Silver Beaver Award
The Silver Beaver Recognition is the highest National Scouting Award that a local Scouting America Council may bestow upon an individual in Scouting. The Silver Beaver is presented in recognition of outstanding service to Scouting either of an exceptional nature or for an extended period of time.
- 1931 – George Morrett
- 1932 – E.J. Carmony
- 1932 – Harold S. Goodrich
- 1933 – A.M. McKnight
- 1934 – Col. Glenn Johnson
- 1936 – W.J. Benston
- 1936 – George M. Winwood, Jr.
- 1937 – Ernest C. Janson
- 1938 – H.C. Rogers
- 1938 – Denver Williams
- 1939 – Richard S. Inglehart
- 1940 – Kenneth Dodson
- 1942 – Clair A. Inskeep
- 1942 – Charles G. Shatzer
- 1942 – John L. Trunnel
- 1943 – Rev. Samuel Furrow
- 1943 – Robert E. Hadley
- 1944 – Ernest A. Frye
- 1944 – R.J. Warner
- 1945 – Charles W. Adair
- 1945 – Fred B. Peare, Sr.
- 1946 – William R. Rickles, Sr.
- 1946 – Rev. Jack Wennell
- 1949 – James Cafeo
- 1949 – Robert Clark
- 1949 – Floyd P. Davis
- 1949 – Harris E. Miller
- 1949 – Carl H. Shanks
- 1949 – Harold J. St.John
- 1952 – T. Gavin Foster
- 1952 – Donald Geist
- 1952 – John H. Griffin
- 1952 – Robert W. McDonald
- 1952 – Earl L. Wilson
- 1953 – Claude B. Hazen
- 1953 – Robert W. Leedy
- 1953 – Frederick Lemcke
- 1953 – Edward K. Yantes, M.D.
- 1957 – Harry E. Browne
- 1957 – Robert E. Coppess
- 1957 – Rev. Guy W. Furbay
- 1957 – Robert J. Greene
- 1957 – Robert Haley
- 1957 – Arthur Kaeser
- 1957 – Adrien Lebold
- 1957 – Ray L. Pauley
- 1957 – Loy Rhoades
- 1957 – Carl L. Rice
- 1957 – Lt. Col. Eugene Skinner
- 1960 – Howard Clippinger
- 1960 – Morris “Bud” Martin, M.D.
- 1960 – Kenneth Nichols
- 1960 – Thomas Thacker
- 1960 – John Martin
- 1961 – William G. Beecroft
- 1961 – Lester Born, Jr.
- 1961 – Frank A. Davidson
- 1961 – Burdett Hamilton
- 1961 – Douglas Jackson
- 1962 – Robert Cooper
- 1962 – David R. Williams
- 1963 – Richard W. Parker
- 1963 – George Schantz
- 1963 – Raphael J. Shouvlin
- 1963 – John L. Tomlin
- 1964 – Robert M. Bell
- 1964 – Robert A. Burri
- 1964 – Paul P. Dudley
- 1964 – Charles H. Harris
- 1965 – Donald Bishop
- 1965 – Ervin Halley
- 1965 – Irvin S. Hyman
- 1965 – Edwin W. Kohl
- 1965 – Maj. Gen. E.M. Tailey, Jr.
- 1966 – Max Davis
- 1966 – James Dryden
- 1966 – James T. Jennings
- 1966 – Turley Lamberson
- 1966 – Wilbur R. Mustard
- 1967 – Forest E. Hill
- 1967 – Herbert Mustaine
- 1967 – Will H. Rogers, Jr.
- 1967 – William C. Smith
- 1968 – Eddie DuBose
- 1968 – Dieter R. Philippi
- 1968 – Paul Powell
- 1968 – Col. Willis B. Sawyer
- 1968 – Ralph E. Welsh
- 1969 – Daniel Berona, Sr.
- 1969 – Frederick Buckley
- 1969 – John Rechsteiner, M.D.
- 1969 – Frank Wagner, Sr.
- 1970 – Donald Honnerlaw
- 1970 – J. Harold Karr
- 1970 – Jackson B. Preston
- 1971 – Robert Rohrer
- 1971 – William Strautman
- 1971 – Eugene Williams
- 1971 – Catharin Beanblossom *
- 1972 – Eugene Auferheide
- 1972 – Paul Greenlee
- 1972 – Walter Lawrence, M.D.
- 1972 – William Norman
- 1972 – Robert L. Rice
- 1972 – Lela Mae Holland *
- 1973 – William Alexander
- 1973 – Curtis Gibson
- 1973 – Anthony Merendo
- 1973 – John Meyer, Sr.
