Arthur Ringland (September 29, 1882 – October 12, 1981) is known as the principal founder of CARE, a humanitarian organization based in Geneva, Switzerland.
Between 1900 and 1945, Arthur Ringland led a variety of government programs that ranged from conservation work to refugee relief.
A principal aspect of that work was persuading the government to provide ships to transport food packages that had been donated for the needy in Europe.
[2] In 1905, the year the modern Forest Service was created as an agency of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Mr. Ringland was assigned to the Southwest Region.
As a consultant to the National Defense Advisory Commission, he investigated the extent of disturbance to human life when farm land was taken for military sites.