Boy Scouts

“Although he is planning to eventually write a book about managing and reforming large public institutions, such as the Pentagon and Texas A&M University, where he served as president, Mr. Gates joked that the only management training he received was with the Boy Scouts when he was 14 years old.”

The Wall Street Journal: Basic Training: How Gates Grew

“Lincoln Park is a sprawling urban space of rolling hills and shady, sloping lawns, where Boy Scouts and other youth organizations are frequently allowed to hold sleep-outs.”

1968 the Year that Rocked the World

“Maybe this was one of those swamps he’d heard about in Boy Scouts where there were swamp gases that could knock you out.”

Simon & Schuster: Sent