List of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award
This list of recipients of the Silver Buffalo Award includes people who have been awarded the highest commendation of the Boy Scouts of America. Since the Silver Buffalo Award was first awarded in 1926, only 719 have been presented as of 2013.
1926
During the first presentation in 1926, twenty-two awards were presented in a particular order determined by Chief Scout Executive James E. West.
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Robert Baden-Powell |
Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer and founder of the Scout Movement |
[a] |
Unknown Scout |
Unknown member of the British Boy Scout Association who inspired W. D. Boyce to form the BSA |
[a] |
William D. Boyce |
Publisher and entrepreneur, founder of the BSA and the Lone Scouts of America |
[a] |
Colin H. Livingstone |
Financier, first president of the BSA |
[a] |
James J. Storrow |
Investment banker instrumental in forming General Motors, third president of GM and second president of the BSA (posthumous award) |
[a] |
Daniel Carter Beard |
Illustrator, author, social reformer, founding pioneer of the BSA and the first national Scout commissioner |
[a] |
Ernest Thompson Seton |
Noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, founding pioneer of the BSA and first Chief Scout; heavily influenced Baden-Powell in his formation of Scouting |
[a] |
Edgar M. Robinson |
Senior secretary in the YMCA, co-founder of the BSA |
[a] |
Lee F. Hanmer |
Member of the Russell Sage Foundation, secretary of the BSA Committee of Organization |
[a][1] |
George Wood Wingate |
U.S. Army General, lawyer, and 25 year president of the National Rifle Association. |
[a] |
Joseph Lee |
Volunteer social worker, author, and president of the Playground and Recreation Association. Father of the playground idea. |
[a][2][3] |
Howard S. Braucher |
Social worker, chair of the first committee on organization for the BSA, and Secretary of the Playground and Recreation Association. |
[a][2] |
Mortimer L. Schiff |
Banker, philanthropist, vice-president of the BSA, member of the World Scout Committee, recipient of the Bronze Wolf, later president of the BSA |
[a] |
Milton A. McRae |
Publisher, co-founder of the Scripps-McRae League of newspapers, later the third president of the BSA |
[a] |
Frank Presbrey |
Author,editor, and dean of advertising. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of committee on Boys Life. |
[a][2] |
George D. Pratt |
Advocate of forest conservation and wildlife protection. Charter member of BSA executive board, chair of camping committee, and vice-chair of national court of honor. |
[a][2] |
John Sherman Hoyt |
Manufacturer, vice chair of war work council YMCA. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of finance committee. |
[a][2] |
Jeremiah Jenks |
Political economist, educator, and author. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of educational committee. Formulated the Scout oath and law. |
[a][2] |
William D. Murray |
Lawyer, author and member of the YMCA boys' work committee. Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of editorial board. |
[a][2] |
G. Barrett Rich |
Charter member of BSA executive board and chair of the national committee on badges, awards, and Scout requirements. |
[a][2] |
James E. West |
Lawyer, advocate of children's rights, first professional Chief Scout Executive of the BSA |
[a] |
George J. Fisher |
Physician, leader in the fields of youth development and physical fitness with the YMCA, early proponent of volleyball, deputy Chief Scout Executive and national Scout commissioner |
[a] |
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1927
1928
1929
1930
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Herbert Hoover |
Mining engineer, humanitarian administrator, United States Secretary of Commerce, thirty-first President of the United States, honorary president of the BSA |
[b] |
James Earl Russell |
Educator |
[b] |
Franklin D. Roosevelt |
Senator and governor of State of New York, assistant Secretary of the Navy, member of the BSA National Committee, co-founder of Ten Mile River Scout Camp; later thirty-second President of the United States and honorary president of the BSA |
[b][5] |
James Austin Wilder |
Sailor and artist who expanded the Sea Scouting program, first Chief Sea Scout |
[b] |
Charles L. Sommers |
Business executive, chairman of Region 10 of the BSA; the Charles L Sommers Canoe Base was later named in his honor |
[b] |
Charles C. Moore |
Engineer |
[b] |
Lewis Warrington Baldwin |
Railroad president, regional chairman of the BSA |
[b] |
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1931
1932
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Dwight F. Davis |
Tennis player who founded the Davis Cup, served as Secretary of War and as Governor General of the Philippines |
[b] |
William Edwin Hall |
Lawyer, president of the Boys Clubs of America |
[b] |
Alfred W. Dater |
Utilities executive; first chairman of the Sea Scout Committee, namesake of the Alfred W. Dater Council (merged into the Connecticut Yankee Council) |
[b] |
Barron Collier |
Advertising entrepreneur who became the largest landowner and developer in Florida |
[b] |
Frank A. Bean |
Business executive and advocate of Rural Scouting |
[b] |
Hermann W. Merkel |
Landscape architect, forester at the Bronx Zoo, chief forester of the Bronx River Parkway |
[b] |
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1933
1934
1935
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Booth Tarkington |
Pulitzer Prize–winning novelist and dramatist |
[b] |
Amos Alonzo Stagg |
Collegiate football coach, later inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame as both a player and a coach |
[b] |
Daniel A. Tobin |
Banker and co-founder of the Columbian Squires |
[b] |
Fielding H. Yost |
Lawyer, author, and businessman and renowned football coach, Scout commissioner |
[b] |
Calvin Derrick |
Penologist and founder of Institutional Scouting |
[b][7] |
R. Tait McKenzie |
Sculptor, Scouter, scholar-athlete, surgeon, soldier, and physical educator, created the sculpture known as the "Ideal Scout" |
[b] |
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1936
1938
1940
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Edward Roberts Moore |
Roman Catholic priest, professor, social worker and author; national director of the Catholic Committee on Scouting |
[c] |
George Washington Truett |
Minister and international youth leader |
[c] |
Eugene D. Nims |
President of Southwestern Bell, director of the First National Bank of St. Louis, member of the Executive Board of the BSA, later president of the St. Louis Council |
[c] |
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1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Francis W. Hatch |
Publicist, chairman of the BSA Boys' Life Committee |
[c] |
Amory Houghton |
United States Ambassador to France, manufacturer and vice president of the BSA,; later president of the BSA |
[c] |
Paul W. Litchfeld |
American industrialist,president and chairman of the board Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company, developed first Air Scout squadron |
[c] |
Earl C. Sams |
President of J. C. Penney, chairman of the BSA Business Division Committee; later founded the Gladys Porter Zoo |
[c] |
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1946
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
John M. Bierer |
Business executive, chairman of the BSA National Cubbing Committee |
[c] |
William Joseph Campbell |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, promoter of Scouting for Catholic boys |
[c] |
Walt Disney |
Film producer, director, screenwriter, voice actor, animator, entrepreneur, and philanthropist |
[c] |
Dwight D. Eisenhower |
General of the Army and Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces in Europe during World War II; later President of the United States and honorary president of the BSA |
[c] |
Raymond F. Low |
Business executive, Sea Scouting commodore of Region Eight |
[c] |
Wheeler McMillen |
Journalist; Editor; Advocate for Rural Scouting |
[c] |
Chester W. Nimitz |
Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation, Commander in Chief of Pacific Forces for the United States and Allied forces during World War II, Chief of Naval Operations |
[c] |
Vilhjalmur Stefansson |
Canadian Arctic explorer, ethnologist and author |
[c] |
Frank L. Weil |
Lawyer, cofounder of the USO, founder and chairman of the National Jewish Committee on Scouting, president of the National Jewish Welfare Board |
[c] |
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1947
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Bernard Baruch |
Financier, statesman, and presidential adviser |
[c] |
Manuel Camus |
Lawyer, senator in the Philippine Senate, Jurist, president of the Y.M.C.A. of the Philippine Islands, chairman in the Philippine Red Cross, Scout commissioner in the BSA Philippine Council, president of the Boy Scouts of the Philippines |
[c] |
Cleveland E. Dodge |
President of the Near East Foundation, chairman of the board of trustees of Teachers College of Columbia University, chairman of the International Board of the YMCA |
[c] |
Perrin C. Galpin |
educator and child-health advocate, Secretary of the American Relief Administration and of the Commission for Relief in Belgium relief missions after World War I, director of the Commission for Polish Relief during World War II |
[c] |
William H. Pouch |
Industrialist and civic leader |
[c] |
Paul Allman Siple |
Antarctic explorer and geographer, author, Eagle Scout |
[c][10] |
Francis Spellman |
Archbishop of New York |
[c] |
R. Douglas Stuart |
Manufacturer; later United States Ambassador to Canada |
[c] |
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1948
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Irving Berlin |
Composer and lyricist, composer of God Bless America |
[c] |
Belmore Browne |
Artist, writer, explorer, hunter, and mountain climber |
[c][11] |
Cherry Logan Emerson |
Chemical and materials engineer and educator |
[c] |
Reuhen Brooks Hale |
Merchant and civic leader |
[c] |
Robert F. Payne |
Educator and author |
[c] |
Thomas Corbett, 2nd Baron Rowallan |
Chief Scout of the British Commonwealth and Empire |
[c] |
Wade Warren Thayer |
Attorney and author, Scout commissioner in Hawaii |
[c] |
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1949
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
David W. Armstrong |
Executive Director, Boys Clubs of America |
[c] |
Sheldon Clark |
Business Executive; National Sea Scout Commodore |
[c] |
Richard J. Cushing |
Archbishop of Boston; Lecturer; Author; Civic Leader; Head of All Youth Work of Catholic Church in USA |
[c] |
W. V. M. Fawcett |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[c] |
Charles R. Hook |
Industrialist; Advocate of Junior Achievement; Scouter |
[c] |
Luther A. Weigle |
Educator; Dean; Bible Scholar; Pioneer Scouter |
[c] |
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1950
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Harry Messiter Addinsell |
Financier; Churchman; Treasurer, Boy Scouts of America |
[d] |
Kenneth K. Bechtel |
Business Executive; Vice-President, Boy Scouts of America |
[d] |
Charles Kettering |
Engineer; Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Innovator |
[d] |
Irving Langmuir |
Nobel Prize Scientist; Pioneer Scouter |
[d] |
Byrnes MacDonald |
Business Executive; Worker for Underprivileged Youth |
[d] |
Owen Josephus Roberts |
Jurist; Public Servant; Longtime Scouter |
[d] |
Arthur A. Schuck |
Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America |
[d] |
Lowell Thomas |
Explorer; Author; News Commentator; Scouter |
[d] |
Harry S. Truman |
Thirty-third President, United States of America |
[d] |
Milburn Lincoln Wilson |
National Director, 4-H Clubs; Scouter |
[d] |
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1951
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Ralph Bunche |
Educator; Nobel Peace Prize Winner; Scouter |
[d] |
James Lippitt Clark |
Explorer; Author; Sculptor; Conservationist; Scouter |
[d] |
Edgar Guest |
Writer; Poet; Boys' Club Official; Friend to Youth |
[d] |
Raymond W. Miller |
Publicist; Scouter; Advocate of Rural Scouting |
[d] |
D. C. Spry |
Chief Executive Commissioner, Canadian General Council of the Boy Scouts Association |
[d] |
James H. Douglas, Jr. |
Attorney; Public Servant; Longtime Scouter |
[d] |
Henry Smith Richardson |
Manufacturing Chemist; Longtime Scouter |
[d] |
Jack P. Whitaker |
Manufacturer; Scouter; President, American Humanics Foundation |
[d] |
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1952
1953
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Alton Fletcher Baker |
Journalist; Publisher; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Henry B. Grandin |
Business Executive; Scouter; Host to Third National Jamboree |
[d] |
Ross L. Leffler |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[d] |
Charles Francis McCahill |
Newspaper Executive; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
David O. McKay |
President, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints |
[d] |
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1954
1955
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Charles Dana Bennett |
Author; Rural Consultant; Publicist; Scouter |
[d] |
Rex Ivan Brown |
Utility Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[d] |
William Durant Campbell |
Naturalist; World Traveler; Eagle Scout; Scouter |
[d] |
Francis John Chesterman |
Utilities Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Leonard Kimball Firestone |
Industrialist; Churchman; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Charles William Froessel |
Jurist; Churchman; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Robert Tyre Jones, Jr. |
Attorney; Business Executive; Sportsman; Champion Athlete |
[d] |
Lewis Edward Phillips |
Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
Frank Chambless Rand, Jr. |
Business Executive; Publisher; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Thomas J. Watson, Jr. |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
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1956
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Ivan Allen, Jr. |
Executive; Banker; Engineer; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Gerald F. Beal |
Banker; Financier; Cultural and Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Daniel W. Bell |
Banker; Public Servant; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Hugh Moss Comer |
Textile Manufacturer; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
Walter F. Dillingham |
Executive; Builder; Philanthropist; Statesman; Scouter |
[d] |
Whitney Haskins Eastman |
Business Executive; Engineer; Scientist; Scouter |
[d] |
William Harrison Fetridge |
Editor; Publisher; Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
William Jansen |
Educator; Author; Churchman; Administrator; Scouter |
[d] |
Guy Lee Noble |
National 4-H Club Executive; Humanitarian |
[d] |
Harry Lloyd Schaeffer |
Railroad Executive; Scouter |
[d] |
Henry F. Schricker |
Statesman; Banker; Editor; Pioneer Scouter |
[d] |
Harold Stassen |
Educator; Humanitarian; Statesman; Author; Scouter |
[d] |
Edwin Joel Thomas |
Industrialist; Civic Leader; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[d] |
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1957
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Harold Roe Bartle |
Attorney; Civic Leader; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[d] |
Brooks Hays |
Congressman; Lawyer; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[d] |
Walter David Heller |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
Henry Cabot Lodge |
Journalist; National and International Statesman |
[d] |
Abram L. Sachar |
Educator; Author; Historian; University President |
[d] |
Herman Lee Turner |
Clergyman; Humanitarian; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Kenneth Dale Wells |
Economist; Educator; President, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge |
[d] |
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1958
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Robert Bernard Anderson |
Secretary of the Treasury; Lawyer; Educator; Scouter |
[d] |
John Hopkinson Baker |
Conservation Executive; Governmental Adviser |
[d] |
Hubert Hardison Coffield |