- 1973 – Daris Meyer *
- 1974 – Carl Gard
- 1974 – Ben Perce
- 1974 – Don Samuelson
- 1974 – P. Richard Winters
- 1974 – Dona Hild *
- 1974 – Irene Watson *
- 1975 – Dan Foland
- 1975 – Rua Hayes
- 1975 – Roland Matthies
- 1975 – Bob Notestine, Jr.
- 1975 – Charlotte Wise
- 1975 – Ray Wylam
- 1976 – Barbara A. Duell
- 1976 – Pem Griffith
- 1976 – Frank Landis
- 1976 – Robert Meyer
- 1976 – Bryce Poe, II
- 1976 – Harry L. Young
- 1977 – Lymon Alexander
- 1977 – John F. Becker, Jr.
- 1977 – Joanne E. Dalton
- 1977 – Ben O’Diam
- 1977 – Gilmer Smith
- 1977 – Norma Jean Weeks
- 1978 – Charles Akins
- 1978 – Clarence Brown
- 1978 – Frank Irelan
- 1978 – Rod Monahan
- 1978 – William H. Robinson
- 1978 – John T. Wriggins
- 1979 – Vernon O. Elliott
- 1979 – Robert Erwin
- 1979 – Harry Stuck, Jr.
- 1979 – Father David Vincent
- 1979 – Frank Warbinton
- 1979 – Robert Watson
- 1979 – Wanda Wheeler
- 1980 – William Artman
- 1980 – Ernest Bolla
- 1980 – Robert Miller
- 1981 – Duane Bender
- 1981 – Gary Dabe
- 1981 – David Hall
- 1981 – Elmer Penn
- 1981 – Fred Rosenbaum
- 1981 – Eugene Salzman
- 1982 – Merrill Hoppes
- 1982 – Harold Johnson
- 1982 – Andrew Stoner
- 1982 – Fritz B. Thomas
- 1982 – William Wiley
- 1983 – Thomas Elpper
- 1983 – Aaron Frantz
- 1983 – John Henderson
- 1983 – Joanne Lawrence
- 1984 – Robert Beach
- 1984 – James Currie
- 1984 – Thomas Falter
- 1984 – Leonard Peterson
- 1984 – Robert Albert, Jr.
- 1984 – Joyce Bender
- 1984 – Gary Harrison
- 1984 – Francis B. Northrup, IV
- 1986 – Sandra Fieszel
- 1986 – James I. McClelland
- 1986 – Albert Nash
- 1986 – James Wilcox
- 1987 – Carolyn Bristow
- 1987 – Calvin Frank
- 1987 – Charles Lintz
- 1987 – Guinn Metzger
- 1988 – Robert Cathcart
- 1988 – Carl Dumke
- 1988 – Phillip Louden
- 1988 – Warren Thompson
- 1989 – James Coley, Jr.
- 1989 – Alvin Forsythe
- 1989 – William Nelson
- 1990 – William Gibson, II
- 1990 – Glen McNeeley
- 1990 – Robert Browne
- 1990 – William Greene, III
- 1991 – David Cypher
- 1991 – Karl Dunlap
- 1991 – Sue Hebner
- 1991 – Dianna Wells
- 1992 – Jim Hebner
- 1992 – Forest “Red” Lawson
- 1992 – Eric Samuelson
- 1992 – Bobbie Slicer
- 1993 – William F. Larson
- 1993 – Robert Morrison
- 1993 – Raymond L. Rose
- 1993 – David Sipe
- 1994 – James A. Hall
- 1994 – Dennis Rack
- 1994 – Steve Walston
- 1994 – Blair Young
- 1994 – Jim Marker
- 1995 – James G. Clippinger
- 1995 – Phyllis L. Geese
- 1995 – Jay Howard
- 1995 – Joan Marbais
- 1996 – Damon D. Kaufman
- 1996 – Gary Van Pelt
- 1996 – Charles L. Strecker
- 1996 – Jerry Unverferth
- 1997 – Benjamin Ulmer
- 1997 – Randy Thatcher
- 1997 – Carol Sage
- 1997 – Russ Strayer
- 1997 – James R. McClelland
- 1998 – Jim Gumley
- 1998 – Scott Jenkins
- 1998 – Robert Weber
- 1998 – Jerry Walling
- 1999 – Pete Unitt
- 1999 – Joe Amend, III
- 1999 – Eric Jones
- 1999 – R.J. Studley
- 2000 – Charles R. Campbell
- 2000 – Stephen C. Lawson
- 2000 – William Kovacs, II
- 2000 – Fred McLane
- 2000 – James M. Sage
- 2001 – David “Mack” Fife
- 2001 – Phil Lambers
- 2001 – Rick Posey
- 2002 – Carol Cypher
- 2002 – Jeff Honefanger
- 2002 – Don Lynam
- 2002 – Ed Peters
- 2003 – Art Johnson
- 2003 – Ken Koontz
- 2003 – Dick Litfin
- 2003 – Brad Woolf
- 2004 – Allen Sheilds
- 2004 – Dan Harkins
