Background
Gorman, Leon A. was born on December 20, 1934 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States.
Businessman chairman president
Gorman, Leon A. was born on December 20, 1934 in Nashua, New Hampshire, United States.
Bowdoin College.
A graduate of Bowdoin College, Gorman began working at the company after three years of Navy destroyer service and a trainee job at Filene"s department store. From that time until his presidency ended in 2001, Gorman helped pioneer the company"s mail order business and saw an average annual 20% growth rate for the company. Gorman was an active philanthropist, having made significant contributions in the public education sector.
He was nominated trustee emeritus for Bowdoin College in 2002.
In 2010 he was bestowed with the Bowdoin prize, an award given out every five years to the alumnus who has made the greatest contribution to the world. Having had a reported Netto worth of $860 million, as of 2012, and again in 2014, he was the wealthiest person living in the state of Maine.
Gorman died of cancer in Yarmouth, Maine on September 3, 2015, aged 80. Bean announced a $125,000 donation to a new scholarship fund upon his death, representing about 2.5 years of tuition at his alma mater, Bowdoin College.
Member Alumni Council Bowdoin College. Board directors Pine Tree Council Boy ScoutsAm. Trustee Hurrican Usland Outward Bound School.
Corporation Maine Medical Center. Advisory trustee Maine Audubon Society Lieutenant United States Naval Reserve, 1957-1960. Member Chamber of Commerce Greater Portland (directory).