Mighty oaks from little acorns grow…
The Council Alumnus of the Year Award features an acorn, a reminder that Scouts and Scouters plant trees under which they may never sit.
It is in that vein that the award was created as it recognizes those that promote and share the gift of Scouting through their careers, avocations, and their influence.
The Council Alumnus of the Year Award is different than other awards in Scouting as it does not simply recognize the individual for being a distinguished person or honor those giving time and energy to the BSA as a volunteer leader; Scouting already has awards that do that. It is more of a combination between the two.
Eligibility
Primary consideration (80%) is given to those that:
- Remind Scouting alumni to maintain a lifetime relationship with Scouting, which enables Scouting to remain healthy for future generations.
- Scouting promotion, contributing significantly to the promotion and/or advancement of the BSA alumni program and activities at a Council level over a sustained period-of-time through word and/or deed.
- Bring Scouting Alumni back to the Campfire.
Secondary consideration (20%) is given to:
- Career and/or avocation, such as achieving high honor or distinction in their chosen profession.
- Community service, including contributions to Scouting or other community efforts or organizations.
How to Get the Award
- Nominees must be a BSA alumnus – which means he or she has been positively and personally impacted by the BSA in some way.
- A maximum of one recipient may be awarded per council per year.
- The nomination is not to be submitted posthumously.
- Nominations are submitted to the individual Council BSA Alumni Committee for Their selection process.
- Approved nominations are forwarded to the to the BSA Alumni Association Committee for consideration. Those approved will be returned with a personalized certificate and be added to the list of Council Alumnus of the Year recipients.
Supply Item Description and Uniform Placement
Knot, worn on any field uniform above the left pocket; lapel pin for civilian wear.
Supply/BIN Item No.
These items are temporarily out of stock and it is unknown, at this time, when they will become available. This page will be updated as soon as there are any updates.
Council Alumnus of the Year Award
Recognition items once approved, the national office will provide an 8-by-10-inch laser-printed certificate for presentation by the local council. A council may purchase the Council Alumnus of the Year medal (621294), Council Alumnus of the Year lapel pin (621089), and Council Alumnus of the Year knot device (657423) via the National Supply Group’s B2B website, or by calling the main number 1-800-323-0732.
Council Alumnus of the Year Award Recipients
Listed alphabetically by council. Multiple council awards in a single year are due to council mergers.
| Council Name | Year | Name | CST* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minsi Trails | 2014 | Elwood F. Laudenslager | 13 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2014 | Ed Zeiger | 1 |
| Quapaw Area | 2014 | Dr. David Lloyd Briscoe | 8 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2014 | Marshall M. Sloane | 11 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2014 | Jeffrey W. Glaze | 11 |
| Chattahoochee | 2015 | Cpt. Frederic M. Sieg | 14 |
