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

TermPresident
1910–1925Colin H. Livingstone
1925–1926James J. Storrow
1926 Milton A. McRae
1926–1931Walter W. Head
1931Mortimer L. Schiff
1931–1946Walter W. Head
1946–1951Amory Houghton
1951–1956John Mortimer Schiff
1956–1959Kenneth K. Bechtel
1959–1964Ellsworth Hunt Augustus
1964–1968Thomas J. Watson
1968–1971Irving Feist
1971–1973Norton Clapp
1973–1975Robert W. Reneker
1975–1977Arch H. Monson. Jr.
1977–1979Downing B. Jenks
1979John D. Murchison
1979–1980Downing B. Jenks
1980–1982Thomas C. MacAvoy
1982–1984Edward C. Joullian III
1984–1986Sanford N. McDonnell
1986–1988Charles M. Pigott
1988–1990Harold S. Hook
1990–1992Richard H. Leet
1992–1994John Clendenin
1994–1996Norman R. Augustine
1996–1998John W. Creighton Jr.
1998–2000Edward Whitacre
2000–2002Milton H. Ward
2002–2004Roy S. Roberts
2004–2006John C. Cushman
2006–2008Rick Cronk
2008–2010John Gottschalk
2010–2012Rex Tillerson
2012–2014Wayne M. Perry
2014–2016Robert Gates
2016–2018Randall L. Stephenson
2018- 2020Jim Turley
2020 -Daniel Gil "Dan" Ownby

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