| Recipient |
Notability |
References |
| Robert Baden-Powell |
Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer and founder of the Scout Movement |
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| Unknown Scout |
Unknown member of the British Boy Scout Association who inspired W. D. Boyce to form the BSA |
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| William D. Boyce |
Publisher and entrepreneur, founder of the BSA and the Lone Scouts of America |
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| Colin H. Livingstone |
Financier, first president of the BSA |
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| James J. Storrow |
Investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors, third president of GM and second president of the BSA (posthumous award) |
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| Daniel Carter Beard |
Illustrator, author, social reformer, founding pioneer of the BSA and the first national Scout commissioner |
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| Ernest Thompson Seton |
Noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, founding pioneer of the BSA and first Chief Scout; heavily influenced Baden-Powell in his formation of Scouting |
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| Edgar M. Robinson |
Senior secretary in the YMCA, co-founder of the BSA |
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| Lee F. Hanmer |
Member of the Russell Sage Foundation, secretary of the BSA Committee of Organization |
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| George Wood Wingate |
U.S. Army General, lawyer, and 25 year president of the National Rifle Association. |
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| Joseph Lee |
Volunteer social worker, author, and president of the Playground and Recreation Association. Father of the playground idea. |
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| Howard S. Braucher |
Social worker, chair of the first committee on organization for the BSA, and Secretary of the Playground and Recreation Association. |
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| Mortimer L. Schiff |
Banker, philanthropist, vice-president of the BSA, member of the World Scout Committee, recipient of the Bronze Wolf, later president of the BSA |
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| Milton A. McRae |
Publisher, co-founder of the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers, later the third president of the BSA |
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| Frank Presbrey |
Author,editor, and dean of advertising. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of committee on Boys Life. |
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| George D. Pratt |
Advocate of forest conservation and wildlife protection. Charter member of BSA executive board, chair of camping committee, and vice-chair of national court of honor. |
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| John Sherman Hoyt |
Manufacturer, vice chair of war work council YMCA. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of finance committee. |
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| Jeremiah Jenks |
Political economist, educator, and author. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of educational committee. Formulated the Scout oath and law. |
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| William D. Murray |
Lawyer, author and member of the YMCA boys' work committee. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of editorial board. |
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| G. Barrett Rich |
Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of the national committee on badges, awards, and Scout requirements. |
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| James E. West |
Lawyer, advocate of children's rights, first professional Chief Scout Executive of the BSA |
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| George J. Fisher |
Physician, leader in the fields of youth development and physical fitness with the YMCA, early proponent of volleyball, deputy Chief Scout Executive and national Scout commissioner |
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