| Crossroads of the West (from Trapper Trails) | 2015 | Brent Christensen | 2 |
| Golden Empire | 2015 | Gil Albiani | 3 |
| Greater St. Louis Area | 2015 | Richard H. McClure | 5 |
| Knox Trail | 2015 | Peter P. Casey | |
| Minsi Trails | 2015 | Claude E. Kohl, Jr. | 13 |
| Monmouth | 2015 | Carl M. Marchetti, MD | 13 |
| Northwest Texas | 2015 | James T. Hughes | 8 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2015 | Alan G. Spaulding | 1 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2015 | David N. Sheppard | 6 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2015 | Dr. Brad L. Epstein | 6 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2015 | Michael S. LoPresti | 6 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2015 | Teri L. Ross | 6 |
| Patriots' Path | 2015 | John E. Hein | 13 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2015 | Cheryl D. Izyk | 11 |
| Aloha | 2016 | Robert Fujimoto | 3 |
| Blue Ridge | 2016 | Russell Hoke Smart | 15 |
| Central Florida | 2016 | Barrie Biss | 16 |
| Chattahoochee | 2016 | Donald P. Schultz | 14 |
| Chickasaw | 2016 | Buddy Burkett | 14 |
| Crossroads of the West (from Trapper Trails) | 2016 | Robert K. Petersen | 2 |
| Golden Empire | 2016 | Kay Albiani | 3 |
| Grand Columbia | 2016 | Penny L. Sibley | 1 |
| Greater Hudson Valley (from Hudson Valley) | 2016 | Robert T. Armistead | 10 |
| Greater St. Louis Area | 2016 | Thomas F. George | 5 |
| Minsi Trails | 2016 | Edward C. Cool | 13 |
| Monmouth | 2016 | Kurt M. Kalafsky, AIA | 13 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2016 | Lesa LeDuc | 1 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2016 | Michael Tangen | 6 |
| Patriots' Path | 2016 | Brian R. Haas | 13 |
| Redwood Empire | 2016 | Richard C. Tallman | 3 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2016 | Elmer C. Lupton | 11 |
| Three Harbors | 2016 | Leland M. Kammerer | 6 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2016 | Michael K. Lanning | 3 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2016 | John Willemain | 11 |
| Aloha | 2017 | Barry K. Taniguchi | 3 |
| Blue Grass | 2017 | Timothy C. Brown | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2017 | A. King Dixon II | 15 |
| Central North Carolina | 2017 | William C. Cannon, Jr. | 15 |
| Chattahoochee | 2017 | Ingeborg Wills | 14 |
| Cimarron | 2017 | B. Dale Huse | 8 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2017 | David Allen Coffey | 15 |
| Crossroads of the West (from Trapper Trails) | 2017 | Neil A. Butterfield | 2 |
| Daniel Boone | 2017 | Jack C. Cole | 15 |
| East Carolina | 2017 | B. Mayo Boddie, Jr. | 15 |
| Grand Canyon | 2017 | Gary A. Smith, MD | 2 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2017 | Lamar Alexander | 14 |
| Greater Hudson Valley (from Hudson Valley) | 2017 | David E. Petrovits | 10 |
| Greater New Yorks | 2017 | Johannes Knoops, FAAR, Assoc, AIA | 10 |
| Greater St. Louis Area | 2017 | Dr. Jeanne Sinquefield | 5 |
| Greater Tampa Bay Area | 2017 | James L. Ferman, Jr. | 16 |
| Michigan Crossroads (Great Lakes FSC) | 2017 | Jay S. Bottorff | 9 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2017 | Buford L. Reed | 14 |
| Mid-Iowa | 2017 | James Wissler II | 4 |
| Minsi Trails | 2017 | Robert Klinger Smith | 13 |
