List of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award

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This list of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award includes people who have been awarded the highest commendation of the Boy Scouts of America. Since the Silver Buffalo Award was first awarded in 1926, only 674 have been presented.

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1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1938 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1978 1980 1981 1982 1984 1986 1988 1990 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 References

[edit] 1926

During the first presentation in 1926, twenty-two awards were presented in a particular order determined by Chief Scout Executive James E. West.

Recipient	Notability	References
Robert Baden-Powell	Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer and founder of the Scout Movement	^a[›]
Unknown Scout	Unknown member of the British Boy Scout Association who inspired W. D. Boyce to form the BSA	^a[›]
William D. Boyce	Publisher and entrepreneur, founder of the BSA and the Lone Scouts of America	^a[›]
Colin H. Livingstone	Financier, first president of the BSA	^a[›]
James J. Storrow	Investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors, third president of GM and second president of the BSA (posthumous award)	^a[›]
Daniel Carter Beard	Illustrator, author, social reformer, founding pioneer of the BSA and the first national Scout commissioner	^a[›]
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	^a[›]
Edgar M. Robinson	Senior secretary in the YMCA, co-founder of the BSA	^a[›]
Lee F. Hanmer	Member of the Russell Sage Foundation, secretary of the BSA Committee of Organization	^a[›]^[1]
George Wood Wingate	U.S. Army General, lawyer, and 25 year president of the National Rifle Association.	^a[›]
Joseph Lee	Volunteer social worker, author, and president of the Playground and Recreation Association. Father of the playground idea.	^a[›]^[2]^[3]
Howard S. Braucher	Social worker, chair of the first committee on organization for the BSA, and Secretary of the Playground and Recreation Association.	^a[›]^[2]
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	^a[›]
Milton A. McRae	Publisher, co-founder of the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers, later the third president of the BSA	^a[›]
Frank Presbrey	Author,editor, and dean of advertising. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of committee on Boys Life.	^a[›]^[2]
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.	^a[›]^[2]
John Sherman Hoyt	Manufacturer, vice chair of war work council YMCA. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of finance committee.	^a[›]^[2]
Jeremiah Jenks	Political economist, educator, and author. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of educational committee. Formulated the Scout oath and law.	^a[›]^[2]
William D. Murray	Lawyer, author and member of the YMCA boys' work committee. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of editorial board.	^a[›]^[2]
G. Barrett Rich	Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of the national committee on badges, awards, and Scout requirements.	^a[›]^[2]
James E. West	Lawyer, advocate of children's rights, first professional Chief Scout Executive of the BSA	^a[›]
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	^a[›]

[edit] 1927

Recipient	Notability	References
William Howard Taft	United States Solicitor General, United States federal judge, Governor-General of the Philippines, Secretary of War, twenty-seventh President of the United States, the tenth Chief Justice of the United States and first honorary president of the BSA	^a[›]
Hubert S. Martin	Director of the International Bureau	^a[›]
William Adams Welch	Engineer and environmentalist	^a[›]
Stuart W. French	Business executive, organizer of Region 12	^a[›]
Bolton Smith	Banker, director of the Interracial Bureau of the BSA	^a[›]
Walter W. Head	Banker and insurance executive who founded the General American Life Insurance Company (MetLife), served as president of the BSA for nearly twenty years	^a[›]
Brother Barnabas McDonald F.S.C	Founder of the Columbian Squires of the Knights of Columbus education director of the Catholic Bureau of the BSA and director of the National Catholic Committee on Scouting	^a[›]

[edit] 1928

Recipient	Notability	References
The Unknown Soldier	American soldiers who have died without their remains being identified	^a[›]
Charles Lindbergh	Pioneering aviator and recipient of the Medal of Honor	^a[›]
Walter von Bonstetten	President of the Swiss Federation of Boy Scouts, served on the World Scout Committee, recipient of the Bronze Wolf	^a[›]
Arthur N. Cotton	Proponent of the YMCA High-Y Clubs	^a[›]
Clarence H. Howard	Industrialist, philanthropist and early benefactor of the Junior Chamber of Commerce	^a[›]
Charles D. Velie	Proponent of Scouting for rural youth	^a[›]
William H. Cowles	President and publisher of The Spokesman-Review and The Spokane Chronicle, BSA regional chairman	^a[›]

