Whos's
Who in AA History
that begin with the letter:
l
Landons -Bill's next door neighbors East Dorset
(W
139)
Larry J. -newspaper
man went Houston Texas from Cleveland, wrote 6 article
series Houston Press which help start Texas A.A. (A
24) (B 295) (D
259) (L 141)
Lavelle K. -A.A.,
cared, along with wife Emma K. Dr. Bob & Annie last
years 855 Ardmore Avenue Akron (C
61) (D 17)
Lawyer Barber -lawyer
Bennington Vermont, involved Bill's parents divorce (P
25)
Lee -wife
Chuck, artist, 1st alcoholic arrive Los Angeles from East
(A
92)
Leo F. -Los
Angeles Group A.A., instrumental bringing A.A. San Quentin
(A
89)
Leonard -early
New York A.A. (P
214)
Leonard H. -wife
Helga H., let Wilson's use apartment few months 72nd Street
& Riverside Drive Manhattan; Leonard nonalcoholic
trustee (L
127) (P 216)
Leonard V. Harrison -director
public affairs Community Service Society New York City;
nonalcoholic trustee 1941 - April 1965 except 5 year hiatus
1956-1961 chairman; saw A.A. through adolescence; spoke
2nd Intentional Convention St. Louis 1955; present 25th
Anniversary 1960 Long Beach California (A
5, 186, 208, 212) (E 72)
(G 74) (H
195) (SM 17) (P
221, 358)
Lewis B. Hershey -director
Selective Service 1942; Bill wrote letter concerning alcoholics
being allowed serve military (P
273)
Lewis Browne -wrote
This Believing World, book Bill valued (G
22)
Lil -1st
lady seek A.A. help, involved 1st 13th step Victor, got
sober outside A.A. (D
97-98)
Lillian -Dr.
Bob's office girl, husband Everett (C
124)
Lillian R. -popular
singer went public 1940's, gave small A.A. enormous boost
Australia (G
46)
Lily -Dr.
Bob's receptionist-nurse (D
40, 50)
Little Angel of A.A.'s -Sister
Ignatia (S
186)
Little Sister Alcoholics Anonymous -Sister
Ignatia (S
153)
Lloyd T. -early
Cleveland A.A., Dorothy S.M. wife Clarence S. called get
help Clarence, stayed with Oxford group after A.A. split,
Clarence's sponsor (D
143, 218)
Lois Burnham (Wilson) -Bill's
wife, met 8 months after Bill's sweetheart Bertha died;
vacationing Emerald Lake near East Dorset; attended well-known
Pratt Institute Brooklyn, Friends school, graduated Packer
Institute Brooklyn 1912, 2 years New York School Fine
& Applied Art school; worked Central Branch Young
Women's Christian Association Brooklyn, involved Young
People's League, taught aunts Marion's school start January
1917 1 year; worked Brooklyn Naval Hospital; studied Braille
transcribed several stories Saturday Evening Post; opened
tea arbor summer 1915, engaged fall 1915 married January
24 1918, Elise Valentine Shaw matron honor, sisters Barbara,
Katharine & 2 schoolmates bridesmaids, brother Roger
best man; 4 years older; daughter respected Brooklyn physician,
oldest 6 children, Rogers, Barbara, Katharine, Lyman,
Matilda; helped Bill out depression caused death Bertha
Bamford Bill's childhood sweetheart; worked Macy's department
$22.50 week plus 1% commission while Bill drank, once
obtained 3 month leave absence Macy's spend summer Vermont
farm Dr. Leonard Strong Jr. & wife her brother; suffered
3 ectopic pregnancies, 3rd 1 1923 led removal ovaries;
isolated others due Bill's drinking; attended 3 Oxford
Group house parties with Bill June 1936 Stockbridge Massachusetts,
Poconos Pennsylvania December 1936, West Point New York
January 1937; tried LSD cause Bill asked; picture appeared
Jack Alexander March 1 1941 Saturday Evening Post article;
heart attack watching Living Desert Sutton Theater January
24 1954; on Lear jet January 24 1971, Bedford Hills New
York-Miami Heart Clinic, told death 6:30 a.m., angry until
died not told Bill's turn for worse before death; died
October 5 1988, 97 years old, buried October 10, 1988
East Dorset Vermont (A
54) (B 82, 84-85, 99, 111,
132, 142-143) (C 4,8) (G
1, 3, 31, 54, 83) (L 1, 4,
12-14, 22, 74, 114, 130, 156) (N
41) (P 39-40, 98, 247, 360-361,
371) (W 145-147)
Lois K. -1
of original group publishing Grapevine (A
201)
Lorraine Greim -Ruth
Hock's new assistant, nonalcoholic, started work Newark
January 1940; Bill nicknamed Sweetie Pie (P
235, 250)
Louis Seltzer -editor
Cleveland Press, rounded out industrial meeting 15th A.A.
anniversary (H
118)
Luke -early
Chicago A.A. Earl T. worked with (A
22)
Lyman Burnham -boyhood
acquaintance Bill's (P
47)