Richard Burdick Explained

Richard Burdick
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Birth Date:28 May 1929
Death Date:February 25 2018
Death Place:New Braunfels, Texas
Office:International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America
Term Start:1996
Term End:2003

Richard "Dick" Burdick, (28 May 1929-February 25 2018) served as the International Commissioner of the Boy Scouts of America from 1996 to 2003, after a long career with the BSA.[1] 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.[2]

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.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Richard L. "Dick" Burdick. Herald-Zeitung Online. en. 2020-01-07.
  2. Web site: Richard Burdick. 25 February 2018. www.legacy.com/.
  3. Web site: List of recipients of the Bronze Wolf Award | World Scouting . Scout.org . 2018-07-20.