[edit] 1929

Recipient	Notability	References
Calvin Coolidge	Lawyer, governor of Massachusetts, twenty-ninth Vice President and thirtieth President of the United States, honorary president of the BSA	^a[›]
Richard Evelyn Byrd	Pioneering polar explorer, aviator, Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, recipient of the Medal of Honor and the Congressional Life Saving Medal	^a[›]
Wilbert E. Longfellow	Commodore of the U. S. Volunteer Life Saving Corps, early proponent of swimming instruction and of the Schafer method of artificial respiration	^a[›]^[4]
John H. Finley	Educator and founder of the Junior American Red Cross	^a[›]
Howard F. Gillette	Banker	^a[›]
Charles D. Hart	Physician	^a[›]
Edward VIII of the United Kingdom	Prince of Wales, later King of Great Britain then governor of the Bahamas	^a[›]

[edit] 1930

Recipient	Notability	References
Herbert Hoover	Mining engineer, humanitarian administrator, United States Secretary of Commerce, thirty-first President of the United States, honorary president of the BSA	^a[›]
James Earl Russell	Educator	^a[›]
Franklin D. Roosevelt	Senator and governor of State of New York, assistant Secretary of the Navy, member of the BSA National Committee, co-founder of Ten Mile River Scout Camp; later thirty-second President of the United States and honorary president of the BSA	^a[›]^[5]
James Austin Wilder	Sailor and artist who expanded the Sea Scouting program, first Chief Sea Scout	^a[›]
Charles L. Sommers	Business executive, chairman of Region 10 of the BSA; the Charles L Sommers Canoe Base was later named in his honor	^a[›]
Charles C. Moore (engineer)	Engineer	^a[›]
Lewis Warrington Baldwin	Railroad president, regional chairman of the BSA	^a[›]

[edit] 1931

Recipient	Notability	References
Herbert Stuart Pakington, 4th Baron Hampton	Chief commissioner of the Boy Scout Association in the UK	^a[›]
Griffith Ogden Ellis	Publisher of American Boy Magazine	^a[›]
Lewis Gawtry	Banker	^a[›]
George Welch Olmsted	Founder of the Long Island Lighting Company, chairman of the BSA National Camping Committee	^a[›]
Victor F. Ridder	Newspaper publisher	^a[›]
Robert P. Sniffen	Merchandising consultant, chairman of the BSA Committee on Supply Service	^a[›]
Mell R. Wilkinson	Manufacturer, member of the BSA National Executive Board	^a[›]

[edit] 1932

Recipient	Notability	References
Dwight F. Davis	Tennis player who founded the Davis Cup, served as Secretary of War and as Governor General of the Philippines	^a[›]
William Edwin Hall	Lawyer, president of the Boys Clubs of America	^a[›]
Alfred W. Dater	Utilities executive; first chairman of the Sea Scout Committee, namesake of the Alfred W. Dater Council (merged into the Connecticut Yankee Council)	^a[›]
Barron Collier	Advertising entrepreneur who became the largest landowner and developer in Florida	^a[›]
Frank A. Bean	Business executive and advocate of Rural Scouting	^a[›]
Hermann W. Merkel	Landscape architect, forester at the Bronx Zoo, chief forester of the Bronx River Parkway	^a[›]

[edit] 1933

Recipient	Notability	References
Vincent Massey	Canadian envoy to the U.S., philanthropist; later Governor General of Canada	^a[›]
Martin H. Carmody	Supreme Knight of the Knights of Columbus	^a[›]
John P. Wallace	Publisher and advocate of Rural Scouting	^a[›]
Cyrus Adler	Educator, Jewish religious leader and scholar, chairman of the Jewish Committee on Scouting	^a[›]
Reginald H. Parsons	BSA council president in Seattle, member of the Executive Board of the BSA and philanthropist	^a[›]^[6]
John A. McGregor	Region 11 Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1934

Recipient	Notability	References
Newton D. Baker	Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, Secretary of War	^a[›]
Paul P. Harris	Lawyer and founder of Rotary International	^a[›]
John M. Phillips	Conservationist, recipient of the Silver Wolf	^a[›]
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.	Assistant Secretary of the Navy, governor of Puerto Rico, Governor-General of the Philippines, chairman of the board of American Express Company, and vice-president at Doubleday, later brigadier general in the United States Army and recipient of the Medal of Honor	^a[›]
Charles E. Cotting	Philanthropist	^a[›]
Frederic Kernochan	Judge	^a[›]
George Albert Smith	Apostle in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and later the eighth president.	^a[›]

