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William Hillcourt (August 6, 1900 – November 9, 1992), known within the Scouting movement as "Green Bar Bill", was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) organization from 1927 to 1992.
Nov 14, 1992 · William Hillcourt, the principal author of the "Official Boy Scout Handbook" who was known to scouts worldwide as "Green Bar Bill," died Monday in Stockholm. He was 92 years old.
Hillcourt died in 1992 during the final leg of a world Scouting tour. His New York Times obituary called him “the most widely known figure in Scouting.” His fans, even today, simply call him Green Bar Bill.
Hillcourt, William (“Green Bar Bill”) ( b. 6 August 1900 in Aarhus, Denmark; d. 9 November 1992 in Stockholm, Sweden), outdoors writer and professional scout who contributed to numerous revisions of the Boy Scout Handbook wrote a camping advice column for Boys’ Life, a scout magazine; and was an ambassador for the world scouting movement.
William Hillcourt has 38 books on Goodreads with 973 ratings. William Hillcourt’s most popular book is The Official Boy Scout Handbook.
The mission of the William Hillcourt Museum and Carson Buck Memorial Library is to preserve the history of Boy Scouting in Central New York and to tell the story of Boy Scouting in the USA and the world.
Jan 22, 2018 · When James West, Chief Scout Executive of the BSA, asked William what he could do to help strengthen Scouting in the United States, Hillcourt responded by writing an 18-page memorandum arguing that the BSA needed a greater focus on patrol structure and leadership.