Industrialist; Rancher; Churchman; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[d] |
Nathan Dauby |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
Jackson Dodds |
Banker; Scouter; Recipient of Silver Wolf and Bronze Wolf |
[d] |
John Randolph Donnell |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Robert Newcomb Gibson |
Business Executive; Lumberman; Scouter |
[d] |
Frank Brittain Kennedy |
Investment Dealer; Churchman; Executive; Scouter |
[d] |
Edward Leroy Kohnle |
Business Executive; Churchman; Cultural Leader Scouter |
[d] |
Sol George Levy |
Import-Export Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
John Norton Lord |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
James Stewart |
Actor; Combat Aviator; Scouter |
[d] |
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1959
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Milo William Bekins |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
George Michael Dowd |
Clergyman; Domestic Prelate; Youth Leader; Scout Chaplain |
[d] |
Irving J. Feist |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Roger Stanley Firestone |
Manufacturing Executive; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[d] |
Bob Hope |
Cinema, Radio, and Television Comedian; Humanitarian |
[d] |
Jeffrey Louis Lazarus |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
Walter Lee Lingle, Jr. |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[d] |
George Magar Mardikian |
Restaurateur; Author; Philanthropist; Scouter |
[d] |
Pliny Hunnicut Powers |
Educator; Deputy Chief Scout Executive, Boy Scouts of America |
[d] |
Charles Dudley Pratt |
Attorney; Civic Leader; Pioneer Scouter |
[d] |
Joseph Frederic Wiese |
Industrial Executive; Community Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[d] |
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1960
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Joe C. Carrington |
Insurance Executive; Rancher; Churchman; Youth Worker; Scouter |
[e] |
Thomas C. Clark |
Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
James Thomas Griffin |
Business Executive; Humanitarian; Churchman; Scouter |
[e] |
Alfred Gruenther |
President, American National Red Cross; Supreme Allied Commander in Europe 195356; Scouter |
[e] |
Roy Edward Larson |
Publishing Executive; Civic Leader; Humanitarian |
[e] |
Robert John Lloyd |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Alexander White Moffat |
Business Executive; Yachtsman; Author; Scouter |
[e] |
Clifford A. Randall |
Lawyer Executive; Humanitarian; Past President, Rotary International |
[e] |
Norman Salit |
Rabbi; Attorney; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
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1961
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Wyeth Allen |
Educator; Community Leader; Longtime Scouter |
[e] |
Carl Otto Janus |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Richard E. McArdle |
Educator; Public Servant; Conservationist; Scouter |
[e] |
Charles B. McCabe, Jr. |
Publisher; Broadcasting Executive; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Lauris Norstad |
Supreme Allied Commander, Europe (SHAPE); Promulgator of Scouting |
[e] |
William T. Spanton |
Cofounder, Future Farmers of America; Scouter |
[e] |
Delbert L. Stapley |
Business Executive; Church Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Charles M. White |
Industrialist; Civic Leader; Youth Worker; Scouter |
[e] |
Robert E. Wood |
Retired Army General; Business Executive; Philanthropist; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
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1962
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Bruce C. Clarke |
Commander-in-Chief, United States Army, Europe; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Zenon Clayton Raymond Hansen |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Eagle Scout; Scouter |
[e] |
Carl Hayden |
Member, United States Senate; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Wayne Andrew Johnston |
Railroad Executive; Humanitarian; Longtime Scouter |
[e] |
Thomas J. Keane |
Naval Officer in Two World Wars; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
John Cook Parish |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
John Thurman |
Camp Chief of Gilwell Park; Recipient of Silver Wolf and Bronze Wolf |
[e] |
Carl Vinson |
Member, United States House of Representatives; Friend of Scouting |
[e] |
Clarence E. Williams |
Physician; Surgeon; Jamboree Medical Officer; Scouter |
[e] |
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1963
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Erwin Dain Canham |
Editor; Author; Broadcasting Commentator; Humanitarian |
[e] |
L. Osmond Crosby |
Industrialist; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Herold C. Hunt |
Educator; Author; Consultant; Scouter |
[e] |
Walter H. Judd (missionary) |
Statesman; Missionary; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
John T. Kimball |
Utilities Executive; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Harold B. Lee |
Business Executive; Educator; Church Official; Scouter |
[e] |
Douglas MacArthur |
Corporation Chairman; General of the Army; Recipient of Medal of Honor |
[e] |
Jack C. Vowell |
Business Executive; Engineer; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Frederick M. Warburg |
Banker; Philanthropist; Worker for Youth; Scouter |
[e] |
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1964
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
A. Frank Bray |
Jurist; Civic Leader; Friend to Youth; Scouter |
[e] |
Albert L. Cole |
Publisher; President, Boys' Clubs of America; Philanthropist |
[e] |
Lyndon B. Johnson |
Thirty-sixth President, United States of America |
[e] |
Ralph W. McCreary |
Industrialist; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Robert Moses |
Public Servant; Builder; Friend to Youth; Scouter |
[e] |
Ephraim Laurence Palmer |
Educator; Author; Conservationist; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Thomas F. Patton |
International Industrialist; Civic Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Gilbert R. Pirrung |
Agriculturist; Churchman; World Scouter |
[e] |
Howard Tellepsen |
Business Leader; Churchman; Scouter |
[e] |
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1965
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Irving Ben Cooper |
Jurist; Humanitarian; Friend to Youth |
[e] |
Austin T. Cushman |
Merchandising Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Harry J. Delaney |
Business Leader; Churchman; Scouter |
[e] |
Royal Firman, Jr. |
Business, Cultural, Community, and Church Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
John Glenn |
Colonel, United States Marine Corps (Ret.); Astronaut; Scouter |
[e] |
Harry J. Johnson |
Physician; Educator; Administrator; Scouter |
[e] |
Harry G. McGavran |
Surgeon; Community Leader; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[e] |
David Sarnoff |
Industrialist; Communications Expert; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
Jo. S. Stong |
Community Leader; Scouting Enthusiast |
[e] |
Gustavo J. Vollmer |
Engineer; Venezuelan and World Scouter |
[e] |
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1966
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Richard W. Darrow |
Publicist; Civic Leader; Eagle Scout; Scouter |
[e] |
John Henry Fischer |
Educator; Civic Leader; Eagle Scout; Scouter |
[e] |
Charles Zachary Hardwick |
Business Executive; Humanitarian; Scouter |
[e] |
Lewis Blaine Hershey |
Lieutenant General, United States Army; Director, Selective Service; Scouter |
[e] |
Basil O'Connor |
Lawyer; Public Servant; Humanitarian; Friend to Youth |
[e] |
Philip Henry Powers |
Engineer; Educator; Pioneer Scouter |
[e] |
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1967
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Paul G. Benedum |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Sterling B. Doughty |
Financial and Management Consultant; World Scouter |
[e] |
Harold Keith Johnson |
Chief of Staff, United States Army; Educator; Scouter |
[e] |
Otto Kerner, Jr. |
Governor of the State of Illinois; Scouter |
[e] |
Biggie Munn |
