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...must to all men. Death came last week to Mortimer Leo Schiff, one of the senior partners of Kuhn, Loeb & Co., recently elected president of Boy Scouts of America which he helped found and of which he is the American-famed Silver Buffalo, the British-famed Silver Wolf...
...Schiff lived another day he would have been 54. He was in good health and spirits on the last day of his life. He attended a luncheon given by Percy Hampton Johnston, president of Chemical Bank & Trust Co. in honor of the U. S. Ambassador to Germany. There he chatted with his friend Thomas William Lament of the rival House of Morgan and a collection of bank presidents. Having lunched well, he remarked that it was "a fine day for golf," and went to Piping Rock Club which he helped to found years ago on Long Island's smart...
...Schiff's mother was Theresa Loeb. His father was that great Jacob Henry Schiff who gave to the house of Kuhn, Loeb fame equal to Morgan's. Mortimer was graduated from Amherst in 1896, studied railroads in the U. S., banking in Europe. On the first day of the 20th Century he was made a partner in the firm. Many times a millionaire, he was active in philanthropy, a collector of art treasures. His death left only nine partners in his firm, an unusually small roster. They are: Felix Moritz Warburg, Otto Hermann Kahn, Jerome J. Hanauer, George...
Long vice president of the National Council and International Scout Commissioner, in 1926 Scout Schiff was among the first to receive the Scouts' highest awards, the Silver Buffalo which he wears around his neck when arrayed in khaki Scout tunic and shorts...
...every Scout must be prepared to do, Scout Schiff has served his country, was one of the Committee of Eleven to co-ordinate Army Service Agencies during the War. He worked with the Y. M. C. A. in France. He is an officer in the intelligence division of the Army Reserve Corps...