[edit] 1935

Recipient	Notability	References
Booth Tarkington	Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and dramatist	^a[›]
Amos Alonzo Stagg	Colloegiate coach, later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach	^a[›]
Daniel A. Tobin	Banker and co-founder of the Columbian Squires	^a[›]
Fielding Yost	Lawyer, author, and businessman and renowned football coach, Scout commissioner	^a[›]
Calvin Derrick	Penologist and founder of Institutional Scouting	^a[›]^[7]
R. Tait McKenzie	Sculptor, Scouter, scholar-athlete, surgeon, soldier, and physical educator, created the sculpture known as the "Ideal Scout"	^a[›]

[edit] 1936

Recipient	Notability	References
Frederick Russell Burnham	American adventurer and Boer War chief of scouts from whom Baden-Powell based some of the activities of the Boy Scouting program; taught scoutcraft to Baden-Powell.	^a[›]^[2]
Hugh S. Cumming	Surgeon General of the United States	^a[›]
Lawrence Locke Doggett	First president of Springfield College, member of the YMCA group that first met with Boyce	^a[›]^[1]
Charles Horace Mayo	Medical practitioner and co-founder of the Mayo Clinic	^a[›]
George Edgar Vincent	President of the University of Minnesota and the Religious Education Association, adviser to Scouting for health and safety	^a[›]
John Skinner Wilson	Chief of Gilwell Park, director of the Boy Scouts International Bureau, later honorary president of the Boy Scouts International Committee and recipient of the Bronze Wolf	^a[›]

[edit] 1938

Recipient	Notability	References
Thomas E. Wilson	President of Wilson & Company (Wilson Sporting Goods), promoter and supporter of 4-H	^a[›]^[8]
William Temple Hornaday	Zoologist and conservationist	^a[›]
George A. Allen	Presidential representative for the 1937 National Scout Jamboree	^a[›]
Frank Cody	Superintendent of the Detroit public schools	^a[›]
Frank G. Hoover	Industrialist	^a[›]
Connie Mack	Professional baseball player, manager, and team owner.	^a[›]
C. B. Smith	Physician and proponent of Rural Scouting	^a[›]
John A. Stiles	Canadian Scouter, recipient of the Silver Wolf	^a[›]
William Chalmers Covert	Presbyterian minister	^a[›]
Marshall Field	Founder of Marshall Field's	^a[›]
Elbert K. Fretwell	Academic and early leader in the field of youth development through recreation and extracurricular activity, later the second Chief Scout Executive of the BSA and then Chief Scout	^a[›]
Heber J. Grant	Seventh president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	^a[›]
Francis C. Kelley	Bishop of Oklahoma	^a[›]
John Mott	Leader of the YMCA and the World Student Christian Federation, founder of the World Council of Churches, later a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize	^a[›]
Norman Rockwell	Iconic artist, art editor for Boys' Life	^a[›]

[edit] 1940

Recipient	Notability	References
Edward Roberts Moore	Roman Catholic priest, professor, social worker and author; national director of the Catholic Committee on Scouting	^a[›]
George Washington Truett	Minister and international youth leader	^a[›]
Eugene D. Nims	President of Southwestern Bell, director of the First National Bank of St. Louis, member of the Executive Board of the BSA, later president of the St. Louis Council	^a[›]

[edit] 1941

Recipient	Notability	References
C. Ward Crampton	Scientist, author and physical fitness advocate	^a[›]
Homer Folks	Statesman	^a[›]
Edgar Rickard	Mining engineer	^a[›]
J. E. H. Stevenot	Last president of the BSA Philippine Council, one of the founders and first president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines	^a[›]
Daniel A. Poling	Minister, editor of the Christian Herald, president of Christian Endeavor, father of Clark V. Poling who later died on the USAT Dorchester as one of the Four Chaplains	^a[›]^[9]

[edit] 1942

Recipient	Notability	References
Frank Orren Lowden	Lawyer and Governor of Illinois	^a[›]
Ragnvald A. Nestos	Lawyer, Governor of North Dakota, pioneer in Rural Scouting	^a[›]
Frank Phillips	Founder of Phillips Petroleum Company	^a[›]
Bernard J. Sheil	Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago, founder of Catholic Youth Organization , later Archbishop of Chicago	^a[›]
William Clay Smoot	Banker	^a[›]

[edit] 1943

Recipient	Notability	References
J. Edgar Hoover	Lawyer and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation	^a[›]
Harry C. Knight	Business executive and philanthropist	^a[›]
John M. Schiff	Banker; later national president of the Boy Scouts of America	^a[›]
William L. Smith (doctor)	Surgeon and author	^a[›]
Frank W. Wozencraft	Businessman, lawyer and former mayor of Dallas, Texas	^a[›]

