Awards and Recognition Committee
The Monmouth Council Awards and Recognition Committee is responsible for selecting adult scouters to be presented with the various awards and recognition for distinguished or outstanding volunteer service to the youth of Monmouth and Middlesex Counties.
National Awards
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
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Silver Buffalo | 1935 | Calvin Derrick |
Silver Buffalo | 1959 | Irving J. Feist |
Silver Buffalo | 1973 | Joseph A. Brunton, Jr. |
Silver Buffalo | 1978 | Dorothy Feist |
Silver Buffalo | 1990 | Carl M. Marchetti, M.D. |
Silver Buffalo | 2007 | Bray B. Barnes, Esq. |
Silver Buffalo | 2014 | Robert J. Smith, Jr. |
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Recipients
Regional Awards
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
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Silver Antelope | 1953 | Irving J. Feist |
Silver Antelope | 1959 | E. Donald Sterner |
Silver Antelope | 1967 | E. Murray Todd |
Silver Antelope | 1971 | Carl M. Marchetti, M.D. |
Silver Antelope | 1973 | Philip C. Carling |
Silver Antelope | 1976 | Rev. Robert S. Skinner |
Silver Antelope | 1985 | J. Fred Billett |
Silver Antelope | 1998 | Bray B. Barnes, Esq. |
Silver Antelope | 2003 | William M. Kinney, Esq. |
Silver Antelope | 2005 | Robert J. Smith, Jr. |
Silver Antelope | 2011 | Charles A. Spitz, AIA, NCARB |
Silver Antelope | 2014 | Gerard G. Case |
Silver Antelope | 2016 | Alvin Zach |
Council-Level Awards
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
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North Star | 2016 | John Richard |
North Star | 2018 | Robert Rechnitz |
North Star | 2019 | Philip Scaduto |
North Star | 2020 | Salvatore Alfieri, Esq. |
North Star | 2021 | Hon. Joseph Kyrillos |
Council Alumnus of the Year Award
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
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Alumnus of the Year | 2015 | Carl M. Marchetti, M.D. |
Alumnus of the Year | 2016 | Kurt M. Kalafsky A.I.A. |
Alumnus of the Year | 2017 | Robert J. Smith Jr. |
Alumnus of the Year | 2018 | Bray B. Barnes |
Alumnus of the Year | 2019 | Charles A. Spitz |
Alumnus of the Year | 2020 | Gerald V. Ceres |
Alumnus of the Year | 2021 | Linda J. Hassler |
Alumnus of the Year | 2022 | Spencer Morasch |
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
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Silver Beaver | 1932 | Arthur Brisbane |
Silver Beaver | 1933 | Calvin Derrick |
Silver Beaver | 1934 | W. Warren Barbour |
Silver Beaver | 1939 | Frederick Housman |
Silver Beaver | 1940 | William A. Gassin |
Silver Beaver | 1940 | Stanley E. Manchee |
Silver Beaver | 1941 | Harry W. Mountz |
Silver Beaver | 1941 | Edwin F. Stewart |
Silver Beaver | 1942 | Henry Ackerson, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1942 | Amory L. Haskell |
Silver Beaver | 1942 | Claude J. Merchant |
Silver Beaver | 1943 | Monroe Eisner |
Silver Beaver | 1943 | Charles Hogate |
Silver Beaver | 1943 | G. Harold Nevius |
Silver Beaver | 1944 | Sanford C. Flint |
Silver Beaver | 1944 | Russell L Tetley |
Silver Beaver | 1944 | William B. Bamford |
Silver Beaver | 1945 | Harry Feldt |
Silver Beaver | 1946 | Walter G. Burkhardt |
Silver Beaver | 1946 | E. Donald Sterner |
Silver Beaver | 1947 | William Buchsbaum |
Silver Beaver | 1947 | Louis E. Cooke |
Silver Beaver | 1948 | J. Townley Carr |
Silver Beaver | 1948 | Theodore D. Parsons |
Silver Beaver | 1949 | Amos E. Kraybill |
Silver Beaver | 1949 | Wilfred F. Pine |
Silver Beaver | 1950 | James F. Flynn |
Silver Beaver | 1950 | Kendall H. Lee |
Silver Beaver | 1951 | Stanley H. Green |
Silver Beaver | 1951 | Edgar O. Murphy |
Silver Beaver | 1952 | Francis Bruce |
Silver Beaver | 1952 | Irving J. Feist |
Silver Beaver | 1952 | Taylor Gregory |
Silver Beaver | 1953 | Darlington La Barre Asbury |
Silver Beaver | 1953 | Edward Thompson Milburn Carr |
Silver Beaver | 1953 | William F. "Bill" Mattison |
Silver Beaver | 1954 | Lawrence A. Heppa |
Silver Beaver | 1954 | Malcolm Severance |
Silver Beaver | 1954 | Carl A. Thunnell |
Silver Beaver | 1955 | Frederic A. Fitch |
Silver Beaver | 1955 | L. Vance Jefferis |
Silver Beaver | 1955 | Morgan C. Knapp |
Silver Beaver | 1955 | Charles S. Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1955 | Isaiah T. Young |
Silver Beaver | 1956 | Frank G. Fleming |
Silver Beaver | 1956 | Thomas B. Morley |
Silver Beaver | 1956 | Howard W. Roberts |
Silver Beaver | 1957 | Herbert W. Brockel |
Silver Beaver | 1957 | Warren DeBrown |
Silver Beaver | 1957 | Ernest E. Peseux |
Silver Beaver | 1957 | Howard L. Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1958 | Lloyd S. Cassel |