| NeTseO ( Circle Ten) | 2017 | David M. Hamilton | 8 |
| Nevada Area | 2017 | Edwin A. Ricks | 2 |
| Northwest Texas | 2017 | Harrison Gibson | 8 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2017 | Gary Douglas Stedman | 1 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2017 | Donald Harris | 6 |
| Patriots' Path | 2017 | Lawrence F. Rosello | 13 |
| Pee Dee Area | 2017 | Diane Bauer | 15 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2017 | Lucien Van Elsen | 6 |
| Sequoia | 2017 | Richard M. Egan | 3 |
| Tecumseh | 2017 | Daniel Kirkpatrick | 9 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2017 | John R. Halsey | 11 |
| Three Fires | 2017 | Jeffrey D. Zavoral | 6 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2017 | Irv Goldring, Esq. | 3 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2017 | Joshua David Hall | 11 |
| Alabama-Florida | 2018 | Charles G. Ciccarelli | 16 |
| Alamo Area | 2018 | John W. "JT" Thomas, MD | 7 |
| Aloha | 2018 | Helen S. Shirota-Benevides | 3 |
| Anthony Wayne Area | 2018 | Bryan Lineberry | 9 |
| Bay-Lakes | 2018 | Allan Kieckhafer | 6 |
| Blue Grass | 2018 | E. Michael Warman | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2018 | R. Bruce White | 15 |
| Central Florida | 2018 | Sean C. Osmond | 16 |
| Central North Carolina | 2018 | Jack S. Kepley, Sr. | 15 |
| Chattahoochee | 2018 | Ted N. Whealton | 14 |
| Chickasaw | 2018 | David A. Luechauer | 14 |
| Chickasaw | 2018 | Henry Turley | 14 |
| Cimarron | 2018 | John Keith | 8 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2018 | CPT Josh Nelson | 15 |
| Crossroads of the West (from Trapper Trails) | 2018 | Dennis W. Freeman | 2 |
| Daniel Boone | 2018 | Richard B. Hurley | 15 |
| Far East | 2018 | Daniel Jay O'Neill | 1 |
| Grand Columbia | 2018 | Bruce C. Heiser | 1 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2018 | Roy Kramer | 14 |
| Greater Hudson Valley (from Hudson Valley) | 2018 | Sheriff Carl E. DuBois | 10 |
| Greater St. Louis Area | 2018 | Paul T. Combs | 5 |
| Greater St. Louis Area (from Lincoln Trails) | 2018 | Richard A. Nolte | 5 |
| Green Mountain | 2018 | Paul Stanilonis, M.D. | 11 |
| Juniata Valley | 2018 | Mark A. Bonson | 13 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2018 | John M. Green | 14 |
| Minsi Trails | 2018 | Rev. George F. Spieker | 13 |
| Monmouth | 2018 | Bray B. Barnes | 13 |
| North Florida | 2018 | Jeffrey Swindling | 16 |
| Orange County | 2018 | Jeffrey Evan Bozanic | 3 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2018 | Michael Movius | 1 |
| Patriots' Path | 2018 | Bill Smith | 13 |
| Pee Dee Area | 2018 | Philip Bethune | 15 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2018 | James P. Murray, Jr. | 6 |
| Sequoia | 2018 | Michael J. Feist | 3 |
| Tecumseh | 2018 | Angel Ashbeck | 9 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2018 | Robert L. Wanamaker | 11 |
| Three Fires | 2018 | John W. McKenzie | 6 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2018 | Albert Donald (Jack) Allen | 3 |
| Alabama-Florida | 2019 | Fred P. Barkett | 16 |
| Aloha | 2019 | Robert C. Leopoldino | 3 |
| Blue Mountain | 2019 | General James N. Mattis | 1 |
| Blue Ridge | 2019 | L. Leon Patterson | 15 |
| Chattahoochee | 2019 | Clifford E. Hillhouse | 14 |
| Chickasaw | 2019 | Lewis C. Williamson, Jr. | 14 |
