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Leonard Colton Hanna Jr. was an iron, coal, ore, and shipping magnate as well as a notable philanthropist. Upon his death, he left a $33 million bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Ar t as well as works from his private collection. Over the course of his lifetime, he contributed over $90 million to cultural and charitable institutions.

Life
Hanna was born in Cleveland, Ohio to Leonard and Coralie (Walker) Hanna on November 5, 1889. He attended the University School, the Hill School, and Yale University. He served with the Army Signal Corps during World War I. After the war, he joined the family's iron-ore company M.A. Hanna &. Co. in. 1917.

Hanna never married and died at his home in Kirtland Hills, Ohio on October 5, 1957.

Professional and Philanthropic History
Hanna was an art collector, theatergoer, and patron to the arts, as well as a baseball and boxing fan. In 1941, he created the Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund. This charitable foundation dispensed funding to the Cleveland Play House, the theater company Karamu House, University Hospitals (including the Cleveland Clinic), and Western Reserve University. He served with the American Red Cross establishing recreational centers for American airmen deployed to England.

Cleveland Museum of Art
In 1914, Hanna became a member of the Advisory Council at the Museum. He joined the Board of Trustees in December 1920, serving on the Accessions Committee. His donations funded the expansion project. In 1941, he set up the Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Trust. He donated $4,000,000 to build a new wing of the museum; it opened in in 1958. Many purchases were made with this donation; the museum bought Peter Paul Rubens’ Diana and Her Nymphs Leaving for the Hunt for $770,000 in 1959. The bequest also jumpstarted Cleveland Museum of Art’s Asian Art collection.

Many pieces from his private collection were purchased from Jacques Seligmann & Co., Inc in New York. These include Before the Race(1873-5) by Edgar Degas, Adeline Ravoux (1890) by Vincent Van Gogh as well as Pierre Auguste Renoir’s The Apple Seller (1890).

Additional Reading
‘Cleveland to the Front’, Time Mag., 71 (17 March 1958), p. 11

In Memorial: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr (exh. cat., Cleveland, OH, Mus. A., 1958)

M. GOTTLIEB: ‘Angel of the Art Museum’, Northern Ohio Live (5–18 Oct 1981), pp. 28–31