Norman S. Johnson

Norman S. Johnson
Chairman of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement

Norman S. Johnson (d.1989) was a dentist, scout leader and an Australian and international Scout organisation official.

Background

Johnson was a student (1931-43) and Scout and, subsequently, a Scoutmaster of Trinity Grammar School at Kew in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. In 1945 he authored Camping for scouts and others which ran to three further editions.

He became an official of The Boy Scouts Association Victorian Branch, as a leader trainer, commissioner and, from 1976-79, its Victorian Chief Commissioner. He became The Scout Association of Australia's national executive committee chairman.

He was a member then chairman of the World Organization of the Scout Movement's World Scout Committee. In 1990, the World Organization of the Scout Movement posthumously awarded Johnson it 212th Bronze Wolf for exceptional services to world Scouting.