John Sherman Hoyt

John Sherman Hoyt (July 29, 1869[1] – March 30, 1954)[2] was an American scouter and YMCA co-founder.[3] He was National Council Vice President for Finance[4] and a member of the National Council Executive Board for the Boy Scouts of America.[5] He was on the Advisory Board for the YMCA.[6] In 1897 he purchased a large Continent Island estate in Tokeneke, Darien, Connecticut.[1] The Darien Scouts used this estate for their summer camps during the 1920s and 1930s and it became known as Treasure Island.[7] In 1926 Hoyt received the Boy Scout Silver Buffalo Award.[8] In 1947 he donated 18 acres of land to the Alfred W. Dater Council,[9] which became the Five Mile River Camp and was thereafter sold.[10] In 1966, 174 acres of the John Sherman Hoyt Reservation was donated and named in his honor.[11] Other roles Hoyt held included national war work council conference member at army post,[12] and a director and board member for the American Car & Foundry Company.[13]

References

  1. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography: Being the History of the United States as Illustrated in the Lives of the Founders, Builders, and Defenders of the Republic, and of the Men and Women who are Doing the Work and Moulding the Thought of the Present Time. University Microfilms. 1967.
  2. ^ "Hoyt, John Sherman (1869-1954) · Jane Addams Digital Edition". digital.janeaddams.ramapo.edu. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  3. ^ "BSA Historical Highlights - 1910s - a Scouting History file from Retired Scouter". www.retiredscouter.com. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  4. ^ Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America, Inc. December 1933.
  5. ^ Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America, Inc. April 1928.
  6. ^ YMCA Year Book and Official Rosters. National Councils of the Young Men's Christian Associations of Canada and the United States of America. 1918.
  7. ^ "John Sherman Hoyt". Connecticut Yankee Council, BSA. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  8. ^ "Scouting magazine: List of Silver Buffalo recipients". Scouting magazine. 30 August 2016. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  9. ^ Scouting. Boy Scouts of America. 1936.
  10. ^ Hanks, John. "History of Powahay District" (PDF). ctyankee.org.
  11. ^ Cristofono, Peter (2014-04-15). Rockhounding New England: A Guide to 100 of the Region's Best Rockhounding Sites. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9781493012244.
  12. ^ "Indianapolis News 23 July 1917 — Hoosier State Chronicles: Indiana's Digital Historic Newspaper Program". newspapers.library.in.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-19.
  13. ^ "PHOTO OF JOHN "JACK" SHERMAN HOYT". Daily News. 18 February 1951. p. 205. Retrieved 2019-09-19.


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