Legends in Parks & Recreation 

The Legends in Parks & Recreation Program creates and shares video interviews of distinguished administrators, educators, citizen advocates, and policy makers who have made outstanding contributions to the field of parks and recreation. Designed to inspire innovation, promote professional development and foster leadership in the field, the Legends videos share personal backgrounds, professional insights, advice, and philosophical beliefs. 

Initiated in 1981 by Robert Toalson, through the years more than 100 interviews have been recorded including such notables as Dr. Edith Ball, Conrad Wirth, Robert Crawford, William Penn Mott, Patricia Delaney, Charles Jordan, Ford Hughes, Karla Henderson, Ira Hutchinson, Fran Mainella, Leon Younger, John McGovern and Robert Stanton. 

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