| Chippewa Valley | 2019 | David Raihle, Jr. | 4 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2019 | Kevin T. Kramer | 15 |
| Coastal Georgia | 2019 | James W. Holland, Jr. D.M.D | 14 |
| Crossroads of the West (from Trapper Trails) | 2019 | Ange Workman | 2 |
| Daniel Boone | 2019 | Kenneth Scott Page | 15 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2019 | Helen Marie Conor | 14 |
| Greater Hudson Valley (from Hudson Valley) | 2019 | Kevin Foley, Esq. | 10 |
| Greater New Yorks | 2019 | Andrew E. K. Yiannakos | 10 |
| Green Mountain | 2019 | John Hitchcock | 11 |
| Jersey Shore | 2019 | Owen E. Heller | 13 |
| Juniata Valley | 2019 | Mark Salvatore | 13 |
| Long Beach Area | 2019 | Paul Muehlebach | 3 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2019 | Ian M. Romaine, Ph.D. | 14 |
| Minsi Trails | 2019 | Dr. Nevin W. Cope | 13 |
| Muskingum Valley | 2019 | Linda J. Udischas | 9 |
| Old Hickory | 2019 | Jason Johnson | 15 |
| Pacific Harbors | 2019 | Keith L. Clark | 1 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2019 | Steve M. Towne | 6 |
| Pee Dee Area | 2019 | Edward Suggs, Jr. | 15 |
| Piedmont | 2019 | John Teeter | 15 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2019 | Kathlene Sisson | 6 |
| Silicon Valley Monterey Bay | 2019 | Hal Hendrickson | 3 |
| Spirit of Adventure | 2019 | Thomas P. Keyhoe | 11 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2019 | Steven M. Burrill | 11 |
| Three Fires | 2019 | Cecil G. Piggott, Jr. | 6 |
| Transatlantic | 2019 | Keel L. Ross | 11 |
| Anthony Wayne Area | 2020 | Brian Monnier | 9 |
| Baden-Powell | 2020 | Michael Dana Hughes | 10 |
| Baltimore Area | 2020 | Thomas L. Owsley | 12 |
| Blue Grass | 2020 | Kennith D. Green | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2020 | Dr. E.W. Rabon, Jr. | 15 |
| Central Florida | 2020 | Floyd A. White, III | 16 |
| Chattahoochee | 2020 | Martha Ward Evans | 14 |
| Cimarron | 2020 | Fred G. Spellman | 8 |
| Gamehaven | 2020 | Marlowe Bennett | 4 |
| Georgia-Carolina | 2020 | Robert Bolton, Jr. | 15 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2020 | H. Doug Ferguson | 14 |
| Greater St. Louis Area | 2020 | John Goodwin, Jr. | 5 |
| Greater Tampa Bay Area | 2020 | Fraser Hale | 16 |
| Green Mountain | 2020 | George Beach | 11 |
| Jersey Shore | 2020 | William F. Schmitz | 13 |
| Juniata Valley | 2020 | William H. Port | 13 |
| Michigan Crossroads | 2020 | Michael Jedinak | 9 |
| Michigan Crossroads (Great Lakes FSC) | 2020 | Earl Moorhouse | 9 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2020 | Phillip M. Pfeffer | 14 |
| Mid-Iowa | 2020 | Terry Lebo | 4 |
| Minsi Trails | 2020 | Clifford Wayne Oberst | 13 |
| Montana | 2020 | Steve Dogiakos | 2 |
| Northern New Jersey (from Hudson Valley) | 2020 | Howard Hellman | 13 |
| Old Hickory | 2020 | Nathaniel Todd | 15 |
| Orange County | 2020 | Elizabeth Morgan | 3 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2020 | Sean Gertsch | 6 |
| Patriots' Path | 2020 | Susan P. Carter | 13 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2020 | Roger Mayer | 6 |
| Quapaw Area | 2020 | David Elmore | 8 |
| San Diego - Imperial | 2020 | Daniel T. Mazzella | 3 |
| Silicon Valley Monterey Bay | 2020 | Robert Redig | 3 |
| Spirit of Adventure | 2020 | Brian Lobao | 11 |
