Landons -Bill's next door neighbors East Dorset (W 139)
Larry J. -newspaper man went Houston Texas from Cleveland, wrote 6 article series Houston Press which help start Texas A.A. (A 24) (B 295) (D 259) (L 141)
Lavelle K. -A.A., cared, along with wife Emma K. Dr. Bob & Annie last years 855 Ardmore Avenue Akron (C 61) (D 17)
Lawyer Barber -lawyer Bennington Vermont, involved Bill's parents divorce (P 25)
Lee -wife Chuck, artist, 1st alcoholic arrive Los Angeles from East (A 92)
Leo F. -Los Angeles Group A.A., instrumental bringing A.A. San Quentin (A 89)
Leonard -early New York A.A. (P 214)
Leonard H. -wife Helga H., let Wilson's use apartment few months 72nd Street & Riverside Drive Manhattan; Leonard nonalcoholic trustee(L 127) (P 216)
Leonard V. Harrison -director public affairs Community Service Society New York City; nonalcoholic trustee 1941 - April 1965 except 5 year hiatus 1956-1961 chairman; saw A.A. through adolescence; spoke 2nd Intentional Convention St. Louis 1955; present 25th Anniversary 1960 Long Beach California (A 5, 186, 208, 212) (E 72) (G 74) (H 195) (SM 17) (P 221, 358)
Lewis B. Hershey -director Selective Service 1942; Bill wrote letter concerning alcoholics being allowed serve military (P 273)
Lewis Browne -wrote This Believing World, book Bill valued (G 22)
Lil -1st lady seek A.A. help, involved 1st 13th step Victor, got sober outside A.A. (D 97-98)
Lillian -Dr. Bob's office girl, husband Everett (C 124)
Lillian R. -popular singer went public 1940's, gave small A.A. enormous boost Australia (G 46)
Lily -Dr. Bob's receptionist-nurse (D 40, 50)
Little Angel of A.A.'s -Sister Ignatia (S 186)
Little Sister Alcoholics Anonymous -Sister Ignatia (S 153)
Lloyd T. -early Cleveland A.A., Dorothy S.M. wife Clarence S. called get help Clarence, stayed with Oxford group after A.A. split, Clarence's sponsor (D 143, 218)
Lois Burnham (Wilson) -Bill's wife, met 8 months after Bill's sweetheart Bertha died; vacationing Emerald Lake near East Dorset; attended well-known Pratt Institute Brooklyn, Friends school, graduated Packer Institute Brooklyn 1912, 2 years New York School Fine & Applied Art school; worked Central Branch Young Women's Christian Association Brooklyn, involved Young People's League, taught aunts Marion's school start January 1917 1 year; worked Brooklyn Naval Hospital; studied Braille transcribed several stories Saturday Evening Post; opened tea arbor summer 1915, engaged fall 1915 married January 24 1918, Elise Valentine Shaw matron honor, sisters Barbara, Katharine & 2 schoolmates bridesmaids, brother Roger best man; 4 years older; daughter respected Brooklyn physician, oldest 6 children, Rogers, Barbara, Katharine, Lyman, Matilda; helped Bill out depression caused death Bertha Bamford Bill's childhood sweetheart; worked Macy's department $22.50 week plus 1% commission while Bill drank, once obtained 3 month leave absence Macy's spend summer Vermont farm Dr. Leonard Strong Jr. & wife her brother; suffered 3 ectopic pregnancies, 3rd 1 1923 led removal ovaries; isolated others due Bill's drinking; attended 3 Oxford Group house parties with Bill June 1936 Stockbridge Massachusetts, Poconos Pennsylvania December 1936, West Point New York January 1937; tried LSD cause Bill asked; picture appeared Jack Alexander March 1 1941 Saturday Evening Post article; heart attack watching Living Desert Sutton Theater January 24 1954; on Lear jet January 24 1971, Bedford Hills New York-Miami Heart Clinic, told death 6:30 a.m., angry until died not told Bill's turn for worse before death; died October 5 1988, 97 years old, buried October 10, 1988 East Dorset Vermont (A 54) (B 82, 84-85, 99, 111, 132, 142-143) (C 4,8) (G 1, 3, 31, 54, 83) (L 1, 4, 12-14, 22, 74, 114, 130, 156) (N 41) (P 39-40, 98, 247, 360-361, 371) (W 145-147)
Lois K. -1 of original group publishing Grapevine (A 201)
Lorraine Greim -Ruth Hock's new assistant, nonalcoholic, started work Newark January 1940; Bill nicknamed Sweetie Pie (P 235, 250)
Louis Seltzer -editor Cleveland Press, rounded out industrial meeting 15th A.A. anniversary (H 118)
Luke -early Chicago A.A. Earl T. worked with (A 22)
Lyman Burnham -boyhood acquaintance Bill's (P 47)