Athletic Director; Coach; Friend of Youth; Scouter |
[e] |
Crawford Rainwater |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Vittz-James Ramsdell |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Scouter |
[e] |
Howard A. Rusk |
Physician; Educator; Innovator; Humanitarian |
[e] |
Dwight J. Thomson |
Business Leader; Veteran Scouter; World Scouter |
[e] |
William Westmoreland |
Commander, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam; CG, U.S. Army, Vietnam; Eagle Scout; Scouter |
[e] |
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1968
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
John Cody |
Archbishop of Chicago; Recipient of the Silver Beaver; Energetic Scouter |
[e] |
John G. Detwiler |
Industrialist; Churchman; Recipient of the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope; National Executive Board Member |
[e] |
Robert T. Gray |
Physician; Eagle Scout; Medical Officer at Many National and World Jamborees |
[e] |
Arthur Z. Hirsch |
Veteran Scouter; Recipient of the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope |
[e] |
John F. Lott |
Rancher; World Scouter; Recipient of the Silver Beaver and Silver Antelope |
[e] |
William L. Schloss |
Banker; Community Leader; Recipient of the Silver Beaver |
[e] |
James E. Webb |
Lawyer; Businessman; Diplomat; Educator; Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
[e] |
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1969
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
John M. Budd |
Executive; Champion of Youth; Dedicated Scouter |
[e] |
Arleigh Burke |
Military Leader; Patriot; Distinguished Scouter |
[e] |
James F. Burshears |
Imaginative Scouter |
[e] |
Scott Carpenter |
Aquanaut; Astronaut; Friend of Scouting |
[e] |
Vince Lombardi |
Professional Football Coach; Friend of Youth |
[e] |
John W. H. Miner |
Manufacturer; Community Leader; World Scouter |
[e] |
James E. Patrick |
Banker; Community Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[e] |
Robert W. Reneker |
Executive; Humanitarian; Devoted Scouter |
[e] |
John W. Starr |
Executive; Faithful Scouter |
[e] |
Nathan Eldon Tanner |
Churchman; Executive; Veteran Scouter |
[e] |
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1970
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Neil Armstrong |
Astronaut; First Man to Walk on the Moon |
[f] |
Francisco Bueso |
Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce Director; Champion of Scouting |
[f] |
Antonio C. Delgado |
Philippines Business Executive; World Scouter |
[f] |
Laurence C. Jones |
Educator; Author; Servant of Youth |
[f] |
Aryeh Lev |
Rabbi; Chaplain; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
Leo Perlis |
Organized Labor Official; Humanitarian; Friend of Scouting |
[f] |
Bryan S. Reid, Jr. |
Investment Banker; Community Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
William H. Spurgeon III |
Children's Hospital Executive; Father of Special-Interest Exploring |
[f] |
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1971
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
William G. Connare |
Bishop; Scouter; and Champion of Scouting |
[f] |
Elbert R. Curtis |
Executive; Community and Church Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[f] |
Thomas Stephens Haggai |
Gifted Public Speaker; Ordained Minister; Patriot; Scouter |
[f] |
August F. Hook |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
William R. Jackson |
Executive; Devoted Scouter; Friend of Youth |
[f] |
Fred C. Mills |
Outstanding Scouter; Retired Director, Health and Safety Service, Boy Scouts of America |
[f] |
Arch Monson, Jr. |
Patron of the Arts; Humanitarian; Executive |
[f] |
Richard Nixon |
Thirty-seventh President, United States of America |
[f] |
Leon Sullivan |
Humanitarian; Peoples' Champion |
[f] |
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1972
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Louis R. Bruce, Jr. |
U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Champion of Scouting |
[f] |
Harvey C. Christe |
Aircraft Company Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
Louis G. Feil |
Consulting Engineer; Promoter of Camping and Order of the Arrow |
[f] |
Edwin H. Got |
Corporate Executive; Community Leader; Vigorous Promoter of Exploring |
[f] |
Donald P. Hammond |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Scouting Enthusiast |
[f] |
Albert M. Jongeneel |
Retired Rancher; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
Arthur L. Jung, Jr. |
Business Executive; Servant of Youth; International Scouter |
[f] |
Prime F. Osborn III |
Company President; Friend of Youth; Advocate of Scouting |
[f] |
George W. Pirtle |
Consulting Geologist and Independent Oil Producer; Philanthropist; Benefactor of Scouting |
[f] |
Penn W. Zeigler |
Business Executive; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter |
[f] |
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1973
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Ernie Banks |
Baseball Great; Inspiration for Boys; Faithful Scouter |
[f] |
Joseph A. Brunton, Jr. |
Servant of Youth; Former Chief Scout Executive |
[f] |
Victor T. Ehre |
Company President; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
Donald H. Flanders |
Company Founder and President; Distinguished Scouter |
[f] |
E. K. Jamison |
Company President; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
Max I. Silber |
Company President; Loyal Scouter; Benefactor of Students |
[f] |
Osborne K. Taylor |
Retired Corporate Executive; Veteran Scoutmaster; Champion of Scouting |
[f] |
J. Kimball Whitney |
Company President; Friend of Youth; Veteran Scouter |
[f] |
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|
1974
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Stephen A. Derby |
Retired Banker; Civic Leader; Faithful Scouter |
[f] |
James E. Johnson (U.S. Navy) |
Corporate Board Chairman; Former Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Distinguished Scouter |
[f] |
Allen W. Mathis, Jr. |
Company Board Chairman; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
James R. Neidhoefer |
Company President; Distinguished Scouter; Veteran Scoutmaster |
[f] |
Melvin B. Neisner |
Company President; Community Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
William H. Quasha |
Attorney; International Scouter; Scoutmaster |
[f] |
John K. Sloan |
Attorney; Advocate of Youth; Loyal Scouter |
[f] |
Herman Stern |
Merchant; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter |
[f] |
Leif J. Sverdrup |
Industrialist; Engineer; Zealous Scouter |
[f] |
Wallace E. Wilson |
Corporate Vice-President; Friend of Youth; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
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1975
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Gerald Ford |
Thirty-eighth President, United States of America; Symbol of Integrity; Example for Youth; Eagle Scout |
[f] |
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1976
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
John T. Acree, Jr. |
Company Board Chairman; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[f] |
Perry R. Bass |
Corporate Chairman and President; Community Benefactor; Distinguished Scouter |
[f] |
Milton Caniff |
Cartoonist; Humanitarian; Friend of Scouting |
[f] |
Arthur H. Cromb |
Company President; Inspirational Scouter; University Alumni Leader |
[f] |
Thomas F. Hawkins |
University Vice-President; Scouter Extraordinaire |
[f] |
Elizabeth G. Knight |
Philanthropist; Benefactor of Scouting |
[f] |
Joseph W. Marshall |
Retired Physician and Surgeon; Churchman; Faithful Scouter |
[f] |
Louis W. Menk |
Company Board Chairman; Transportation Industry Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[f] |
Max S. Norris |
Physician; Businessman; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
LaVern Watts Parmley |
5th general president of the Primary of the LDS Church; Benefactor of Children; Cub Scouting Advocate; first female recipient |
[f] |
Simon Rositzky |
Company President; Conservationist; American Humanics Chairman |
[f] |
Lester R. Steig |
Educator; Author; Proponent of Scouting |
[f] |
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|
1978
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
