Leon Arthur Gorman (December 20, 1934 – September 3, 2015) was an American businessman and the president and chairman of the board for the clothing and outdoor recreation equipment company L.L.

[1] A graduate of Bowdoin College, Gorman began working at the company after three years of Navy destroyer service and a trainee job at Filene's department store.

In 2010 he was bestowed with the Bowdoin prize, an award given out every five years to the alumnus who has made the greatest contribution to the world.

Gorman organized an annual camping trip with the companies' top executives, often hiking on rough terrain like the Presidential mountains.

[8] L.L.Bean announced a $125,000 donation to a new scholarship fund upon his death, representing about 2.5 years of tuition at his alma mater, Bowdoin College.