It seems like Ellis Heaton did a great deal to support the Association, as do the many hundreds of activists / volunteers / SIG and committee members, branch officials and Trustees who give of their time voluntarily to support the work that we do.
Here's the obituary of Ellis Heaton, written by H J Fleure, and published in 1950.

Reference
Fleure, H. J. “OBITUARY: Ellis W. Heaton.” Geography, vol. 35, no. 3, 1950, pp. 194–194. JSTOR, www.jstor.org/stable/40563034