[1] Love died on July 31, 2010, at his home in Cedar Park, Texas due to lung cancer.
[1] Prior to becoming Chief Scout Executive in 1985, Love served as director of the Northeast Region from 1973 to 1985 and lived in Princeton Junction, New Jersey.
[2] As Chief Scout Executive Love introduced the BSA campaign against the five "unacceptables": hunger, illicit drugs, child abuse, youth unemployment and illiteracy.
His attitude at the time is evidenced by his quote, "A homosexual is not the role model I would want as the leader of my son's troop - and neither is an atheist.
"[4] The organization ultimately abandoned Love's failed policy of discrimination against gay youth and adults after loss of membership and financial support.