Margot Bogert, a world Scouting leader, Chairman of the Board of the
Frick Collection
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and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of
Sarah Lawrence College
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,
served as the National Secretary of the United States Fund for International Scouting (USFIS) within the
Boy Scouts of America, as well as a member of the
World Scout Development Committee.
Background
Bogert, a descendant of
William C. Durant
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, the founder of
General Motors
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, was the only daughter of Beatrice Hawn (-1987) and
William Durant Campbell (March 18, 1907 - October 20, 1995), an early
Boy Scouts of America notable.
In 1988, Bogert was awarded the 198th ''
Bronze Wolf'', the only distinction of the
World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.
She and her father are the only father/daughter pair to have received the Bronze Wolf. She is also a recipient of the
Silver Buffalo Award.
References
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Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award
Boy Scouts of America
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
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