- 2004 – Douglas R. Sabo
- 2004 – Elaine Fife
- 2005 – Martin Cromes
- 2005 – Anna Johnson
- 2006 – John Smilek
- 2006 – Bill Krafft
- 2006 – David Carpenter
- 2007 – Angel Ashbeck
- 2007 – Ed Hess
- 2007 – Jennifer Lutz
- 2008 – Archer Thomas
- 2008 – Bob Hisey
- 2008 – Richard Strode
- 2009 – Scott Fletcher
- 2009 – Clayton Hays
- 2009 – Kent Rosenbaum
- 2010 – Bartley Davis
- 2010 – Ray Blowers
- 2010 – Edward Deen
- 2011 – Todd Justice
- 2011 – Irv Martin
- 2011 – Pat Price
- 2012 – Bridget Hawkins
- 2012 – Ron Irick
- 2012 – Deb Mason
- 2013 – Darwin (DG) Adams
- 2013 – Ernie McCallister
- 2013 – Bob Meyer
- 2014 – Rich Diesslin
- 2014 – Bob Hemmerly
- 2014 – Eilanna Price
- 2015 – Carl Conover
- 2015 – Chuck Forsythe
- 2015 – Greg Free
- 2016 – Gary Hale
- 2016 – Kevin Knepp
- 2016 – Greg Repasy
- 2017 – David (Andy) Fleming
- 2017 – Daniel R. Kirkpatrick
- 2017 – Kelly C. Smith
- 2018 – James (Jim) Kreckman
- 2018 – Robert (Bob) Burgy
- 2018 – Jeffrey Leonard
- 2019 – Amy Land
- 2019 – Don Rodman
- 2019 – Bethann Thompson
- 2020 – Traci Free
- 2020 – Raleigh Sandy
- 2020 – Jeff Smith
- 2021 – Brian Arehart
- 2021 – Matt Main
- 2021 – Hunter Marks
- 2022 – Matthew Kuntz
- 2022 – Nathan Luby
- 2023 – Ed Smith
- 2023 – Kevin Bish
- 2024 – Ken Dephillip
- 2024 – Julie Dephillip
- 2025 – Bill Blake
- 2025 – John DeWeese
*denotes Silver Fawn recipients
Silver Antelope Award
The Silver Antelope recognition is bestowed upon individuals, on a national basis, through the local regions of Scouting America. This is the highest recognition that a region may bestow upon a volunteer Scouter.
- 1946 – Warren Grimes
- 1946 – B.P. Sandles
- 1951 – Robert E. Hadley
- 1971 – Morris B. Martin, M.D.
- 1975 – George Schantz
- 1979 – Donald J. Bishop
- 2005 – Gary Harrison
- 2017 – Elwin Spray
- 2020 – Robert S. Hisey, Jr.
- 2023 – Bob Hemmerly
Alumnus of the Year Award
The Scouting America Council Alumnus of the Year Award is the Scouting Alumni & Friends’ highest recognition. The award was established to recognize alumni of Scouting America who, over a sustained period of time, have used the skills and values they learned through their association with Scouting to make significant and long-lasting contributions to our nation through their careers, avocations, community service, and the Scouting America alumni program and alumni activity at a council level.
- 2017 – Dan Kirkpatrick
- 2018 – Angel Ashbeck
- 2019 – Bob Hemmerly
- 2020 – Jenny Lutz
- 2021 – Steve Walston
- 2022 – Elwin Spray
- 2023 – Bethann Thompson
- 2024 – John Smilek
- 2025 – Greg Repasy
NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award
Eagle Scouts do amazing things…The NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) was established to recognize notable Eagle Scouts who have performed distinguished service at the local, state, regional or national level. The award was established as part of the 2010 Centennial of Scouting celebration. Often worthy candidates for the NOESA have inspired others through their actions and have devoted a lifetime to their profession, avocation, community, and beliefs, at great sacrifice to themselves and their families. The first awardee was presented at the end of the national celebration in 2011.
