Margot Bogert, a world Scouting leader, Chairman of the Board of the

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and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of

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, served as the National Secretary of the United States Fund for International Scouting (USFIS) within the

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, as well as a member of the World Scout Development Committee. She also served as the Vice-Chair of the World Scout Committee from 1999-2001.

Background

Bogert, a descendant of

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, the founder of

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, was the only daughter of Beatrice Hawn (-1987) and

William Durant Campbell William Durant Campbell (March 18, 1907 – October 20, 1995) was a highly-decorated leader of the Scouting movement in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. Campbell was born in Flint, Michigan, Flint, Michigan, a grandson of William C. Durant, the foun ...

(March 18, 1907 - October 20, 1995), an early

notable. In 1988, Bogert was awarded the 198th ''

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'', the only distinction of the

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, 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

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* Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award Boy Scouts of America Year of birth missing (living people) Living people {{Scout-bio-stub