Silver Beaver | 1958 | Amos T. Henderson |
Silver Beaver | 1958 | Albert R. Quackenbush |
Silver Beaver | 1958 | Albert W. VanNostrand |
Silver Beaver | 1959 | Robert Herman |
Silver Beaver | 1959 | Oscar A. Newquist |
Silver Beaver | 1959 | E. Murray Todd |
Silver Beaver | 1960 | Walter J. Beyer |
Silver Beaver | 1960 | Earl W. Huber |
Silver Beaver | 1960 | Theodore J. Labrecque |
Silver Beaver | 1960 | Norman T. Sauer |
Silver Beaver | 1960 | J. Peter Schafer |
Silver Beaver | 1961 | Everett H. Antonides |
Silver Beaver | 1961 | Herbert W. Henningsen |
Silver Beaver | 1961 | J. Leon Schanck, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1961 | William A. Sweetland, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1962 | William E. Firth |
Silver Beaver | 1962 | LeRoy A. Johnson |
Silver Beaver | 1962 | Ross C. Thompson |
Silver Beaver | 1962 | Alfred E. Westerfield, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1964 | William A. Dinger |
Silver Beaver | 1964 | Andrew J. Lennert |
Silver Beaver | 1964 | John O. Pearce |
Silver Beaver | 1964 | Hunter Pollock |
Silver Beaver | 1965 | Rev. Robert S. Skinner |
Silver Beaver | 1965 | Herbert C. Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1965 | Merrill H. Thompson |
Silver Beaver | 1965 | Dr. Edward Vopicka |
Silver Beaver | 1965 | Harold N. West |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | C. Earl Bennett |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | Dominick A. Cerrato |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | Edward Ferrari, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | T. Leslie Grace |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | Leonard E. Hofman |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | John J. Byk |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | David J. Minott |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | J. Allen Mohn |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | William J. Rahill, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1966 | Charles H. Vreeland |
Silver Beaver | 1967 | Seymour R. Burke |
Silver Beaver | 1967 | Philip C. Carling |
Silver Beaver | 1967 | W. Allen Turner |
Silver Beaver | 1967 | Edward G. Walder |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Thomas J. Devlin |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | George P. Engleldrum |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Albert N. Hulick |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | William Knuckles |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | John T. Moore |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Gen. W. Preston Corderman |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Paul Sommers, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Dennis Charles Wood |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | James A. Noddings |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Walter R. Voorhees |
Silver Beaver | 1968 | Henry Young |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Edwin M. Ambler |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Augustus Bogart |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Junior Bouk |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Thomas M. Dunlap |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Alex Goldfine |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Dr. Carl M. Marchetti |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Russell Minton |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Keith Otto |
Silver Beaver | 1970 | Israel Rogosin |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | William P. Berryman |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | William H. Bishop |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | Evelyn F. Forsberg |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | Roy Miles Forsberg |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | Dr. William Goldfine |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | Charles W. Houston |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | Robert A. McCue |
Silver Beaver | 1971 | William J. Miners |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Hildur Abrams |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Mary Allocca |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Jean Berg |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Ludevit Cerven |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Elmer H. Cook |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Manuel Gale |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | William R. "Ed" Kiely, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Harry P. Seamen |
