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Leo A. Drey, (January 19, 1917 – May 26, 2015), was a Missouri timber magnate, conservationist, and philanthropist. ==Biography== Born in St. Louis, Missouri, to a wealthy manufacturer of glassware, Drey was a 1935 graduate of John Burroughs School and a 1939 graduate of Antioch College. Drey began acquiring timberland in the Missouri Ozarks for reforestation and conservation in 1951. His holdings, much acquired for the price of back taxes, eventually grew to nearly , the largest private landholding in the state and larger than Missouri's entire state park system. The project, known as Pioneer Forest, is a commercial forest managed in the public interest, with single-tree selection harvesting techniques, which he pioneered. Drey founded the L-A-D Foundation, which acquires and protects other natural areas in the state, leasing many of them to the state park system at $1 per year. In 2005, Drey was placed at No. 6 on ''Slate'' magazine's annual list of the top 60 U.S. philanthropists, thanks to his gift of of Ozark land, valued at $180 million, to the L-A-D Foundation. Other Drey beneficiaries have included his alma mater Antioch College; John Burroughs School, which uses Drey land for biology and outdoor education courses; the (Government Accountability Project ); and Coalition for the Environment, Missouri's first independent citizens' group to address a broad range of environmental issues. In 1991, he donated his papers to the Western Historical Manuscript Collection at the University of Missouri–St. Louis.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Western Historical Manuscript Collection )〕 His downtown office answering machine message said, "I’m out planting a forest. Please leave your name and number and I’ll try to get back to you before it matures." In 1955, Drey married Kay Kranzberg, who became, like himself, an environmental and civic advocate for more than half a century. Together, they raised three children. Drey died at his home in University City, Missouri, on May 26, 2015, two weeks after suffering a stroke.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leo Drey dies; Missouri's largest private landowner until he gave it all away )〕 His body was donated to the Washington University School of Medicine for science.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Leo Drey」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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