Professor Elbert K. Fretwell, PhD

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,[1878-1962) was an American academic and early leader in the field of youth development through recreation

Recreation

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 and extracurricular activity

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. He served as the second Chief Scout Executive

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 of the Boy Scouts of America

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 (BSA), serving from 1943 to 1948. Upon his retirement from the BSA, Fretwell was given the title of Chief Scout.

His son Elbert K. Fretwell Jr.

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 is also a noted professor of education and served as Chancellor

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 of University of North Carolina at Charlotte

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Academia

Dr. Fretwell was an associate professor of Scouting and recreational leadership and later, professor of education at the Teachers College, Columbia University

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In 1918 Dr. Fretwell was appointed by the Surgeon General of the United States

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 together with the American Red Cross

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 to supervise recreation

Recreation

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 work in United States Army

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 "reconstruction hospital

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Boy Scouts of America

Professor Fretwell was a volunteer for many years in the Boy Scouts of America. He was recognized for his services with the Silver Buffalo Award

Silver Buffalo Award

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 in 1939.

Upon the retirement of Dr. James E West

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 in 1943, Dr. Fretwell was appointed Chief Scout Executive

Chief Scout Executive

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and served until his retirement in 1948.

Partial list of works

• Extracurricular Activities in Secondary Schools, EK Fretwell - 1931 - Houghton Mifflin Company
• The School Assembly, EK Fretwell - Sixth Yearbook, National Association of Secondary School Principals, 1922
• Survey of the Public Schools of Philadelphia. Vol. IV, EK Fretwell - The Public Education and Child Labor Association
• Extra-Curricular Activities of the Boys' High Schools, EK Fretwell - Baltimore Survey, 1920