Richard "Dick" Burdick, (28 May 1929-February 25 2018) served as the International
Commissioner
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In practice, the title of commissioner has evolved to in ...
of the
Boy Scouts of America from 1996 to 2003, after a long career with the BSA. While working at
E.I. duPont de Numours in
La Porte,
Texas, he developed Heat Transfer Cement which became the basis of his company, Thermon Manufacturing, founded by him in
Houston in 1954.
In 2004, Burdick was awarded the 299th ''
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
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.
References
Recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award
Boy Scouts of America
People from New Braunfels, Texas
1929 births
2018 deaths
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