| Tecumseh | 2020 | Robert Hemmerly | 9 |
| Three Fires | 2020 | Herbert E. John | 6 |
| Tidewater | 2020 | John Meade Scheib | 15 |
| Transatlantic | 2020 | Mike L. Walton | 11 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2020 | Bill W. Norris | 3 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2020 | Joseph C. Longo | 11 |
| Alabama-Florida | 2021 | Cecilia Ciccarelli | 16 |
| Alamo Area | 2021 | Michael Moore | 7 |
| Baltimore Area | 2021 | Jay Lenrow | 12 |
| Blue Grass | 2021 | Anthony B. Kenney | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2021 | Everett Baker | 15 |
| Central Florida | 2021 | Dr. Thomas Yuschok | 16 |
| Cimarron | 2021 | Dr. Jack W. Dillwith | 8 |
| Coastal Georgia | 2021 | Patrick T. O'Connor | 14 |
| Crossroads of the West | 2021 | Michael Isom | 2 |
| Daniel Webster | 2021 | Mark W. Hamel | 11 |
| Far East | 2021 | John Traylor | 1 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2021 | Max Haston | 14 |
| Greater Los Angeles | 2021 | Ross Arnold | 3 |
| Greater Tampa Bay Area | 2021 | William Daggett | 16 |
| Green Mountain | 2021 | Richard Simays | 11 |
| Indian Waters | 2021 | Carol Lee Caulk | 15 |
| Jersey Shore | 2021 | Francis Thomas | 13 |
| Juniata Valley | 2021 | William H. Port | 13 |
| Michigan Crossroads | 2021 | Dennis Pate | 9 |
| Minsi Trails | 2021 | Donald Sachs | 13 |
| Muskingum Valley | 2021 | Chrystal Rardin | 9 |
| Old Hickory | 2021 | Danny Ledford | 15 |
| Pathway to Adventure | 2021 | Dr. Spencer A. Long | 6 |
| Pee Dee Area | 2021 | William L. Duffell | 15 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2021 | Donald Reinicker | 6 |
| Seneca Waterways | 2021 | Henry "Hank" Roenke | 10 |
| Shenandoah Area Counci | 2021 | James Arthur Thomas, Jr. | 12 |
| Spirit of Adventure | 2021 | Raymond Theberge | 11 |
| Suffolk County | 2021 | Carl Hyman | 10 |
| Transatlantic | 2021 | Paul J. Ostling | 11 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2021 | Robert E. Walz | 11 |
| Alabama-Florida | 2022 | Scott E. Brewster | 16 |
| Baden Powell | 2022 | Harry Weldon | 10 |
| Baltimore Area | 2022 | Barry F. Williams | 12 |
| Blue Grass | 2022 | Nathaniel Vick | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2022 | Marshall Lee Brown | 15 |
| Capital Area | 2022 | Michael Files | 7 |
| Central Florida | 2022 | William T. Litton | 16 |
| Chief Seattle | 2022 | Billy Price | 1 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2022 | Arlene Barton | 15 |
| Coastal Georgia | 2022 | John S. Reese | 14 |
| Crossroads of the West | 2022 | Brett Sutherland | 2 |
| Daniel Webster | 2022 | Michael C. Merry | 11 |
| Flint River | 2022 | Richard Andrew McCall | 14 |
| Georgia-Carolina | 2022 | Maury Locke | 15 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2022 | Don Dare | 14 |
| Great Southwest | 2022 | Richard B. Jones | 2 |
| Greater Los Angeles | 2022 | Gary W. Jones | 3 |
| Greater New York | 2022 | Martin Maher | 10 |
| Greater Tampa Bay Area | 2022 | Mark D. Rose | 16 |
| Green Mountain | 2022 | Bradley M. Jenkins | 11 |
| Heart of America | 2022 | Aaron Guest | 5 |
| Indian Waters | 2022 | Christian D. McDuffie | 15 |
| Jersey Shore | 2022 | James McGuire | 13 |
| Juniata Valley | 2022 | Bruce E. Grinder | 13 |
| Michigan Crossroads | 2022 | Eric Welsby | 9 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2022 | John Lea | 14 |
