List of national presidents of the Boy Scouts of America
The national chair is the leading volunteer of the National Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America, a position comparable to the chairman of a board of directors.
Prior to 2018, the role of National Chair was titled National President. The National Chair is a member of the National Key 3 along with the National Commissioner and the Chief Scout Executive.List
Term | President |
1910–1925 | Colin H. Livingstone |
1925–1926 | James J. Storrow |
1926 | Milton A. McRae |
1926–1931 | Walter W. Head |
1931 | Mortimer L. Schiff |
1931–1946 | Walter W. Head |
1946–1951 | Amory Houghton |
1951–1956 | John Mortimer Schiff |
1956–1959 | Kenneth K. Bechtel |
1959–1964 | Ellsworth Hunt Augustus |
1964–1968 | Thomas J. Watson |
1968–1971 | Irving Feist |
1971–1973 | Norton Clapp |
1973–1975 | Robert W. Reneker |
1975–1977 | Arch H. Monson. Jr. |
1977–1979 | Downing B. Jenks |
1979 | John D. Murchison |
1979–1980 | Downing B. Jenks |
1980–1982 | Thomas C. MacAvoy |
1982–1984 | Edward C. Joullian III |
1984–1986 | Sanford N. McDonnell |
1986–1988 | Charles M. Pigott |
1988–1990 | Harold S. Hook |
1990–1992 | Richard H. Leet |
1992–1994 | John Clendenin |
1994–1996 | Norman R. Augustine |
1996–1998 | John W. Creighton Jr. |
1998–2000 | Edward Whitacre |
2000–2002 | Milton H. Ward |
2002–2004 | Roy S. Roberts |
2004–2006 | John C. Cushman |
2006–2008 | Rick Cronk |
2008–2010 | John Gottschalk |
2010–2012 | Rex Tillerson |
2012–2014 | Wayne M. Perry |
2014–2016 | Robert Gates |
2016–2018 | Randall L. Stephenson |
2018- 2020 | Jim Turley |
2020 - | Daniel Gil "Dan" Ownby |
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