Life and career

Forkner was born on March 10, 1897, to Allen F. Forkner and Lucy Adline Irvine.
He graduated from the University of California at Berkeley and was a professor of education at the Teachers College at Columbia University, 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”, “Correlated Dictation and Transcription: Pitman Edition”, “Developing a Curriculum for Modern Living, and “Study Guide for Forkner Shorthand”.
He died at his home in New York City on November 13, 1975, at the age of 78.