Silver Beaver | 1972 | Robert L. Stickle |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Chester A. Charles |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Lloyd F. Christianson |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Marshall W. Errickson |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Robert S. Hopkins |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Robert P. Lawrence |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Eugene C. McLaren |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Dorothy Prochnow |
Silver Beaver | 1973 | Francis Starnick |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Virginia Dick |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Robert O. Mayberry |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Donald S. McCoach, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Robert Pfleger |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Curtis F. Tinker, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Marian Todd Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1974 | Edward R. Weickel |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | J. Crawford Compton |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | John R. Fenton |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | Edward Furlong |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | Lester H. Grubman |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | Sanford M. Tallman |
Silver Beaver | 1975 | Leon "Spot" White |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | Frank Dargue |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | George Leavy |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | Francis Norkus |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | George M. Pope |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | Joan Wyman |
Silver Beaver | 1976 | H. Ray Young |
Silver Beaver | 1977 | Frank Allocca |
Silver Beaver | 1977 | Richard Bonello |
Silver Beaver | 1977 | Jean May |
Silver Beaver | 1977 | N. Ward Miles |
Silver Beaver | 1977 | Jay Petersen |
Silver Beaver | 1978 | Joseph L. Arata |
Silver Beaver | 1978 | Lloyd H. Belton |
Silver Beaver | 1978 | Kathy LaFalce |
Silver Beaver | 1978 | William A. Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1978 | William P. Walton, III |
Silver Beaver | 1979 | Michael Badal |
Silver Beaver | 1979 | Thomas Galvin |
Silver Beaver | 1979 | Keith Garling |
Silver Beaver | 1979 | James A. Milton |
Silver Beaver | 1979 | Harold Walthers |
Silver Beaver | 1980 | Roy W. Bradbury |
Silver Beaver | 1980 | Walter Litowinsky |
Silver Beaver | 1980 | Harry O’Connor |
Silver Beaver | 1980 | Robert C. Stanley, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1980 | Louanne J. Whitlow |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | Gen. Paul A. Feyereisen |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | Robert Greene |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | George J. Heidemark |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | Jerome Jarger |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | Charles “Buck” Smith |
Silver Beaver | 1981 | John W. Wesner, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1982 | Walter Barnes, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1982 | Walter T. Downing, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1982 | Guy Geoly |
Silver Beaver | 1982 | Robert Hurley |
Silver Beaver | 1982 | David B. Nugent |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | Albert P. Aszman |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | William P. Hynson |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | Ronald M. Maslo |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | Benedict Mazzucco |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | James Nickels |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | Mary Nugent |
Silver Beaver | 1983 | Carl J. Unsinn |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | Richard Callinan |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | John Cavanaugh |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | Lou Erb |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | Evelyn Johansen |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | John W. Ludi |
Silver Beaver | 1984 | Ronald R. Schmidt |
Silver Beaver | 1985 | William A. Counterman |
Silver Beaver | 1985 | James C. Ewin |
Silver Beaver | 1985 | Vivienne McCoach |
Silver Beaver | 1985 | William C. Schroeder |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | Charles Fenton |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | Marilyn Kreider |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | Janice M. Marchetti |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | Don R. Morris, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | Joyce Scanlon |
