This list of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award includes people who have been awarded the highest commendation of the

Boy Scouts of America The Boy Scouts of America (BSA, colloquially the Boy Scouts) is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States, with about 1.2 million youth participants. The BSA was founded i ...

. Since the

Silver Buffalo Award The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on a national basis, either as part of, or independent of the Scouting pro ...

was first awarded in 1926, 853 have been presented as of 2023. __NOTOC__

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During the first presentation in 1926, twenty-two awards were presented in a particular order determined by Chief Scout Executive James E. West.

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References

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