[edit] 1944

Recipient	Notability	References
Oscar H. Benson	Iowa educator and co-founder of 4-H	^a[›]
Charles Evans Hughes	Governor of New York, United States Secretary of State, Associate Justice and Chief Justice of the United States	^a[›]
Elbridge W. Palmer	Publisher, advocate for youth with special needs	^a[›]
William C. Menninger	Neuropsychiatrist, co-founder of the Menninger Foundation and member of the BSA National Sea Scout Committee	^a[›]
Philip L. Reed	Business executive and member of the BSA Advisory Council	^a[›]
Eddie Rickenbacker	World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient, race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation	^a[›]
Arthur Somers-Cocks, 6th Baron Somers	Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire	^a[›]
Thomas J. Watson	President of IBM	^a[›]

[edit] 1945

Recipient	Notability	References
Francis W. Hatch	Publicist, chairman of the BSA Boys' Life Committee	^a[›]
Amory Houghton	United States Ambassador to France, manufacturer and vice president of the BSA,; later president of the BSA	^a[›]
Paul W. Litchfeld	American industrialist,president and chairman of the board Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, developed first Air Scout squadron	^a[›]
Earl C. Sams	President of J. C. Penney, chairman of the BSA Business Division Committee; later founded the Gladys Porter Zoo	^a[›]

[edit] 1946

Recipient	Notability	References
John M. Bierer	Business executive, chairman of the BSA National Cubbing Committee	^a[›]
William J. Campbell	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, promoter of Scouting for Catholic boys	^a[›]
Walt Disney	Film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist	^a[›]
Dwight D. Eisenhower	General of the Army and Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War II; later President of the United States and honorary president of the BSA	^a[›]
Raymond F. Low	Business executive, Sea Scouting commodore of Region Eight	^a[›]
Wheeler McMillen	Journalist; Editor; Advocate for Rural Scouting	^a[›]
Chester W. Nimitz	Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation, Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II, Chief of Naval Operations	^a[›]
Vilhjalmur Stefansson	Canadian Arctic explorer, ethnologist and author	^a[›]
Frank L. Weil	Lawyer, cofounder of the USO, founder and chairman of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, president of the National Jewish Welfare Board	^a[›]

[edit] 1947

Recipient	Notability	References
Bernard Baruch	Financier, statesman, and presidential adviser	^a[›]
Manuel Camus	Lawyer, senator in the Philippine Senate, Jurist, president of the Y.M.C.A. of the Philippine Islands, chairman in the Philippine Red Cross, Scout commissioner in the BSA Philippine Council, president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines	^a[›]
Cleveland E. Dodge	President of the Near East Foundation, chairman of the board of trustees of Teachers College of Columbia University, chairman of the International Board of the YMCA	^a[›]
Perrin C. Galpin	educator and child-health advocate, Secretary of the American Relief Administration and of the Commission for Relief in Belgium relief missions after World War I, director of the Commission for Polish Relief during World War II	^a[›]
William H. Pouch	Industrialist and civic leader	^a[›]
Paul Allen Siple	Antarctic explorer and geographer, author, Eagle Scout	^a[›]
Francis Cardinal Spellman	Archbishop of New York	^a[›]
R. Douglas Stuart	Manufacturer; later United States Ambassador to Canada	^a[›]

[edit] 1948

Recipient	Notability	References
Irving Berlin	Composer and lyricist, composer of God Bless America	^a[›]
Belmore Browne	Artist, writer, explorer, hunter, and mountain climber	^a[›]^[10]
Cherry Logan Emerson	Chemical and materials engineer and educator	^a[›]
Reuhen Brooks Hale	Merchant and civic leader	^a[›]
Robert F. Payne	Educator and author	^a[›]
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan	Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire	^a[›]
Wade Warren Thayer	Attorney and author, Scout commissioner in Hawaii	^a[›]

[edit] 1949

Recipient	Notability	References
David W. Armstrong	Executive Director, Boys Clubs of America	^a[›]
Sheldon Clark	Business Executive; National Sea Scout Commodore	^a[›]
Richard J. Cushing	Archbishop of Boston; Lecturer; Author; Civic Leader; Head of All Youth Work of Catholic Church in USA	^a[›]
W. V. M. Fawcett	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Charles R. Hook	Industrialist; Advocate of Junior Achievement; Scouter	^a[›]
Luther A. Weigle	Educator; Dean; Bible Scholar; Pioneer Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1950