Silver Beaver | 1986 | William H. Lucas |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | Edward G. Fiedler |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | Frank A. Fine |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | J. T. Kwon |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | William Levy |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | Alva “Bud” Perrine |
Silver Beaver | 1987 | John Tumpey |
Silver Beaver | 1988 | Edwina Howell |
Silver Beaver | 1988 | Paul Kolodziej |
Silver Beaver | 1988 | Harold William Scott, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1988 | Charles Stratton |
Silver Beaver | 1988 | William F. Sweetnam |
Silver Beaver | 1989 | William Bellars |
Silver Beaver | 1989 | Michael A. Homoky |
Silver Beaver | 1989 | Frank W. Kakol, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1989 | Lee Pannebaker |
Silver Beaver | 1989 | Michael N. Wyman |
Silver Beaver | 1990 | Donald B. Dellett |
Silver Beaver | 1990 | Richard Goldman |
Silver Beaver | 1990 | John Kay |
Silver Beaver | 1990 | William J. Quakenbush, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1990 | Patricia Straniero |
Silver Beaver | 1991 | Bray B. Barnes, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 1991 | Dr. John K. Bixby |
Silver Beaver | 1991 | William Koehler |
Silver Beaver | 1991 | John J. Kozlowski |
Silver Beaver | 1991 | Robert D. Shea |
Silver Beaver | 1992 | Jane G. Clayton |
Silver Beaver | 1992 | William M. Kinney, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 1992 | John F. Malcolm |
Silver Beaver | 1992 | Herbert A. Neuhaus, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1992 | M. Alice Quakenbush |
Silver Beaver | 1993 | June C. Fine |
Silver Beaver | 1993 | Linda Joan Gumina |
Silver Beaver | 1993 | William E. Kayal |
Silver Beaver | 1993 | Catharine S. Oliver |
Silver Beaver | 1993 | Charles A. Spitz, AIA, NCARB |
Silver Beaver | 1994 | George Applegate |
Silver Beaver | 1994 | Thomas J. Kononowitz |
Silver Beaver | 1994 | Gordon R. Prochnow, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 1994 | Henry E. Van Dyke |
Silver Beaver | 1994 | Herbert R. Werth, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1995 | Cortlandt W. Best |
Silver Beaver | 1995 | J. Fred Billett |
Silver Beaver | 1995 | Pierce R. Capell |
Silver Beaver | 1995 | Rheinhardt "Bud" H. Hassler |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | Dolores Heller |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | Milton G. Hughes |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | Ronald L. Jacobson |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | Denis Longo |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | Peter S. Reinhart, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 1996 | John L. Reng |
Silver Beaver | 1997 | Vincent J. "Vinnie" Heller |
Silver Beaver | 1997 | Christopher Hughes |
Silver Beaver | 1997 | Harvey C. Noschese, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1997 | Thomas K. Rospos, PE |
Silver Beaver | 1997 | David A. Wolverton |
Silver Beaver | 1998 | Sanford D. Brown, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 1998 | Albert “Wes” W. Olson |
Silver Beaver | 1998 | Thomas E. Ritchie |
Silver Beaver | 1998 | Robert J. Smith, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 1998 | Thomas P. Turner |
Silver Beaver | 1999 | Maj. Gen. David Gust |
Silver Beaver | 1999 | William J. Mayer |
Silver Beaver | 1999 | Susan Louise Wagner |
Silver Beaver | 1999 | Richard Wheeler |
Silver Beaver | 1999 | William E. Wilson |
Silver Beaver | 2000 | David Dellett |
Silver Beaver | 2000 | Charles V. Messina |
Silver Beaver | 2000 | William H. Pearce |
Silver Beaver | 2000 | Paul Switaj |
Silver Beaver | 2000 | Beverly Yackel |
Silver Beaver | 2001 | Tod Brogowski |
Silver Beaver | 2001 | Dominic A. D'Orazio |
Silver Beaver | 2001 | Edwin T. Rogers |
Silver Beaver | 2001 | Edmund C. Semple |
Silver Beaver | 2001 | John P. Surrette |
Silver Beaver | 2002 | Gerald V. Ceres |
Silver Beaver | 2002 | Richard M. Edwards |
Silver Beaver | 2002 | Kevin Keiser, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 2003 | Kenneth A. Bonnell |
Silver Beaver | 2003 | James H. Brown |
Silver Beaver | 2003 | David R. Legg |
Silver Beaver | 2004 | Allen Andreatch |
Silver Beaver | 2004 | Michael Applegate |
Silver Beaver | 2004 | Philip Burnet Crichton, Sr. |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | Thomas Bogart |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | David A. Crow |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | Michael J. Elton |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | Kathleen C. Koping |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | Randall B. Smith |
