A photo of a page from Leon Gorman's yearbook photo in the 1956 Bowdoin Bugle. Yoon S. Byun/Staff Photographer
Ensign Gorman, May 3, 1957.
A product testing group prepares to head out for the Allagash river and canoe trip in 1969. Ed Whitmarsh, Maurice Hilton, Don Wiliams, Wid Griffin, Joe Murray, and Leon Gorman. Photo courtesy of L.L. Bean
L.L. Bean president Leon Gorman, shown hiking in an unknown location in this June 12, 1985 file photo, will join climbers from three nations who are scaling Mount Everest to promote world peace and environmental protection in 1990. Gorman, 55, is participating in the climb as a “trekker” who will follow the nearly 50 expedition members to Camp 3, an advanced base camp at 21,325 feet. The Associated Press File Photo
Leon Gorman, left, with good friend and fellow traveler Lloyd Holmes at Mount Everest in 1990. Photo courtesy of L.L. Bean
Leon Gorman with his wife Lisa, on Milford Track in New Zealand, 1992. Courtesy of L.L. Bean
Leon A. Gorman, who is stepping down as president and chief executive officer of L.L. Bean, sits outside one of the company's stores in Freeport, Maine, in May 1999. Gorman, 66, is the grandson of the company's founder, Leon Leonwood Bean. He will be succeeded by Chris McCormick, the chief operating officer. The Associated Press File Photo
Leon Gorman died Sept. 3, 2015
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