Recipient	Notability	References
Harry Messiter Addinsell	Financier; Churchman; Treasurer, Boy Scouts of America	^a[›]
Kenneth K. Bechtel	Business Executive; Vice-President, Boy Scouts of America	^a[›]
Charles Kettering	Engineer; Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Innovator	^a[›]
Irving Langmuir	Nobel Prize Scientist; Pioneer Scouter	^a[›]
Byrnes MacDonald	Business Executive; Worker for Underprivileged Youth	^a[›]
Owen Josephus Roberts	Jurist; Public Servant; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
Arthur A. Schuck	Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America	^a[›]
Lowell Thomas	Explorer; Author; News Commentator; Scouter	^a[›]
Harry S. Truman	Thirty-third President, United States of America	^a[›]
Milburn Lincoln Wilson	National Director, 4-H Clubs; Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1951

Recipient	Notability	References
Ralph Bunche	Educator; Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Scouter	^a[›]
James Lippitt Clark	Explorer; Author; Sculptor; Conservationist; Scouter	^a[›]
Edgar Guest	Writer; Poet; Boys' Club Official; Friend to Youth	^a[›]
Raymond W. Miller	Publicist; Scouter; Advocate of Rural Scouting	^a[›]
D. C. Spry	Chief Executive Commissioner, Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association	^a[›]
James H. Douglas, Jr.	Attorney; Public Servant; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
Henry Smith Richardson	Manufacturing Chemist; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
Jack P. Whitaker	Manufacturer; Scouter; President, American Humanics Foundation	^a[›]

[edit] 1952

Recipient	Notability	References
Julius Ochs Adler	Journalist; Patriot; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Roy Chapman Andrews	Explorer; Zoologist; Museum Director; Author	^a[›]
Frank Boyden	Acclaimed headmaster of Deerfield Academy	^a[›]^[11]
Harmar D. Denny, Jr.	Attorney; Congressman; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
Gale F. Johnston	Banker; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Carlos P. Romulo	Author; Soldier; Diplomat; Cofounder, Boy Scouts of the Philippines	^a[›]
Louis John Taber	Farmer; Granger; Exponent of Rural Scouting; Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1953

Recipient	Notability	References
Alton Fletcher Baker	Journalist; Publisher; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Henry B. Grandin	Business Executive; Scouter; Host to Third National Jamboree	^a[›]
Ross L. Leffler	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Charles Francis McCahill	Newspaper Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
David O. McKay	President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints	^a[›]

[edit] 1954

Recipient	Notability	References
William H. Albers	Business Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Ellsworth H. Augustus	Banker; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Ezra Taft Benson	Secretary of Agriculture; Church Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Philip David Bookstaber	Rabbi; Scholar; Exponent of Scouting for Jewish Boys	^a[›]
Norton Clapp	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Donated Mount Baldy to Philmont	^a[›]
J. M. T. Finney, Jr.	Surgeon; Churchman; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Richard Oliver Gerow	Bishop of Natchez, Miss.; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
E. Urner Goodman	Church Executive; Pioneer Scouter; Founder, Order of the Arrow	^a[›]
George Lloyd Murphy	Producer; Actor; Publicist; Scouter	^a[›]
Nathan Marvin Ohrbach	Business Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Dewitt Wallace	Magazine Founder; Editor; Publisher; Philanthropist	^a[›]

[edit] 1955

Recipient	Notability	References
Charles Dana Bennett	Author; Rural Consultant; Publicist; Scouter	^a[›]
Rex Ivan Brown	Utility Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
William Durant Campbell	Naturalist; World Traveler; Eagle Scout; Scouter	^a[›]
Francis John Chesterman	Utilities Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Leonard Kimball Firestone	Industrialist; Churchman; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Charles William Froessel	Jurist; Churchman; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr.	Attorney; Business Executive; Sportsman; Champion Athlete	^a[›]
Lewis Edward Phillips	Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Frank Chambless Rand, Jr.	Business Executive; Publisher; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Thomas J. Watson, Jr.	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1956

