Silver Buffalo Award Winners 1939-1930
1939
William Chalmers Covert
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Clergyman; Scouter
Marshall Field
New York, New York
Business Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter
Elbert K. Fretwell
New York, New York
Educator; Scouter; Training Innovator
Heber J. Grant
Salt Lake City, Utah
Industrialist; Mormon Church Official
Francis C. Kelley
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Bishop of Oklahoma City and Tulsa; Scouter
John R. Mott
New York, New York
Missionary; Statesman; World Youth Leader
Norman Rockwell
Arlington, Vermont
Artist; Prime Creator of Scouting's Image
1938
Thomas E. Wilson
Chicago, Illinois
Promoter for Rural Youth and 4-H Clubs
William T. Hornaday
Stamford, Connecticut
Zoologist and Conservationist; Pioneer; Scouter
George A. Allen
Washington, D.C.
Presidential Representative for First National Jamboree
Frank Cody
Detroit, Michigan
Educator; Innovator With Schools and Scouting
Frank G. Hoover
Canton, Ohio
Longtime Scouter; Friend to Youth
Cornelius McGillicuddy
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
"Connie Mack"—Advocate of Good Sportsmanship
C. B. Smith
Washington, D.C.
Public Servant; Physician; Worker for Rural Scouting
John A. Stiles
Ottawa, Canada
Canadian Scouting Official; Recipient of Silver Wolf
1936
Frederick Russell Burnham
Three Rivers, California
American-British Adventurer
Hugh S. Cumming
Washington, D.C.
United States Surgeon General
Lawrence Locke Doggett
Springfield, Massachusetts
Educator; Pioneer for Training for Boys' Work
Charles Horace Mayo
Rochester, Minnesota
Surgeon; Health Authority; Pioneer Scouter
George Edgar Vincent
Greenwich, Connecticut
Educator; Adviser to Scouting for Health and Safety
John Skinner Wilson
Gilwell Park, England
Gilwell Camp Chief; World Scouter
1935
Booth Tarkington
Indianapolis, Indiana
Pulitzer Prize Author; Immortalizer of Youth
Amos Alonzo Stagg
Stockton, California
Educator; Dean of American Coaches
Daniel A. Tobin
New York, New York
Banker; Scouter; Cofounder, Columbian Squires
Fielding Harris Yost
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Scout Commissioner; Exponent of Clean Sports
Calvin Derrick
Jamesburg, New Jersey
Educator; Penologist; Innovator
R. Tait McKenzie
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Educator; Sculptor of Boy Scout Statue
1934
Newton D. Baker
Cleveland, Ohio
Statesman; Humanitarian
Paul Percy Harris
Chicago, Illinois
Lawyer; Founder of Rotary Club Movement
John M. Phillips
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Conservationist; Recipient of Silver Wolf
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
Oyster Bay, New York
Public Servant; Explorer
Charles E. Cotting
Boston, Massachusetts
Philanthropist; Promoter of New England Scouting
Frederic Kernochan
New York, New York
Jurist; Pioneer Scouter; Urban League Executive
George Albert Smith
Salt Lake City, Utah
Business Executive; Religious Leader; Scouter
1933
Vincent Massey
Toronto, Canada
Canadian Diplomat; Philanthropist
Martin H. Carmody
New York, New York
Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
John P. Wallace
Des Moines, Iowa
Publisher; Advocate of Rural Scouting
Cyrus Adler
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Educator; Chairman, Jewish Committee on Scouting
Reginald H. Parsons
Seattle, Washington
Developer of Scouting in Pacific Northwest
John A. McGregor
San Francisco, California
Region 11 Scouter; Friend to Youth
1932
Dwight Filley Davis
St. Louis, Missouri
Public Servant; Advocate of Athletics
William Edwin Hall
Greenwich, Connecticut
Lawyer; President, Boys' Clubs of America
Alfred W. Dater
Stamford, Connecticut
Utilities Executive; First Chairman, Sea Scout Committee
Barron Collier
New York, New York
Philanthropist; Promoter of Scouting
Frank A. Bean
Minneapolis, Minnesota
Business Executive; Advocate of Rural Scouting
Hermann W. Merkel
New York, New York
Creative Administrator of Parks and Camps
1931
Lord Hampton, DSO
London, England
Distinguished British Scouter
Griffith Ogden Ellis
Detroit, Michigan
Editor and Publisher, American Boy Magazine
Lewis Gawtry
New York, New York
Banker; Philanthropist
George Welch Olmsted
Warren, Pennsylvania
Utilities Executive; World Scouter
Victor F. Ridder
New York, New York
Newspaper Publisher; Catholic Scouter
Robert P. Sniffen
Yonkers, New York
Merchandising Consultant; Chairman, Committee on Supply Service
Mell R. Wilkinson
Atlanta, Georgia
Manufacturer; National Executive Board Member
1930
Herbert Clark Hoover
West Branch, Iowa
Thirty-first President, United States of America
James Earl Russell
New York, New York
Educator; Scouter
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Hyde Park, New York
Governor, State of New York; Advocate of Scouting
James Austin Wilder
New York, New York
Developed and Organized the Sea Scouts Program
Charles L. Sommers
St. Paul, Minnesota
Business Executive; Chairman, Region 10
Charles C. Moore
San Francisco, California
Engineer; Scouter
Lewis Warrington Baldwin
St. Louis, Missouri
Railroad President; Regional Chairman