Silver Beaver | 2005 | Jan L. Wouters, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 2006 | Margaret N. "Peggy" Crow |
Silver Beaver | 2006 | Wayne J. Mason |
Silver Beaver | 2006 | Fred M. Stringer |
Silver Beaver | 2006 | Francis J. "Frank" Wood |
Silver Beaver | 2007 | Chester "Chet" Apy, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 2007 | Frank A. Davidson |
Silver Beaver | 2007 | Carl Philip Gross, Esq. |
Silver Beaver | 2008 | Steven D. Buckley |
Silver Beaver | 2008 | Timothy A. Knotts |
Silver Beaver | 2008 | Brian J. Valentino |
Silver Beaver | 2009 | Kurt Kalafsky, AIA |
Silver Beaver | 2009 | Spencer Morasch |
Silver Beaver | 2009 | William "Bill" Bishop |
Silver Beaver | 2009 | Sandy-Matthew Reisig |
Silver Beaver | 2010 | Duncan Thecker |
Silver Beaver | 2010 | William F. Mollica, Jr. |
Silver Beaver | 2011 | Mary Anne DeVarti |
Silver Beaver | 2011 | M. Claire French |
Silver Beaver | 2011 | Adam Puharic |
Silver Beaver | 2011 | Maurice Zagha |
Silver Beaver | 2012 | Sandra T. Byard |
Silver Beaver | 2012 | William F. Faverzani |
Silver Beaver | 2012 | Thomas A. Kraeutler |
Silver Beaver | 2012 | William A. Meyler |
Silver Beaver | 2013 | Richard Hough, III |
Silver Beaver | 2013 | David Tinker |
Silver Beaver | 2013 | Donald Schaffner |
Silver Beaver | 2014 | Daniel J. Dunn |
Silver Beaver | 2014 | Rosalind Seawright |
Silver Beaver | 2015 | Richard Kelly |
Silver Beaver | 2015 | James Phillips |
Silver Beaver | 2015 | Wendy Weiss |
Silver Beaver | 2016 | James Anastasio |
Silver Beaver | 2016 | Joseph Csatari |
Silver Beaver | 2016 | John Kilduff |
Silver Beaver | 2017 | Don Antenucci |
Silver Beaver | 2017 | Gerard Bolger |
Silver Beaver | 2017 | Drew Kimberlin |
Silver Beaver | 2017 | Peter Grasso |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Timothy J. Hogan |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Anthony Buccigrossi |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Leni Hughes |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Karl Weiss |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Stacey Stefanski |
Silver Beaver | 2018 | Kim Guadagno |
Silver Beaver | 2019 | Kennneth Brockel |
Silver Beaver | 2019 | John Bruns |
Silver Beaver | 2019 | Todd Columbia |
Silver Beaver | 2019 | Douglas Eichhorn |
Silver Beaver | 2019 | Jeffrey Rumen |
Silver Beaver | 2020 | Donald A. Brockel |
Silver Beaver | 2020 | Paul "PJ" Casler |
Silver Beaver | 2020 | Allen S. Hirsh |
Silver Beaver | 2020 | Matthew S. Kaufman |
Silver Beaver | 2020 | William J. Sauer |
Silver Beaver | 2021 | Michael R. Maier |
Silver Beaver | 2021 | Jeffrey Scott |
Silver Beaver | 2021 | Linda Shafer |
Silver Beaver | 2021 | John Sisti |
Silver Beaver | 2021 | William Vaughan |
Silver Beaver | 2022 | Matthew Dorey |
Silver Beaver | 2022 | Susan Renshaw |
Silver Beaver | 2022 | Carla Kelly Fisher |
Silver Beaver | 2022 | Gary du Bois |
The E. Donald Sterner Award is a Council-level award presented to an individual who has continued to serve Scouting for at least 15 years after receiving their Silver Beaver
Award | Year | Recipient Name |
---|---|---|
Sterner | 2009 | Edwina Howell |
Sterner | 2009 | John Cavanaugh |
Sterner | 2010 | William Quakenbush |
Sterner | 2010 | Michael Wyman |
Sterner | 2010 | Joan Wyman |
Sterner | 2011 | Thomas J Kononowitz |
Sterner | 2011 | Denis Longo |
Sterner | 2012 | John Kay |
Sterner | 2012 | Thomas Rospos |
Sterner | 2013 | Sanford Brown |
Sterner | 2013 | Thomas Ritchie |
Sterner | 2014 | Linda Joan Hassler |
Sterner | 2015 | William Pearce |
Sterner | 2016 | Edmund C. Semple |
Sterner | 2017 | Gerald V. Ceres |
Sterner | 2018 | Donald Katz |
Sterner | 2018 | Kenneth A. Bonnell |
Sterner | 2018 | James Brown |
Sterner | 2019 | Walter Downing |
Sterner | 2019 | Richard Goldman |
Sterner | 2019 | Rev. John Maltby |
Sterner | 2019 | Stanley Weinstein |
Sterner | 2020 | Thomas G. Bogart |
Sterner | 2020 | Patrick Halpin |
Sterner | 2020 | Jan L. Wouters, Esq. |
Sterner | 2021 | Wayne Mason |
Sterner | 2021 | Fred Stringer |
Sterner | 2022 | Frank A. Davidson |
Sterner | 2022 | Carl Philip Gross, Esq. |
Sterner | 2022 | Frank J. Battaglia |
Additional Eagle Scout Recognitions/Awards
National Outstanding Eagle Scout Award
Marshall W. Errickson Distinguished Eagle Award
Friend of Eagles Award Recipients
The nomination forms for each of above awards will be available on this website in early January of each year. Nominations for most council level awards will be due in late April of each year. Each nomination form will include the guidelines for the nominator, as well as the deadline for the nomination.