L. Jadwin Asfeld |
Company President; Red Cross Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[f] |
Jimmy Carter |
Thirty-ninth President, United States of America; Defender of Human Rights; Friend of Youth |
[f] |
Alec Chesser |
Corporate Leader; Man of Stature; Devoted Scouter |
[f] |
Dorothy Feist |
Humanitarian; Philanthropist; Scouting 'First Lady' |
[f] |
Roy W. Jordan |
Civil Leader; Good Citizen; Scouting Stalwart |
[f] |
Richard W. Kiefer |
Attorney; Versatile Scouter; Churchman |
[f] |
Katsumi Kometani |
Dentist; Dedicated Scouter; Advocate of Youth |
[f] |
Thomas S. Monson |
Church Leader; Noted Speaker; Scouter |
[f] |
John D. Murchison |
Partner, Murchison Brothers; Civic Leader; Scouting Proponent |
[f] |
John D. Schapiro |
International Sportsman; Businessman; Faithful Scouter |
[f] |
Forrest N. Shumway |
Corporate Executive; Friend of Youth; Veteran Scouter |
[f] |
Bland W. Worley |
Corporate Executive; Civic Servant; Great Scouter |
[f] |
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1980
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Charles T. Clayton |
Executive; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
William P. Clements, Jr. |
Governor of Texas; Executive; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Frank William Gay |
Business Executive; Churchman; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Thomas F. Gilbane |
Builder; Business Leader; Decicated Scouter |
[g] |
Milton H. Gray |
Lawyer; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[g] |
William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt |
Green Bar Bill, the Voice of Scouting |
[g] |
Downing B. Jenks |
Corporate Executive; Railroader; BSA President |
[g] |
Reuben R. Jensen |
Corporate Executive; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Sonia S. Maguire |
Humanitarian; Benefactor of Scouting |
[g] |
J. Willard Marriott |
Corporation Founder; Churchman; Benefactor of Scouting |
[g] |
Archibald McClure |
Executive; Community Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Henry J. Nave |
Corporate Executive; Sportsman; Faithful Scouter |
[g] |
Gene H. Sternberg Sr. |
Executive; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Harry D. Thorsen, Jr. |
Scouts on Stamps Society International; Executive |
[g] |
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1981
1982
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Rodney H. Brady |
Educator; Business Executive; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Robert W. Briggs |
Physician; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
Hugh C. Clayton |
Architect; Engineer; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[g] |
Francis A. Coy |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Robert H. Gaynor |
Businessman; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Albert V. Hartl |
Business Executive; Distinguished and Veteran Scouter |
[g] |
Peter W. Hummel |
Geologist; Supporter of Higher Education; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Robert J. LaFortune |
Independent Oil Operator; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
Thomas C. MacAvoy |
Business Executive; Community Servant; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Ann W. Nally |
Community Servant; Parent; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
George M. Pardee, Jr. |
Builder; Humanitarian; Veteran Scouter |
[g] |
Ronald Reagan |
Fortieth President, United States of America; Former Governor; Friend to Youth |
[g] |
V. J. Skutt |
Corporate Executive; Lawyer; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
John B. Young |
Bank General Manager; Civic Leader; International Scouter |
[g] |
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|
1984
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Hank Aaron |
Baseball Star; Humanitarian; Friend of Scouting |
[g] |
Monsignor Louis P. Barcelo |
Clergyman; Educator; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
John M. Belk |
Businessman; Civic Leader; Veteran Scouter |
[g] |
Robert W. Dievendorf |
Friend of Youth With Special Needs; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
(Kelly) Kerry Mike Holt Sr |
Friend to Special Olympics Youths; Conservationist, Dedicated Scoutmaster |
[g] |
Edward C. Joullian III |
Engineer; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Spencer W. Kimball |
Church Leader; Teacher; Lifelong Friend of Scouting |
[g] |
D. Loring Marlett |
Public Servant; Mining, Real Estate, and Oil Executive; Humanitarian |
[g] |
Sanford N. McDonnell |
Aerospace Leader; Community Servant; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Charles A. Rahmberg |
Insurance Executive; Dedicated and Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Ben Reifel |
American Indian Leader; Public Servant; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Thomas L. Tatham |
Attorney; Civic Leader; Outstanding Scouter |
[g] |
Rolland M. Wilkening |
Engineer; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
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|
1986
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Robert L. Backman |
Church Leader; Attorney; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Harry E. Bovay, Jr. |
Retired Chief Executive Officer; Professional Engineer; Faithful Scouter |
[g] |
J. R. Davidsmeyer |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Dynamic Advocate of Exploring |
[g] |
Burl Ives |
Ballad Singer and Collector of Songs; Actor; Friend of Scouting |
[g] |
Ted L. Johnson |
Company President; Community Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
William P. McCahill |
Retired Marine Officer and Historian; Advocate for People With Special Needs |
[g] |
Charles J. Merlin |
Founder of the Elbeetian Legion of Lone Scout Alumni; Editor and Publisher of Elbeetee |
[g] |
Thomas L. Parker |
Retired Business Executive; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
Roger Tory Peterson |
Ornithologist; Artist; Naturalist |
[g] |
Charles M. Pigott |
Company President; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Betty F. Pilsbury |
National Girl Scout President; Civic Leader; Advocate for Youth |
[g] |
Eddie G. Robinson |
Football Coach; Educator; Inspiration for Youth |
[g] |
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1988
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
William Aramony |
President of United Way of America; Humanitarian; Human-Service Leader |
[g] |
Warren E. Burger |
15th Chief Justice of the United States; Teacher; Distinguished Jurist |
[g] |
Daniel W. Derbes |
Corporate Executive; Distinguished Eagle Scout; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Vaughn J. Featherstone |
Church Leader; Advocate for Youth; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
James F. Gary |
International Energy Adviser; Community Leader; Faithful Scouter |
[g] |
John McCullough Gibson |
Civic Leader; Farmer; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
Earl G. Graves |
Corporate Head; Business Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Marion D. Hanks |
Church Leader; Advocate for Youth; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Robert F. Harbrant |
Labor Leader; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Ben M. Hauserman |
Retired Business Executive; Community Leader; Faithful Scouter |
[g] |
Roy W. Hawkinson |
Company President; Outdoorsman; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
Reuben Hitchcock |
Retired Business Executive; Horseman; Devoted Scouter |
[g] |
Andrew Gerow Hodges |
Retired Insurance Executive; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
William Charles McCord |
Corporate Executive; Community Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Henry B. Murphy |
Company President; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[g] |
Norman Vincent Peale |
Distinguished Author; Popular Speaker; Inspiration for Youth |
[g] |
Nancy Reagan |
First Lady; Civic Leader; Crusader for Youth and Against Drugs |
[g] |
Eugene F. "Bud" Reid |
Company President; Petroleum Geologist; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Jack B. Riffle |
Insurance Executive; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[g] |
Charles M. Schulz |
