Gustavo J. Vollmer
Gustavo J. Vollmer | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Venezuelan |
| Occupation | Civil engineer |
| Known for | Served on the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement |
Dr. Gustavo J. Vollmer Herrera (1923-2014) of Venezuela was a civil engineer and industrialist who served as President of the National Council of the Asociación de Scouts de Venezuela, President of the Interamerican Regional Scout Council, and as a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement from 1963 to 1969 and again from 1973 to 1979.[1]
In 1969, Vollmer was awarded the 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, at the 22nd World Scout Conference.[2] He also received the Silver Buffalo in 1965, and the highest distinction of the Scout Association of Japan, the Golden Pheasant Award, in 1968.[3]
Vollmer was the patriarch of the Vollmer clan in Venezuela,[4] the country's oldest business dynasty. Although extremely low profile, the Vollmer family maintains an active management role handling the operations of the Santa Teresa Rum company located in El Consejo, Aragua, as well as Central El Palmar, a vast sugar cane refinery, mill and plantation the family owns in neighbouring San Mateo, Aragua. The Vollmer family also leads and controls Mercantil Servicios Financieros, the country's leading financial services institution.
References
- ^ "A los 91 años de edad fallece Gustavo Vollmer Herrera". el-nacional.com. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ https://www.scout.org/BronzeWolfAward/list complete list
- ^ reinanzaka-sc.o.oo7.jp/kiroku/documents/20140523-3-kiji-list.pdf
- ^ JOURNAL, Jose de Cordoba Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET. "As Venezuela Tilts Left, a Rum Mogul Reaches Out to Poor". WSJ. Retrieved 2018-06-13.
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- Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981
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