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The Silver Buffalo Award, created in 1926, is bestowed upon those adults who give truly noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth. This award, Boy Scouts of America's highest commendation, recognizes the invaluable contributions that outstanding American men and women render to youth. The service must be national in character and can be directly connected with the BSA or independent of the movement. Image File history File links Portal. ... This article is about the national organization. ...

The award consistes of a small silver buffalo designed by A. Phimister Proctor, and suspended from a red and white ribbon worn around the neck. A square knot, one strand red the other white, may be worn on the BSA field uniform.

Recipients

The first Silver Buffalo Award was conferred upon Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of the Scouting movement and Chief Scout of the World. The second went to the "Unknown Scout" who helped William Boyce. This award is represented by a small buffalo statue in Gilwell Park. Gilwell Park was bought for The Scout Association in 1919, by Mr. ...

The first year of the award, 22 were presented, in a particular order determined by Chief Scout Executive James E. West. Since then, the awards have been presented on an annual basis in alphabetical order. The Chief Scout Executive is the top professional of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. ... James Elton West, best known as Jim West, is the former mayor of Spokane, Washington. ...

Other award recipients have included:

• Hank Aaron, homerun king and Baseball Hall of Fame member
• Marian Anderson, first African American singer to appear at the Metropolitan Opera
• Neil Armstrong, Eagle Scout, astronaut–first man to set foot on the moon;
• Lord Robert Baden-Powell, founder of Scouting, first Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Daniel Carter Beard, first National Scout Commissioner, founder of the Sons of Daniel Boone, sixth Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Yogi Berra, professional baseball player and manager, Baseball Hall of Fame
• William D. Boyce, Chicago newspaper man who incorporated the BSA, second Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926
• Ralph Bunche, Ph.D, former U.N. mediator and Nobel Peace Prize winner
• Joseph Csatari, artist who succeeded Norman Rockwell as BSA's official artist
• Walt Disney, artist and film producer
• Marian Wright Edelman, founder and president of the Children's Defense Fund
• George J. Fisher, Deputy Chief Scout Executive of the BSA and Director of the Field Department, twenty-second Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Dr. E. Urner Goodman, founder of the Order of the Arrow
• William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, father of American Scouting, big impact on the BSA program and prolific Scouting author
• Gordon B. Hinckley, president and prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• Bob Hope, entertainer
• Charles A. Lindbergh, aviator
• Colin Livingstone, First President of the Executive Board of the BSA, third Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Vince Lombardi, NFL football coach and Pro Football Hall of Fame member
• James A. Lovell, Jr., Apollo 13 commander, Eagle Scout, and Distinguished Eagle Scout
• Colin Powell, US Army General and Secretary of State
• Edgar M. Robinson, International Secretary of YMCA, second Managing Director of the BSA, eighth Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Norman Rockwell, artist, well-known for his many Scouting paintings
• Carlos P. Romulo, Pulitzer Prize-winner and cofounder, Boy Scouts of the Philippines
• Mortimer L. Schiff, long time Vice-President of the Executive Board of the BSA, a Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist–Peanuts
• Sam Skinner, politician (Secretary of Transportaion), businessman (CEO of Commonwealth Edison, CEO of US Freightways), board of directors of Odetics ITS
• Ernest Thompson Seton, first Chief Scout of the BSA, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, seventh Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• Jimmy Stewart, actor, US Air Force Brigadier General
• James J. Storrow, second President of the Executive Board of the BSA, fifth Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.
• James E. West, first Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, twenty-first Silver Buffalo recipient in 1926.

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References

• Full list of Silver Buffalo recipients to 1999