Cartoonist; Creative Artist; Friend of Youth |
[g] |
Marshall M. Sloane |
Bank President; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[g] |
John W. Thomas, Jr. |
Company President; Civic Leader; Faithful Scouter |
[g] |
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|
1990
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Marian Anderson |
Contralto; Concert Artist; Friend of Youth |
[h] |
Margot Bogert |
College Administrator; Community Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Houston A. Brice, Jr. |
Builder; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
George H. W. Bush |
Forty-first President of the United States; Businessman; Senior Public Official |
[h] |
Albert E. Cahill |
Aquatics Safety Instructor; Writer; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Murray L. Cole |
Attorney; Community Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Lester E. Coleman |
Corporate Executive; Chemist; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
John R. Donnell, Jr. |
Independent Investor; Arts Supporter; Faithful Scouter |
[h] |
William B. Elliott |
Human Resources Director; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Hugh Lawson Hembree III |
Executive; Community Servant; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Harold S. Hook |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Glendon E. Johnson |
Corporate Executive; Church Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Isidore J. Lamothe, Jr. |
Physician and Surgeon; Community Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Richard H. Leet |
Oil Company Executive; Community Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Carl M. Marchetti |
Obstetrician/Gynecologist; Community Servant; Faithful Scouter |
[h] |
William E. Slesnick |
Mathematician; Educator; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
C. Travis Traylor, Jr. |
Private Investor; Civic Leader; Committed Scouter |
[h] |
William H. Webster |
CIA Director; Lawyer; Distinguished Public Servant |
[h] |
Alfred H. Wehr |
Consultant; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
John Wooden |
Former Head Basketball Coach, UCLA; Teacher; Friend of Youth |
[h] |
Dwan Jacobsen Young |
6th general president of the Primary of the LDS Church; Benefactor of Children; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
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1992
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
William L. Adams |
Geologist; Oil Company Executive; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
John L. Clendenin |
Telecommunications Executive; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Glenn A. Cox |
Retired Executive; Education Regent; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Kenneth P. Davis |
Logistician; Army Reservist; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Jacques E. Dubois |
Businessman; Civic Leader; Outstanding Scouter |
[h] |
Marian Wright Edelman |
Children's Advocate; Civil Rights Leader; Friend of Youth |
[h] |
James A. Hackney III |
Professional Engineer; Executive; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Paul R. Hafer |
Automotive Engineer; Inventor; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Richard C. Halpern |
Construction Executive; Civil Engineer; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Vivian Harris (civic) |
Advocate for People With Special Needs; Civic Leader; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
William A. Hiller |
Farm Cooperative Executive; Community Servant; Able Scouter |
[h] |
Jim Lovell |
Astronaut; Communications Executive; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[h] |
William H. Niemannv |
Horticulturist; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Colin Powell |
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Army Officer; Role Model for Youth |
[h] |
Richard N. Ross |
Producer; Showman; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Gerald J. Voros |
Communicator; Civic Worker; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
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|
1993
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
William H. Gray |
Minister; Legislator; Supporter of Education |
[h] |
George R. Hill III |
Educator; Researcher; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Lester G. Jones |
Human Resources Consultant; Executive; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
R. Dan Matkin |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
R. Richard Rubottom |
International Consultant; Diplomat; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
G. William Swisher, Jr. |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
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1994
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Thomas T. Anderson, D.C. |
Doctor of Chiropractic; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Norman Ralph Augustine |
Aeronautical Engineer; Author; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Richard L. Burdick |
Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Clarence E. Gaines Sr. |
Educator; Coach; Community Leader |
[h] |
Gordon B. Hinckley |
LDS Church President; Community Servant; Distinguished Citizen |
[h] |
Richard P. LaRocque |
Clergyman; Community Volunteer; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
J.W. Marriott, Jr. |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
J. Patrick Ross |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
Herbert J. Rowe |
Association Executive; Community Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
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1995
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Ronald E. Burton |
Star Athlete; Popular Speaker; Dedicated Scouter; Civic Leader |
[h] |
August Busch III |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Anderson W. Chandler |
Banker; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Robert A. Cunningham |
Business Executive; Devoted Scouter; Community Leader |
[h] |
Jack H. Goaslind |
Church Leader; Youth Adviser; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Andrew L. Lewis, Jr. |
Former United States Secretary of Transportation; Railroad Industry Executive; Public Servant |
[h] |
John S. "Jack" Zink |
Mechanical Engineer; Inventor; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
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1996
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Ted Carlsen |
Company Founder; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
John W. Creighton, Jr. |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Michael D. Harris |
Attorney; Church Supporter; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Frank H. Heckrodt |
Retired Executive; Community Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Gerard O. Rocque |
Church Leader; Community Volunteer; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
Henry A. Rosenberg, Jr. |
Petroleum Industry Executive; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
E. W. "Bud" Wendell |
Music Industry Executive; Community Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
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1997
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Thomas D. Allen |
Attorney; Jamboree Leader; International Scouter |
[h] |
Bill Clinton |
Forty-second President of the United States of America; Governor of Arkansas; Attorney; Senior Public Official |
[h] |
John M. Coughlin |
Insurance Executive; Church Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Siegfred S. Kagawa |
Business Executive; Civic Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Francis H. Olmstead, Jr. |
Engineer; Community Leader; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Robert H. Reynolds |
Attorney; Community Volunteer; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
Samuel K. Skinner |
Former United States Secretary of Transportation; Utilities Executive; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Evelyn T. Smith |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Marvin L. Smith |
Petroleum Geologist; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
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1998
