Gunnar H. Berg (June 30, 1897 – August 28, 1987) was a national director of the
Boy Scouts of America
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.
Career
Berg was born in
Oslo
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and came to the
United States
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at age 13.
[ ] He was a graduate of
Columbia University
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, and received a
doctorate in education
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in 1946. Berg was associated with
Scouting
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for 42 years, retiring in 1962. He was the founder of the
Mortimer L. Schiff Scout Reservation (now Schiff Nature Preserve), as a professional training center in
Mendham Borough, Morris County, New Jersey.
Berg lived in
Lake Telemark, New Jersey
Lake Telemark is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) located within Rockaway Township, in Morris County, New Jersey, United States.[Dover, New Jersey
Dover is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. Located on the Rockaway River, Dover is about west of New York City and about west of Newark, New Jersey. As of the 2010 United States Census, the town's population was 18,157,] .
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References
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Teachers College, Columbia University alumni
1897 births
1987 deaths
Norwegian emigrants to the United States
Scouting pioneers