Editing Louis Leakey (section)

===Prominent organizations===
* In 1947, Leakey was central to the organisation of the first [[PanAfrican Archaeological Association]] congress, held in Nairobi. From 1955 to 1959 he was its president.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Congresses and Presidents – PanAfrican Archaeological Association|url=http://www.panafprehistory.org/en/static/previous-congress-proceedings|access-date=2021-10-22|website=www.panafprehistory.org}}</ref>
*In 1958, Leakey founded the Tigoni Primate Research Center with Cynthia Booth, on her farm north of Nairobi. Later it was the National Primate Research Center, currently the Institute of Primate Research, now in Nairobi.<ref name="Else 1983">{{cite journal |last1=Else |first1=James G. |date=1983-01-01 |title=A national primate centre for Kenya |url=https://journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.10520/AJA02578301_292 |journal=Kenya Past and Present |volume=15 |issue=1 |pages=35–39 |access-date=2024-01-06}}</ref> As the Tigoni center, it funded Leakey's Angels.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m4qE4IPG6bIC&pg=498|title=The Woman Who Redefined Man|first1=Peterson|last1=Dale|first2=Jane|last2=Goodall|publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|date=2008|isbn=978-0-395-85405-1 }}</ref>
* In 1961, Leakey created the Centre for Prehistory and Paleontology on the same grounds as Coryndon Museum, appointing himself director.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aso/databank/entries/boleak.html|title=The Leakey family - PBS|website=[[PBS]] }}</ref>
* In 1968, Leakey assisted with the founding of The Leakey Foundation<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Leakey Foundation |url=https://leakeyfoundation.org/ |access-date=2022-09-06 |website=The Leakey Foundation |language=en-US}}</ref> to ensure the legacy of his life's work in the study of human origins.