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
John C. Cushman III |
Real Estate Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Allan D. Fisher |
Health Care Executive; Community Leader; Dynamic Scouter |
[h] |
Vertella S. Gadsden |
Synagogue Leader; Public Speaker; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Herbert T. Olson, Jr. |
Retired Association Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Edward Allan Pease |
U.S. Representative; Youth Advocate; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Elliott Waite Phillips |
Rancher; Philanthropist; Scouting Benefactor |
[h] |
Ronald J. Temple |
Educator; Administrator; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
K. Gregory Tucker |
Retired Attorney; Water Safety Advocate; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Donald R. Watkins |
Business Executive; Community Volunteer; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
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1999
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
A. Dano Davis |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[h] |
Steve Fossett |
Adventurer; Corporate Executive; Dynamic Scouter; Philmont Ranger |
[h] |
Edward L. Gaylord |
Corporate Executive; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Carlos R. Hamilton, Jr. |
Physician; Community Servant; Distinguished Scouter |
[h] |
Loren S. Riggins, Jr. |
Business Executive; Community Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
Roy S. Roberts |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[h] |
Janet E. Sharp |
Retired Educator; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[h] |
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2000
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Charles L. Bowerman |
Retired Corporate Executive; Former Athlete; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
M. Anthony Burns |
Humanitarian; Corporate Executive; Dynamic Scouter |
[i] |
Robert Gates |
National Servant (later Secretary of Defense); Author; Distinguished Scouter |
[i] |
Roger R. Hemminghaus |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Loyal Scouter |
[i] |
Louise Mandrell |
Entertainer; Author; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
C. Dudley Pratt, Jr. |
Business Executive; Community Servant; Dynamic Scouter |
[i] |
Thomas E. Reddin |
Government Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
Frank G. Rubino |
Physician; Community Volunteer; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Alfred S. Warren |
Retired Corporate Executive; Community Leader; Enthusiastic Scouter |
[i] |
Togo D. West, Jr. |
Government Executive; Public Servant; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i] |
Edward E. Whitacre, Jr. |
Corporate Executive; Civic Leader; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
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2001
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
William F. "Rick" Cronk |
Corporate Executive; Church Leader; Energetic Scouter |
[i] |
George F. Francis III |
Community Servant; Corporate Executive; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Robert T. Herres |
National Servant; Retired Executive; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i] |
W. Walter Menninger |
Physician; Civic Servant; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i] |
The Oak Ridge Boys |
Musicians; Businessmen; Dynamic Scouters |
[i] |
Elmer E. Rasmuson |
Philanthropist; Education Enthusiast; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
Harold L. "Spike" Yoh, Jr. |
Civic Servant; Retired Corporate Executive; Loyal Scouter |
[i] |
Zig Ziglar |
Motivational Speaker; Writer; Community Servant |
[i] |
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2002
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
James H. Bean |
Attorney; National Servant; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
Raymond V. Biondo |
Physician; Educator; Dutiful Scouter |
[i] |
George W. Bush |
Forty-third President of the United States of America; Governor of Texas; Advocate of Youth |
[i] |
Fred S. Faber, Jr. |
Engineer; Civic Servant; Energetic Scouter |
[i] |
John Gottschalk |
Executive; Community Servant; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Lee Greenwood |
Musician; Humanitarian; Supportive Scouter |
[i] |
Carl E. Stewart |
U.S. Circuit Judge; Civic Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[i] |
Milton H. Ward |
Corporate Executive; Arts Enthusiast; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Sue J. Weierman |
Civic Volunteer; Editor; Dynamic Scouter |
[i] |
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2003
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Yogi Berra |
Professional Athlete; Community Servant; Supportive Scouter |
[i][13] |
Donna Cunningham |
Community Servant; Dedicated Leader; Dynamic Scouter |
[i] |
Terrence P. Dunn |
Chief Executive Officer; Community Servant; Enthusiastic Scouter |
[i] |
F. Melvin Hammond |
LDS General Authority and Religious Leader; Educator; Dutiful Scouter |
[i] |
Lyle R. Knight |
Executive; Business Leader; Dependable Scouter |
[i] |
Jerrold L. Lockshin |
Civic Servant; U.S. Army Veteran; Distinguished Scouter |
[i] |
Francis R. McAllister |
Corporate Executive; Civic Servant; Loyal Scouter |
[i] |
Glen McLaughlin |
Venture Capitalist; Philanthropist; Loyal Scouter |
[i] |
Jose F. Niño |
Business Executive; National Servant; Energetic Scouter |
[i] |
H. Ross Perot |
Philanthropist; Public Servant; Business Executive; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][5] |
George Zambelli Sr. |
Businessman; Community Volunteer; Faithful Scouter |
[i] |
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2004
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
George Leighton Allen Sr. |
Distinguished Physician; U.S. Army Veteran; Influential Scouter |
[i] |
John P. DesBarres |
Energy Executive; Arts Patron; Visionary Scouter |
[i] |
Joseph L. Harris |
Religious Leader; Urban Revivalist; Supportive Scouter |
[i] |
Aubrey B. Harwell, Jr. |
Civic Leader; Legal Scholar; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
Dennis Hastert |
Political Leader; Successful Coach; Youth Advocate |
[i] |
Donald Keith Hummel |
Religious Leader; Dynamic Volunteer; Inspirational Scouter |
[i] |
R. Lawry Hunsaker |
Foster Parent; Reverent Disciple; International Scouter |
[i] |
Drayton McLane, Jr. |
Business Leader; Sports Executive; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Jan T. Perkins |
Volunteer; Attorney; Devoted Scouter |
[i] |
Mary Ann Price |
Civic Volunteer; Trainer; Tireless Scouter |
[i] |
Robert W. Spanogle |
War Veteran; Volunteer; Scouting Advocate |
[i] |
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|
2005
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr. |
Distinguished Businessman; Community Benefactor; Student Mentor |
[i] |
Robert A. Bedingfield |
Adventurous Volunteer; Dedicated Scouter; Business Leader |
[i] |
Donald A. Belcher |
Business Executive; Dedicated Volunteer; Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i] |
David Lloyd Briscoe |
Versatile Volunteer; Tireless Scouter; Dedicated Professor |
[i] |
Harriss A. "Hab" Butler III |
Lifelong Scouter; Community Activist; Tireless Volunteer |
[i] |
Joseph Csatari |
Talented Artist; Selfless Volunteer; Inspired Scouter |
[i] |
Gerald A. Gettelfinger |
Roman Catholic Bishop of Evansville, Indiana |
[i] |
Coleen Kent Menlove |
Scouting Matriarch; Tireless Volunteer; Enthusiastic Scouter |
[i] |
Richards Miller |
Knowledgeable Scouter; Youth Coach; Distinguished Dentist |
[i] |
Roger M. Schrimp |
Distinguished Eagle Scout; Community Leader; Successful Attorney |
[i] |
James W. Shepherd |
Real Estate Investor; Diverse Volunteer; Energetic Scouter |
[i] |
|
|
2006
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
W. Todd Bassett |
Dedicated Church Leader; Tireless Youth Advocate; Devoted Christian |
[i] |
Richard H. Carmona |
Health Advocate; Distinguished Physician; Decorated Veteran |
[i] |
Douglas H. Dittrick |
Distinguished Businessman; Dedicated Scouter; Community Benefactor |
[i] |
Bradley Haddock |
Distinguished Corporate Lawyer; Committed Church Leader; Dedicated Scouter |
[i] |
