List of national presidents of the Boy Scouts of America
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The national president is the leading volunteer of the Executive Board of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America
, a position comparable to the chairman
of a board of directors
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, a position comparable to the chairman
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| 2010– | Rex Tillerson Rex Tillerson Rex W. Tillerson is the current Chairman, President, and CEO of Exxon Mobil Corporation, positions previously held by Lee Raymond.-Education:... |
| 2008–2010 | John Gottschalk John Gottschalk John E. Gottschalk is the retired chief executive officer and publisher of the Omaha World-Herald and was the national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 2008 to 2010. He and his wife, Carmen, are known for their philanthropy.-Early life:... |
| 2006–2008 | William F. "Rick" Cronk Rick Cronk William F. "Rick" Cronk is an American businessman who was co-owner and president of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream. He is a former national president of the Boy Scouts of America and the outgoing chairman of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement.-Business:After... |
| 2004–2006 | John C. Cushman III John C. Cushman III John C. Cushman, III is an American real estate icon. He is chairman of Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm which was founded by his grandfather and his great uncle . Cushman and Wakefield married sisters.Cushman joined Cushman & Wakefield Inc. in New York, NY in 1963. He... |
| 2002–2004 | Roy S. Roberts |
| 2000–2002 | Milton H. Ward |
| 1998–2000 | Edward Whitacre, Jr. Edward Whitacre, Jr. Edward Earl "Ed" Whitacre, Jr. is the former Chairman and CEO of General Motors. He is also a former chairman of the board and chief executive officer of AT&T Inc., previously SBC. He served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1998 to 2000... |
| 1996–1998 | John W. Creighton, Jr. John W. Creighton, Jr. John W. Creighton, Jr. is an American businessman who has worked with many corporations, organizations, and universities. These include Weyerhaeuser Company, United Air Lines, the University of Puget Sound, civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army, and the Boy Scouts of America... |
| 1994–1996 | Norman Ralph Augustine Norman Ralph Augustine Norman Ralph Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as Under Secretary of the Army from 1975-77. Augustine currently serves as chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.-Career:... |
| 1992–1994 | John Clendenin John Clendenin John L. Clendenin was the chairman of The Home Depot. He is also a director of Powerwave Technologies. In 2009, Powerwave Technologies paid Clendenin a total director compensation of $93,989.- Awards :... |
| 1990–1992 | Richard H. Leet |
| 1988–1990 | Harold S. Hook |
| 1986–1988 | Charles M. Pigott |
| 1984–1986 | Sanford N. McDonnell Sanford N. McDonnell Sanford "Sandy" N. McDonnell is an American engineer, businessman and philanthropist. Former chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell Douglas Corporation, he also served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America and as chairman of Character Education Partnership. He was "Man of... |
| 1982–1984 | Edward C. Joullian III Edward C. Joullian III Edward C. Joullian III served as the national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1982 to 1984.Joullian was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. He was... |
| 1980–1982 | Thomas C. MacAvoy |
| 1979–1980 | Downing B. Jenks |
| 1979 | John D. Murchison (died in office) |
| 1977–1979 | Downing B. Jenks |
| 1975–1977 | Arch H. Monson. Jr. |
| 1973–1975 | Robert W. Reneker |
| 1971–1973 | Norton Clapp Norton Clapp Matthew Norton Clapp was a Weyerhaeuser chairman who was among the private investors who built and owned the Seattle Space Needle.... |
| 1968–1971 | Irving Feist |
| 1964–1968 | Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Thomas J. Watson, Jr. Thomas John Watson, Jr. was an American businessman, political figure, and philanthropist. He was the 2nd president of IBM , the 11th national president of the Boy Scouts of America , and the 16th United States Ambassador to the Soviet Union... |
| 1959–1964 | Ellsworth H. Augustus Ellsworth H. Augustus Ellsworth Hunt Augustus was an American businessman from Cleveland, Ohio who served as the tenth National president of the Boy Scouts of America.-Biography:He was born on November 23, 1897 in Cleveland, Ohio.... |
| 1956–1959 | Kenneth K. Bechtel Kenneth K. Bechtel Kenneth Karl Bechtel was the son of Warren A. Bechtel, the founder of the Bechtel Corporation.In 1925, Ken Bechtel joined his father Warren A. Bechtel and brothers Warren Jr. and Stephen, and incorporated as W.A. Bechtel Company... |
| 1951–1956 | John M. Schiff John M. Schiff John Mortimer Schiff was an American banker and national president of the Boy Scouts of America from 1951 to 1956.-Biography:... |
| 1946–1951 | Amory Houghton Amory Houghton Amory Houghton served as United States Ambassador to France and National President of the Boy Scouts of America.-Family:... |
| 1931–1946 | Walter W. Head Walter W. Head Walter William Head was an American banker and insurance executive. He was president and founder of the General American Life Insurance Company, now a part of MetLife, and president of the American Bankers Association... |
| 1931 | Mortimer L. Schiff Mortimer L. Schiff Mortimer Loeb Schiff , sometimes Mortimer Leo Schiff, was an American banker and notable early Boy Scouts of America leader. His son John Mortimer Schiff was also involved with the BSA.-Biography:... (died in office) |
| 1926–1931 | Walter W. Head Walter W. Head Walter William Head was an American banker and insurance executive. He was president and founder of the General American Life Insurance Company, now a part of MetLife, and president of the American Bankers Association... |
| 1926 (Mar–May) | Milton A. McRae Milton A. McRae Colonel Milton Alexander McRae was an American newspaper publisher who co-founded the Scripps-McRae League of Newspapers and United Press International.... |
| 1925–1926 | James J. Storrow James J. Storrow James Jackson Storrow II was a Boston-area investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors and its third president . He was a business partner of Henry Lee Higginson, founder of the Boston Symphony Orchestra... (died in office) |
| 1910–1925 | Colin H. Livingstone Colin H. Livingstone Colin H. Livingstone was an American railroad executive and first president of the Boy Scouts of America. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada on June 3, 1863, he died at age 79 on February 1, 1943 in Fisherville, Virginia.... |