Leonard Frank Jarrett (31 March 1921 – 15 December 2017) was a British-Canadian who served as Director of Administration of the World Scout Bureau in London, Ottawa, and Geneva, from 1955–81, and as a consultant for the World Scout Bureau from 1981–86.
[2] Jarrett was the World Organizer of Jamboree on the Air (JOTA) for 30 years, from 1958–88.
At the same conference, he was presented with the Silver World Award[citation needed] by the Boy Scouts of America, for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on an international basis.
Jarrett wrote a history of the Jamboree on the Air, entitled "The JOTA Story, 35 years of Scouting's Worldwide Jamboree-on-the-Air", from its inception in 1958 until 1993.
[5] Jarrett co-authored, along with the founder of JOTA, and the current JOTA World Organizer, a history of the first 50 years of the Jamboree on the Air, entitled "CQ Jamboree, 50 years of Scouting's Jamboree- on-the-Air".