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Lloyd L. Morain
Born(1917-04-02)2 April 1917
secular humanist

Lloyd L. Morain (2 April 1917 – 13 July 2010) was an American businessman, philanthropist, writer, environmentalist, art collector and film producer, who uniquely served two terms as President of the American Humanist Association (AHA).

Life and career

He was born in

UCLA.[1]

In his teens, he won an essay-writing competition, as a result of which he gained a scholarship to UCLA. After graduating, he worked in the

General Semantics, through which he met Mary Stone Dewing; they married in 1946.[1][2]

During

International Humanist and Ethical Union, formed in 1952.[2] He and his wife were founding Directors of the IHEU.[3]

After his return to the US, he started a career in the

utilities industries, initially as a result of being appointed as an industrial psychologist with U.S. Steel.[2] From 1950, he worked for the Illinois Gas Company, and served as its President from 1971 to 1988. He also invested in mining activities in Colorado.[1]

He served his first term as President of the American Humanist Association from 1951 to 1955.

planned parenthood. In 1954, the couple co-authored Humanism as the Next Step: an introduction for liberal Protestants, Catholics, and Jews, which has since been republished in several later editions, most recently in 2007.[5][6] Both were later elected as Fellows of the World Academy of Art and Science.[1] Lloyd Morain received the Humanist Merit Award in 1956.[2] He became involved in the movie industry again in the late 1950s, producing the movie Flight, based on John Steinbeck's short story, which won a prize at the Cannes Film Festival.[1]

Between 1969 and 1972 he served an unprecedented second term as President of the American Humanist Association,

Planned Parenthood Federation of America.[1][2]

He researched and wrote a book on working

boxcars and camped with them while gathering their stories.[2] In the 1980s, he and his wife funded a refuge for migrant workers in Salinas. He also worked closely with prison governors on the rehabilitation of prisoners through finding them employment opportunities.[1][2]

In the 1990s, he was given the Philanthropist of the Year award for the

redwoods from logging. In 2003 he was one of the signers of the Humanist Manifesto.[9] He also sponsored the environmentalist film, Fuel, in 2008.[1]

He was actively involved in the international organisation of

Pacific. With McOmber, he established a museum housing his collection in Bend, Oregon.[1]

He wrote:[1]

Laws, governments, and other institutions exist for the service of men and women, and are justifiable only as they contribute to human well-being. The supreme value is the individual human being. Each person, of whatever race or condition, merits equal concern and opportunity.

He was one of the signatories of the agreement to convene a convention for drafting a

Constitution for the Federation of Earth.[12]

Death

His wife Mary died in 1999. Lloyd Morain died in Carmel in 2010 at the age of 93.

Bibliography

  • Humanism as the Next Step (with Mary Morain, 1954)
  • The Human Cougar (1976)

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Ingrid Matson Wekerle, Obituary of Lloyd L. Morain, The Carmel Pine Cone, August 27 – September 2, 2010, pp. 6–7
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h Obituary, The Humanist, September 2010
  3. ^ International Humanist and Ethical Union: Lloyd and Mary Morain Archived 2010-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ a b AHA: Past Presidents Archived 2011-08-06 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ American Humanist Association, Humanism as the Next Step Archived 2010-11-21 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ^ Gay Today: review of Humanism as the Next Step
  7. ^ Roy Speckhardt, speech at 2007 AHA Annual Conference Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Bridges Academy
  9. ^ "Notable Signers". Humanism and Its Aspirations. American Humanist Association. Archived from the original on October 5, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2012.
  10. ^ "Letters from Thane Read asking Helen Keller to sign the World Constitution for world peace. 1961". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-01.
  11. ^ "Letter from World Constitution Coordinating Committee to Helen, enclosing current materials". Helen Keller Archive. American Foundation for the Blind. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  12. ^ "Preparing earth constitution | Global Strategies & Solutions | The Encyclopedia of World Problems". The Encyclopedia of World Problems | Union of International Associations (UIA). Retrieved 2023-07-15.


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