| Minsi Trails | 2022 | David B. Binder | 13 |
| Monmouth | 2022 | Spencer Morasch | 13 |
| Mount Baker | 2022 | Sue Rhodes | 1 |
| National Capital Area | 2022 | Kenneth P. Davis | 12 |
| Old Hickory | 2022 | Randy Brown | 15 |
| Orange County | 2022 | Deanna Westmyer | 3 |
| Pee Dee Area | 2022 | Barry Webb Jones, Jr. | 15 |
| Pine Burr Area | 2022 | Carroll A. Palmore , Jr. | 16 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2022 | James Kieso | 6 |
| Seneca Waterways | 2022 | Drew Hoselton | 10 |
| Silicon Valley Monterey Bay | 2022 | William E. Jennings | 3 |
| Suffolk County | 2022 | Phyllis E. Stein | 10 |
| Susquehanna | 2022 | R. Jeffrey Coup | 13 |
| Tecumseh | 2022 | Elwin Spray | 9 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2022 | Bonnie Showstack | 11 |
| Transatlantic | 2022 | Dick Meijaard | 11 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2022 | Jeff Frankel | 3 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2022 | Juan F. Latorre, III | 11 |
| Baltimore Area | 2023 | Michael J. Huneke | 12 |
| Blue Grass | 2023 | David Madison | 14 |
| Blue Ridge | 2023 | Micheal L. Thompson | 15 |
| California Inland Empire | 2023 | Robert J. & Loroselle S. Swartzel | 3 |
| Capital Area | 2023 | Robert Earl Oatman | 7 |
| Capitol Area | 2023 | Robert Earl Oatman | 7 |
| Central Florida | 2023 | William Edward Cowles | 16 |
| Chickasaw | 2023 | Jackson W. Moore | 14 |
| Coastal Carolina | 2023 | Richard Edward Koehler | 15 |
| Coastal Georgia | 2023 | Billy C. Sanders | 14 |
| Conquistador | 2023 | Jeremy Kern | 2 |
| Dan Beard | 2023 | Matt Scherocman | 9 |
| Daniel Webster | 2023 | Andrew Diamant | 11 |
| Flint River | 2023 | C. Thomas Hopkins, Jr., MD | 14 |
| Golden Spread | 2023 | William McCarty | 8 |
| Great Rivers | 2023 | Dr. Alan E. Hillard MD | 5 |
| Great Smoky Mountain | 2023 | Robert Parish | 14 |
| Great Southwest | 2023 | Dale Balmer | 2 |
| Great Trail | 2023 | Allen Fazenbaker | 9 |
| Greater Colorado | 2023 | David Weaver | 2 |
| Greater Los Angeles | 2023 | Michael Birkholm | 3 |
| Greater Tampa Bay Area | 2023 | William E. Guglielmi | 16 |
| Green Mountain | 2023 | Richard A. Kent | 11 |
| Heart of America | 2023 | Zach Shafran | 5 |
| Housatonic | 2023 | Matthew Decho | 11 |
| Indian Waters | 2023 | Jack E. Cohoon | 15 |
| Jersey Shore | 2023 | Kurt D. Stofko | 13 |
| Juniata Valley | 2023 | David L. Acker | 13 |
| Las Vegas Area | 2023 | Bruce Rowe | 2 |
| Middle Tennessee | 2023 | Timothy A. Acree | 14 |
| Minsi Trails | 2023 | Claude Jay Rutan | 13 |
| Monmouth | 2023 | Alvin L. Zach | 13 |
| Mountain West | 2023 | Bobby Carl Huffman | 1 |
| Natchez Trace | 2023 | Chauncey Godwin Jr. | 14 |
| Old Hickory | 2023 | Steve Tucker | 15 |
| Pine Burr Area | 2023 | J. Houston Costolo, III | 16 |
| Potawatomi Area | 2023 | Bethann Tompson | 6 |
| Simon Kenton | 2023 | Nancy Peto | 9 |
| Suffolk County | 2023 | Nicholas Russotto | 10 |
| The Spirit of Adventure | 2023 | James P. O'Brien | 11 |
| Transatlantic | 2023 | David Fabie | 11 |
| Virginia Headwaters | 2023 | Sandon Allen Knicely | 12 |
| Western Los Angeles County | 2023 | Chuck Smith | 3 |
| Western Massachusetts | 2023 | Steven P. Roberts | 11 |
Note: The indicated territory is as of the year earned and may not represent current territory to council alignment.