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Industrialist, Businessman

AmericanBorn Mortimer Loeb SCHIFF

American banker and notable early Boy Scouts of America (BSA) leader

Born on June 5, 1877

Died on June 4, 1931

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Mortimer Leo Schiff was born the only son of the German Jewish American banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (née Loeb). While he worked as a partner in the financial firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. from 1900 until his death in 1931, he also devoted much of his time to the development of scouting in America. He was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the Theodore Roosevelt Council Executive Board. After a long tenure as vice-president of the BSA beginning in 1910, during which he also ...   Mortimer Leo Schiff was born the only son of the German Jewish American banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (née Loeb). While he worked as a partner in the financial firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Co. from 1900 until his death in 1931, he also devoted much of his time to the development of scouting in America. He was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the Theodore Roosevelt Council Executive Board. After a long tenure as vice-president of the BSA beginning in 1910, during which he also appeared on the cover of Time magazine on February 14, 1927, he was elected president of the organization in 1931. However, his untimely death came only one month later on June 4, 1931. He had also been serving as the BSA's International Commissioner for several years.



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