Norman S. Johnson

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Norman S. Johnson
Chairman of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

Norman S. Johnson (d.1989) was a dentist and an Australian and international Scouting official.

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Background

Johnson was a student (1931-43) and Scout and, subsequently, a Scoutmaster of Trinity Grammar School at Kew in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He also became an official of The Boy Scouts Association Victorian Branch, serving as a leader trainer, commissioner and, from 1976-79, as its Victorian Chief Commissioner. He became the chairman of The Scout Association of Australia's national executive committee. He served as a member then chairman of the World Organization of the Scout Movement's World Scout Committee.

In 1990, Johnson was posthumously awarded the 212th Bronze Wolf , the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by its World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting. [1]

In 1945 Johnson authored Camping for scouts and others which ran to three further editions.

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References

  1. "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 21 August 2019.