Silver Buffalo Award Winners 1949-1940
1949
David W. Armstrong
New York, New York
Executive Director, Boys Clubs of America
Sheldon Clark
Chicago, Illinois
Business Executive; National Sea Scout Commodore
Richard J. Cushing
Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop of Boston; Lecturer; Author; Civic Leader; Head of All Youth Work of Catholic Church in USA
W. V. M. Fawcett
Boston, Massachusetts
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter
Charles R. Hook
Middletown, Ohio
Industrialist; Advocate of Junior Achievement; Scouter
Luther A. Weigle
New Haven, Connecticut
Educator; Dean; Bible Scholar; Pioneer Scouter
1948
Irving Berlin
New York, New York
Composer of "God Bless America"
Belmore Browne
Ross, California
Artist; Explorer; Cold-Weather Camping Expert
Cherry Logan Emerson
Atlanta, Georgia
Engineer; Educator; Servant of Youth
Reuhen Brooks Hale
San Francisco, California
Merchant; Civic Leader; Advocate of Senior Scouting
Robert F. Payne
New York, New York
Educator; Author; Longtime Scouter
Lord Rowallan
Ayrshire, Scotland
Chief Scout of British Commonwealth and Empire
Wade Warren Thayer
Honolulu, Hawaii
Attorney; Author; Exponent of Hawaiian Scouting
1947
Bernard M. Baruch
Camden, South Carolina
Economist; Philanthropist; Patriot
Manuel Camus
Manila, Philippines
Statesman; Jurist; President, Boy Scouts of the Philippines
Cleveland E. Dodge
New York, New York
Financier; Philanthropist; Chairman, International Board of the YMCA
Perrin C. Galpin
New York, New York
Educator; Scouter; Child-Health Advocate
William H. Pouch
New York, New York
Industrialist; Longtime Scouter; Civic Leader
Paul A. Siple
Arlington, Virginia
Geographer; Explorer; Author; Member, First Byrd Antarctic Expedition
Francis Cardinal Spellman
New York, New York
Archbishop of New York; Author; Patriot
R. Douglas Stuart
Chicago, Illinois
Manufacturer; Pioneer Scouter; Friend to Youth
1946
John M. Bierer
Wellesley Hills, Massachusetts
Business Executive; Longtime Scouter
William J. Campbell
Chicago, Illinois
Jurist; Promoter of Scouting for Catholic Boys
Walter E. Disney
Beverly Hills, California
Cinema Executive; Creator of Mickey Mouse
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Denison, Texas
General of the Army; Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe
Raymond F. Low
Omaha, Nebraska
Business Executive; Scouter; Sea Scouting Enthusiast
Wheeler McMillen
Trenton, New Jersey
Journalist; Editor; Advocate for Rural Scouting
Chester William Nimitz
Fredericksburg, Texas
Chief of Naval Operations; U.S. Signator to Japanese Surrender Treaty
Vilhjalmur Stefansson
New York, New York
Arctic Explorer; Author; Scouter
Frank L. Weil
New York, New York
Lawyer; Scouter; Cofounder, United Service Organizations
1945
Francis W. Hatch
Boston, Massachusetts
Publicist; Scouter; Chairman, Boys' Life Committee
Amory Houghton
Corning, New York
Manufacturer; Vice President, Boy Scouts of America
Paul W. Litchfeld
Akron, Ohio
Industrialist; Developed First Air Scout Squadron
Earl C. Sams
New York, New York
Merchant; Philanthropist; Chairman, Business Division Committee
1944
Oscar H. Benson
Seven Stars, Pennsylvania
Educator; Founder of the 4-H Clubs
Charles Evans Hughes
Glens Falls, New York
Jurist; Statesman; Diplomat; Champion of Youth
Elbridge W. Palmer
Kingsport, Tennessee
Publisher; Advocate for Youth With Special Needs, Racial Harmony, and Scouting
William C. Menninger
Topeka, Kansas
Neuropsychiatrist; Enthusiastic Scouter
Philip L. Reed
Chicago, Illinois
Business Executive; Scouter; Member, Advisory Council
Edward Vernon Rickenbacker
New York, New York
Aviation Pioneer; Executive; Wartime Ace of Aces; Scouter
Lord Somers
London, England
Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire
Thomas J. Watson
New York, New York
Business Executive; Philanthropist
1943
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington, D.C.
Lawyer; Criminologist; Director of the FBI
Harry C. Knight
New Haven, Connecticut
Business Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter
John M. Schiff
New York, New York
Banker; President, Boy Scouts of America
William L. Smith
Louisville, Kentucky
Surgeon; Public Servant; Author; Scouter
Frank W. Wozencraft
Dallas, Texas
Businessman; Lawyer; Statesman; Scouter
1942
Frank O. Lowden
Oregon, Illinois
Farmer; Lawyer; Statesman; Philanthropist; Scouter
Ragnvald Anderson Nestos
Minot, North Dakota
Lawyer; Statesman; Churchman; Pioneer in Rural Scouting
Frank Phillips
Bartlesville, Oklahoma
Banker; Philanthropist; Enthusiast for Scouting
Bernard J. Sheil
Chicago, Illinois
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago; Founder of CYO; Scouter
William Clay Smoot
Bartlesville, Oklahoma Banker; Outdoorsman; Worker for Rural Youth
1941
C. Ward Crampton
New York, New York
Scientist; Author; Physical Fitness Advocate
Homer Folks
New York, New York
Social Welfare Statesman
Edgar Rickard
Darien, Connecticut
Mining Engineer; Humanitarian; Friend to Scouting
J. E. H. Stevenot
Manila, Philippines
Creator of Modern Philippine Scout Organization
Daniel A. Poling
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clergyman; Editor; Scouter
1940
Edward Roberts Moore
New York, New York
Catholic Clergyman; Youth Worker, Scouter
George W. Truett
Dallas, Texas
Clergyman; World Youth Leader; Scouter
Eugene D. Nims
St. Louis, Missouri
Philanthropist; Longtime Scouter