Robert Gates named Boy Scouts ' president-elect , group says . The Kansas native received his bachelor 's degree from the College of William and Mary , where he is chancellor , his master 's degree in history from Indiana University , and his doctorate in Russian and Soviet history from Georgetown University . `` There is no finer program for preparing American boys , '' Gates says . The organization has been around since the early 1900s and now serves more than two million youth in about 100 chapters across the country.
Robert Gates named Boy Scouts ' president-elect , group says . `` There is no finer program for preparing American boys , '' Gates says . The organization has been around since the early 1900s and now serves more than two million youth in about 100 chapters across the country.