Take the BSA Awards list in your pocket with the BSA Square Knots Android app.
Council Annual Recognition & Awards Banquet
Award Information
- You Could Be Wearing These
- Awards and Recognitions for Adult Leaders
- Training Awards and Recognition for Adult Leaders
Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award
The Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award is a new BSA award with real potential to result in membership growth.
The Outstanding Educator Award — also referred to as the Fretwell Award, after Elbert Fretwell, the BSA's second Chief Scout Executive and a former professor of education at Columbia University — is presented to teachers, educational support staff, and school administrators who instill Scouting values in their students. It recognizes a person’s work for students in his or her professional role — not for what the person does directly for Scouting.
The award can be presented at the district, council, area, regional and national levels. There’s no minimum or maximum number of awards that can be presented per school year.
For more information please visit the Elbert K. Fretwell Outstanding Educator Award page.
New Award Information
The release of a new square knot is always cause for celebration. But one square knot that combines five different awards? It’s party time.
Square knots, which are primarily earned by adults, recognize an individual’s service and commitment to Scouting. There are more than 30 different knots recognizing leaders in Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, Venturing and Sea Scouting.
The new Scouting Service Award recognizes adult volunteers who have earned one of five different awards, each celebrating a leader’s dedication to a special segment of Scouting.
The new knot recognizes Scouters who have earned one of these five awards:
- Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award*
- ¡Scouting…Vale la Pena! Service Award*
- Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award*
- American Indian Scouting Association Grey Wolf Award
- Special Needs Scouting Service Award
Each of the awards marked with a * above currently has its own square knot. But once supplies of those knots run out, the new Scouting Service Award knot will be used to recognize recipients.
The Scouting Service Award knot has khaki and white loops on a black background with a yellow-and-red border. You can purchase the $1.99 knot by bringing proper documentation to your local Scout shop.
How to earn the Scouting Service Award
There aren’t really any requirements for the Scouting Service Award. The knot is presented to recognize Scouters who earn one of the five awards listed above — each of which has its own special set of requirements that I link to below.
Each award has other recognition items — some combination of a certificate, letter, plaque, ribbon, lapel pin and medal — but the square knot is the item honorees can wear on their uniform.
The knot goes on the official field uniform (informally known as the “Class A”). Like all square knots, it’s worn over the left pocket, as seen from the wearer’s perspective.
Line them up in rows of three in any order you choose. Typically, the knot you deem most important is worn on the bottom row on your right, but that’s your call. If your knot total isn’t divisible by three — aka you have a row of one or two knots — you can either center them in the row or keep them aligned to your right. The latter method means you won’t have to re-sew those knots if you get a new one.
Notice how one loop on the square knot appears to be on top of the other? The knot should be oriented so that the top loop is on the wearer’s right.
Learn more about square knots and how to wear them in this post.
Details about the five qualifying awards
- Asian American Spirit of Scouting Service Award: Honors an adult or an organization for bringing Scouting opportunities to Asian-American youth. Learn more here.
- ¡Scouting…Vale la Pena! Service Award: Honors an adult or an organization for bringing Scouting opportunities to Hispanic/Latino youth. Learn more here.
- Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award: Honors an adult or an organization for bringing Scouting opportunities to youth from rural or low-income urban backgrounds. Learn more here.
- American Indian Scouting Association Grey Wolf Award: Honors an adult for bringing Scouting opportunities to American Indian youth. Learn more here.
- Special Needs Scouting Service Award: Honors an adult (volunteer or professional) for bringing Scouting opportunities to Scouts with special needs. The nomination form is available here.
If there are any questions about any adult Scouter awards you can contact the Chairman of the Committee, Bill Mollica.