Draft:H Karl Butler

H Karl Butler
Member of the Boy Scouts of America
Born(1882-07-18)18 July 1882
Akron, Ohio
Died(1926-12-13)13 December 1926
Akron, Ohio
Cause of deathpneumonia related to myocarditis
Resting placeGlendale Cemetery, Akron, Ohio
Educationsome college
Alma materBuchtel College
Known forCamp Manatoc and Camp Butler
H Karl Butler memorial at Camp Manatoc

H Karl Butler or Henry Karl Butler Boy Scouts of America (18 July 1882 – 13 December 1926) was an American businessman and philanthropist. He was the grandson of Edwin Merrill,[1] an Akron clay products industrialist. Butler was born with Pott's disease, which is tuberculosis of the spine. He was disabled, his back was deformed, he walked with a limp, and he suffered constant joint pain.[2]: 21  He was a businessman, political aide, philanthropist, and a benefactor to the Akron Area Council (now Great Trail Council[3] ), Boy Scouts of America.[2]: 34, 41, 121–2  He donated the land on which Akron Area Council built Camp Manatoc, which opened in 1923.[2]: 83 

  1. ^ "Akron Porcelain & Plastics Company". Akron Porcelain & Plastics Co.
  2. ^ a b c Weyrick, David (2001). To These Things You Must Return - A History of the Manatoc Scout Reservation - Part One, Karl Butler and the Original Manatoc, 1882-1926 (Second ed.). Akron, Ohio: Self-published.
  3. ^ "Great Trail Council, BSA". Scouting America, Great Trail Council.