Recipient	Notability	References
Ivan Allen, Jr.	Executive; Banker; Engineer; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Gerald F. Beal	Banker; Financier; Cultural and Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Daniel W. Bell	Banker; Public Servant; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Hugh Moss Comer	Textile Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Walter Francis Dillingham	Executive; Builder; Philanthropist; Statesman; Scouter	^a[›]
Whitney Haskins Eastman	Business Executive; Engineer; Scientist; Scouter	^a[›]
William Harrison Fetridge	Editor; Publisher; Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
William Jansen	Educator; Author; Churchman; Administrator; Scouter	^a[›]
Guy Lee Noble	National 4-H Club Executive; Humanitarian	^a[›]
Harry Lloyd Schaeffer	Railroad Executive; Scouter	^a[›]
Henry F. Schricker	Statesman; Banker; Editor; Pioneer Scouter	^a[›]
Harold Stassen	Educator; Humanitarian; Statesman; Author; Scouter	^a[›]
Edwin Joel Thomas	Industrialist; Civic Leader; Humanitarian; Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1957

Recipient	Notability	References
Harold Roe Bartle	Attorney; Civic Leader; Humanitarian; Scouter	^a[›]
Brooks Hays	Congressman; Lawyer; Humanitarian; Scouter	^a[›]
Walter David Heller	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Henry Cabot Lodge	Journalist; National and International Statesman	^a[›]
Abram L. Sachar	Educator; Author; Historian; University President	^a[›]
Herman Lee Turner	Clergyman; Humanitarian; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Kenneth Dale Wells	Economist; Educator; President, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge	^a[›]

[edit] 1958

Recipient	Notability	References
Robert Bernerd Anderson	Secretary of the Treasury; Lawyer; Educator; Scouter	^a[›]
John Hopkinson Baker	Conservation Executive; Governmental Adviser	^a[›]
Hubert Hardison Coffield	Industrialist; Rancher; Churchman; Humanitarian; Scouter	^a[›]
Nathan Dauby	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Jackson Dodds	Banker; Scouter; Recipient of Silver Wolf and Bronze Wolf	^a[›]
John Randolph Donnell	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Robert Newcomb Gibson	Business Executive; Lumberman; Scouter	^a[›]
Frank Brittain Kennedy	Investment Dealer; Churchman; Executive; Scouter	^a[›]
Edward Leroy Kohnle	Business Executive; Churchman; Cultural Leader Scouter	^a[›]
Sol George Levy	Import-Export Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
John Norton Lord	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
James Stewart	Actor; Combat Aviator; Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1959

Recipient	Notability	References
Milo William Bekins	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
George Michael Dowd	Clergyman; Domestic Prelate; Youth Leader; Scout Chaplain	^a[›]
Irving J. Feist	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Roger Stanley Firestone	Manufacturing Executive; Humanitarian; Scouter	^a[›]
Bob Hope	Cinema, Radio, and Television Comedian; Humanitarian	^a[›]
Jeffrey Louis Lazarus	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Walter Lee Lingle, Jr.	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
George Magar Mardikian	Restaurateur; Author; Philanthropist; Scouter	^a[›]
Pliny Hunnicut Powers	Educator; Deputy Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America	^a[›]
Charles Dudley Pratt	Attorney; Civic Leader; Pioneer Scouter	^a[›]
Joseph Frederic Wiese	Industrial Executive; Community Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]

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Recipient	Notability	References
Joe C. Carrington	Insurance Executive; Rancher; Churchman; Youth Worker; Scouter	^a[›]
Thomas C. Clark	Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
James Thomas Griffin	Business Executive; Humanitarian; Churchman; Scouter	^a[›]
Alfred Gruenther	President, American National Red Cross; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 195356; Scouter	^a[›]
Roy Edward Larson	Publishing Executive; Civic Leader; Humanitarian	^a[›]
Robert John Lloyd	Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter	^a[›]
Alexander White Moffat	Business Executive; Yachtsman; Author; Scouter	^a[›]
Clifford A. Randall	Lawyer Executive; Humanitarian; Past President, Rotary International	^a[›]
Norman Salit	Rabbi; Attorney; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]

[edit] 1961

Recipient	Notability	References
Wyeth Allen	Educator; Community Leader; Longtime Scouter	^a[›]
Carl Otto Janus	Business Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Richard E. McArdle	Educator; Public Servant; Conservationist; Scouter	^a[›]
Charles B. McCabe, Jr.	Publisher; Broadcasting Executive; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Lauris Norstad	Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SHAPE); Promulgator of Scouting	^a[›]
William T. Spanton	Cofounder, Future Farmers of America; Scouter	^a[›]
Delbert L. Stapley	Business Executive; Church Leader; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]
Charles M. White	Industrialist; Civic Leader; Youth Worker; Scouter	^a[›]
Robert E. Wood	Retired Army General; Business Executive; Philanthropist; Veteran Scouter	^a[›]