In 1942 he was elected National Chief Scout and President of the National Council until 1949. He resigned for six months to organize the Inter-American Scout Conference in Mexico City. In 1949, the office of President of the Council and Chief Scout were separated.
With the office of President on his shoulders and as International Secretary, he made numerous trips throughout the Americas to promote the creation of the Inter-American Scout Council. He participated in a preparatory meeting in 1945 at the Schiff Scout Reservation in the United States, at the first Scout conference in Bogotá where the Inter-American Scout Council was constituted. He became president of the council in May 1948. He was re-elected at the second conference held in Mexico City.
He was elected a member of the World Scout Committee for a term from 1947 to 1949 at the World Scout ConferenceinSalzburg and from 1951 to 1957.
Dr. László Nagy, 250 Million Scouts, The World Scout Foundation and Dartnell Publishers, 1985, complete list through 1981, from which the French Scoutopedia article is sourced
Scouting Round the World, John S. Wilson, first edition, Blandford Press 1959 p. 132 134 152 218 233 239 240