Background
Mortimer Leo Schiff was born on June 5, 1877, the only son of the German Jewish American banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (née Loeb).
Mortimer Leo Schiff was born on June 5, 1877, the only son of the German Jewish American banker and philanthropist Jacob Schiff and his wife Therese (née Loeb).
He was also the father of Dorothy, who was the owner and publisher of the New York Post from 1939 to 1976. After a long tenure as vice-president of the Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture beginning in 1910, during which he also appeared on the cover of Time magazine on February 14, 1927, he was elected president of the organization in 1931. However, his untimely death came only one month later on June 4, 1931.
He had also been serving as the Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture"s International Commissioner for several years.
The property for the Mortimer L. Scout Reservation was subsequently purchased by his mother, named in his honor, and donated to the Bachelor of Scientific Agriculture for their national training center. was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, granted by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting.
He was a member of the World Scout Committee of the World Organization of the Scout Movement and the Nassau County (now Theodore Roosevelt) Council Executive Board.