John R. Donnell Jr.

John Randolph Donnell Jr. served as the International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America. Donnell retired from the World Scout Committee at the World Scout Conference in Durban in 1999.

John R. Donnell Jr.
International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America

Background

Son of John Randolph Donnell, he was an Eagle Scout and received the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.[1]

In 1990, Donnell was awarded the 204th 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.[2] He was also recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award."Silver Buffalo Award Winners 1999–1990". Boy Scouts of America. He was one of only six men to hold all four top-tier Scouting awards, the Bronze Wolf, the Silver Buffalo the Silver Antelope, and the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

References
  1. "Distinguished Eagle Scout Award". Boy Scouts of America. 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-04-05.
  2. "List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award". scout.org. WOSM. Retrieved 2019-05-01.


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