Peter E. Hyman |
Tireless Scouting Volunteer; Community Leader; Man of God |
[i] |
Alberto A. Muñoz II |
Scouting Innovator; Advocate for Youth; Philanthropist |
[i] |
Wayne M. Perry |
Corporate Leader; Longtime Scouter; Youth Coach |
[i] |
Samuel J. Prisk |
Lifelong Scouter; Health Professional; Servant Leader |
[i] |
James M. Reddinger |
Distinguished Businessman; Scouting Leader; Selfless Volunteer |
[i] |
Donald Rumsfeld |
National Leader; Naval Aviator; Distinguished Eagle Scout; Philmont Ranger |
[i][14] |
R. Ray Wood |
Committed Scouter; Business Leader; Youth Advocate |
[i] |
|
|
2007
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Bray Bruce Barnes |
Devoted Scouter, Man of God, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][15] |
S. Truett Cathy |
Business Pioneer, Leading Philanthropist, Man of God |
[i][15] |
Dennis H. Chookaszian |
Distinguished Eagle Scout, Corporate Leader, Dedicated Volunteer Atlanta, Georgia |
[i][15] |
Charles W. Dahlquist II |
Church Leader, Longtime Scouter, Committed Professional |
[i][15] |
L. B. Eckelkamp, Jr. |
Businessman, Community Leader, Dedicated Scouter |
[i][15] |
Archie Manning |
World-Class Athlete, Devoted Father, Humanitarian |
[i][15] |
Hector A. "Tico" Perez |
Dedicated Scouter, Community Leader, Distinguished Attorney |
[i][15] |
Mary Anne Rounds |
Cub Scout Visionary, Prolific Writer, Dedicated Volunteer |
[i][15] |
Joe W. Walkoviak |
Scouting Visionary, Corporate Leader, Dedicated Volunteer |
[i][15] |
Gary E. Wendlandt |
Scouting Leader, Financial Executive, Eagle Scout |
[i][15] |
Harold A. Yocum |
Lifelong Scouter, Eagle Scout, Committed Physician |
[i][15] |
|
|
2008
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Walter M. "Buster" Brown III |
Special-Needs Advocate, Philmont Benefactor, Lifelong Scouter |
[i][16] |
Diane M. Cannon |
Dedicated Volunteer, Trusted Mentor, Inspirational Trainer |
[i][16] |
Peter P. Casey |
Corporate Leader, Lifelong Volunteer, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][16] |
Harold C. Friend |
International Scouter, Dedicated Rotarian, Advocate for Children, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][16] |
T. Michael Goodrich |
Business Leader, Committed Volunteer, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][16] |
John C. "Jack" Jadel |
Committed Leader, Education Advocate, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[i][16] |
Neal Roger Johnson |
Exploring Advocate, Key Jamboree Leader, Dedicated Public Servant |
[i][16] |
G. Edward Lewis |
Advocate for Youth, Philanthropist, Community Servant |
[i][16] |
Daniel S. Zaccara |
Lifelong Scouter, Innovative Trainer, War Veteran |
[i][16] |
|
|
2009
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
R. Thomas Buffenbarger |
Worker Advocate, Visionary Leader, Eagle Scout |
[17][18] |
D. Kent Clayburn |
Mentor, international Scouting advocate |
[17][18][18] |
Randall K. Cline |
Lifelong Scouter, Visionary Leader, Dedicated Arrowman |
[17][18] |
Larry Cunningham |
President of Eat-Rite Health Promotion Center; Venturing pioneer; husband of 2003 recipient Donna Cunningham |
[17][18] |
Tommy Dortch |
Advocate for Children, Author, Good Scout |
[17][18] |
Jeff Gordon |
NASCAR driver; Cub Scout recruiter, philanthropist |
[17][18][19] |
Ronald K. Migita |
Dedicated Scouter, Education Advocate, Business Leader |
[17][18] |
Nathan O. Rosenberg |
Visionary Leader, Gifted Trainer, Lifelong Scouter |
[17][18] |
James S. Turley |
Chairman and CEO of Ernst & Young |
[17][18] |
Charles T. Walneck |
President and CEO of Subcon Mfg. Corp. Innovative Leader, Veteran Scoutmaster, Patriotic American |
[17][18] |
Lance B. Wickman |
General counsel of the LDS Church |
[17][18] |
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|
2010
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Keith A. Clark |
accomplished leader, distinguished attorney, dedicated Scouter |
[20] |
Ronald O. Coleman |
gifted communicator, friend of youth, creative collaborator |
[20] |
R. Michael Daniel |
Attorney, retired colonel United States Marine Corps Reserve, Eagle Scout |
[20][21] |
Jack D. Furst |
visionary leader, generous philanthropist, Eagle Scout |
[20] |
William L. Garrison |
Strategic thinker, lifelong volunteer, friend of youth |
[20] |
William H. Gates III |
Business magnate, philanthropist, author, founder and chairman of Microsoft |
[20] |
Albert S. Lineberry, Sr. |
lifelong Scouter, tireless volunteer |
[20] |
Douglas B. Mitchell |
master builder, youth advocate |
[20] |
O. Temple Sloan, Jr. |
entrepreneur, education advocate |
[20] |
Charles H. "Chuck" Smith |
Businessman, retired president and CEO of AT&T West; Eagle Scout |
[20] |
Rex Tillerson |
Engineer, chairman and CEO of Exxon Mobil; President of the BSA as of May 23, 2010 |
[20] |
Steven E. Weekes |
strategic thinker, successful businessman |
[20] |
|
|
2011
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Edward H. Arnold |
Business Leader, Generous Philanthropist, Friend of Scouting |
[22] |
Stephen L Bowen |
Jamboree Visionary, Creative Thinker, Gifted Leader |
[22] |
Gail and Dale Coyne |
IndyCar team owners, Friends of Youth, Successful Businesspeople |
[22] |
William Finerty |
Distinguished Physician, International Scouter, Devoted Leader |
[22] |
Marshall Hollis |
Experienced Outdoorsman, Leader in Safety, Trusted Businessman |
[22] |
Robert Rownd |
Skillful Leader, Successful Financial Advisor, Builder of Scouting |
[22] |
Walter Scott, Jr. |
Distinguished Eagle Scout, Successful Businessman, Generous Philanthropist |
[22] |
Robert F. Sinclair |
Supporter of Education, Distinguished Eagle Scout, Inventive Leader |
[22] |
W. Scott Sorrels |
Friend of Commissioners, Venturing Pioneer, Youth Advocate |
[22] |
Mary Stevens |
Training Innovator, Technology Trailblazer, Strategic Thinker |
[22] |
|
|
2012
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Allen David Brown |
Financial Steward, Tireless Volunteer, Gifted Leader |
[23] |
Paul R. Christen |
Distinguished Eagle Scout, Generous Philanthropist, Servant Leader |
[23] |
Elaine Smith Francis |
Cub Scouting Expert, Friend of Youth, Generous Teacher |
[23] |
Robert E. Guglielmone |
Man of God, Friend of Youth, Innovative Leader |
[23] |
Stephen B. King Sr. |
Lifelong Scouter, Public Servant, Dedicated Leader |
[23] |
Elmer C. "Neil" Lupton, Ph.D. |
Distinguished Eagle Scout, Strategic Thinker, Servant Leader |
[23] |
Vice Adm. Justin D. McCarthy |
Gifted Leader, Dedicated Scouter, Patriot |
[23] |
Ray Louis Russell |
Wood Badge Expert, Distinguished Eagle Scout, Servant Leader |
[23] |
Russell Hoke Smart |
Dedicated Scouter, Visionary Leader, Jamboree Expert |
[23] |
Randall L. Stephenson |
Passionate Leader, Friend of Scouting, Advocate for Youth |
[23] |
Matthew Maynard Walker |
Distinguished Arrowman, Eagle Scout, Cheerful Servant |
[23] |
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|
2013
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
Carlos J. Arboleya |
A 40 year scouter, has received the Silver Beaver, The Silver Antelope and the St. George Award of the Catholic Church in South Florida. |
[24] |
Jeanne Arnold |
|
[24] |
George N. Boulukos |
Chairman, Eastern Orthodox Committee on Scouting |
,[24][25] |
Jack S. Butler II |
|
[24] |
Raymond Capp |
Chairman of the national Order of the Arrow committee,has received the Silver Beaver, The Silver Antelope, Eagle Scout |
[24] |
Ralph de la Vega |
|
[24] |
Russ Hunsaker |
|
[24] |
William Keeler |
Distinguished Eagle Scout, Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore |
[24] |
Steve McGowan |
|
[24] |
Ellie Morrison |
|
[24] |
John F. Pyfer, Jr. |
Benefactor, International Scouter, Distinguished Eagle Scout |
[24] |
|
|
2014
Recipient |
Notability |
References |
David L. Beck |
President, LDS Church Young Men's organization; Member, Boy Scouts of America National Executive Board |
[26] |
Toby Capps |
|
[26] |
Michael G. Hoffman |
|
,[26] |
Sen. Joe Manchin |
United States Senator from West Virginia |
[26] |
Robert J. Smith |
|
[26] |
William W. Stark, Jr. |
|
[26] |
Mark L. Stolowitz |
|
[26] |
R. "Chip" Turner |
|
[26] |
Rosemary M. Wixon |
General President of the Primary, BSA National Advisory Council member |
[26] |
|
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