Margot Bogert

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Margot Bogert
Secretary of the United States Fund for International Scouting

Margot Bogert, a world Scouting leader, Chairman of the Board of the Frick Collection and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Sarah Lawrence College, [1] [2] served as the National Secretary of the United States Fund for International Scouting (USFIS) within the Boy Scouts of America, as well as a member of the World Scout Development Committee.

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Background

Bogert, a descendant of William C. Durant, the founder of General Motors, was the only daughter of Beatrice Hawn (-1987) and William Durant Campbell (March 18, 1907 - October 20, 1995), an early Boy Scouts of America notable.

In 1988, Bogert was awarded the 198th 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. [3] She and her father are the only father/daughter pair to have received the Bronze Wolf. She is also a recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.

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References

  1. "Memorials Class of 1929". Princeton University. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
  2. "World Scout Foundation Annual Report 2002-2003" (PDF). World Scout Foundation. 2003. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2006-10-11. Retrieved 2006-09-07.
  3. "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 2019-08-21.