- 2011 – Edward Deen
- 2012 – Elwin Spray
- 2013 – Robert Cathcart
- 2014 – Dan Kirkpatrick
- 2014 – Eric Samuelson
- 2015 – Eric Jones
- 2015 – Carl Conover
- 2016 – Scott Fletcher
- 2016 – Edward Smith
- 2017 – Rick McClelland
- 2017 – Greg Repasy
- 2018 – Raleigh Sandy
- 2018 – Gary Hale
- 2019 – Craig Fourman
- 2019 – Rob Lavoie
- 2020 – Hunter Marks
- 2020 – Jim Kreckman
- 2021 – Robert Burgy
- 2021 – Steve Kennedy
- 2022 – Brian Arehart
- 2022 – Kent Rosenbaum
- 2023 – Bartley Davis
- 2023 – Eric Oberg
- 2024 – Douglas Kaylor
- 2024 – R. J. Studley
- 2025 – Eric Buschelman
- 2025 – Thomas Gates
Legends of Tecumseh Council
These Scouters are living legends of the Scout Oath and Law and have exhibited such exceptional leadership qualities that their complete deeds can never be known. Their Scouting Spirit is forever increasing, even in the face of irksome tasks. We so dedicate our forevermore lasting tribute. The Tecumseh Council staff nominates and votes on awardees annually as a way to celebrate their exceptional volunteers and the support they provide Tecumseh Council and Camp Birch.
- 1993 – Bob Erwin
- 1993 – Calvin Frank
- 1993 – Catharin Beanblossom
- 1993 – Clark Patton
- 1993 – Don Samuelson
- 1993 – Donald Bishop
- 1993 – Dr. Morris Martin
- 1993 – Gary Harrison
- 1993 – Hal Johnson
- 1993 – Jere Ratcliffe
- 1993 – Lymon Alexander
- 1993 – Paul Greenlee
- 1993 – Robert Notestine Jr.
- 1993 – Rod Monahan
- 1993 – Roland Matthies
- 1993 – Thomas Thacker
- 1993 – William Strautman
- 1994 – Bill Artman
- 1994 – Bob Cathcart
- 1994 – Bob Cooper
- 1994 – Bob Weber
- 1994 – Dan Berona
- 1994 – Don Geist
- 1994 – Gene Williams
- 1994 – Howard Clippinger
- 1994 – Jack Henderson
- 1994 – Jim Currie
- 1994 – Merrill Hoppes
- 1994 – Paul Gochenouer
- 1994 – Thomas Eipper
- 1994 – Virgil Watson
- 1994 – Walter Lawrence
- 1994 – Warren Thompson
- 1995 – Aaron Frantz
- 1995 – Bill Nelson
- 1995 – Duane Bender
- 1995 – Forest Lawson
- 1995 – Fr. David Vincent
- 1995 – Frank Mugford
- 1995 – Jack Stewart
- 1995 – James Gumley
- 1995 – James I. McClelland
- 1995 – John Harper
- 1995 – Robert Browne
- 1995 – Steve Lawson
- 1995 – Tom Gates
- 1995 – William Green III
- 1996 – Bob Beach
- 1996 – Charlie Campbell
- 1996 – David Sipe
- 1996 – Dennis Rack
- 1996 – Don Lynam
- 1996 – Don Oldiges
- 1996 – Eddie Dubose
- 1996 – Ervin Halley
- 1996 – Fred Rosenbaum
- 1996 – James A. Hall
- 1996 – Joyce Bender
- 1996 – Milt Lord
- 1996 – Robert Haley
- 1997 – Diana DeDominici
- 1997 – Dick Kessler
- 1997 – Frank Landis
- 1997 – Randy Thatcher
- 1997 – Ray Wylam
- 1997 – Reldon Macy
- 1997 – Steve Walston
- 1997 – Wes Mcarty
- 1998 – Bill Parker
- 1998 – Charles Benner
- 1998 – Helen Strayer
- 1998 – Hilda Williams
- 1998 – Pete Unitt
- 1998 – Susie Mahan
- 1999 – David Cypher
- 1999 – Doug Jackson
- 1999 – Gary Van Pelt
- 1999 – R.J. Studley
- 2000 – Carol Cypher
- 2000 – Carol Sage
- 2000 – Gary Hale
- 2000 – Mack Fife
- 2001 – Damon Kaufman
- 2001 – Eric Samuelson
- 2001 – Marty Trittschuh
- 2001 – Rick Posey
- 2002 – Ed Smith
- 2002 – Fred McLane
- 2002 – Jim Sage
- 2002 – William Kovacs
- 2003 – Charles Strecker
- 2003 – Dick Litfin
- 2003 – Ed Peters
- 2003 – James Marker
- 2004 – Benny Ulmer
- 2004 – Brad Woolf
- 2004 – Edward Hess
- 2004 – Joe Amend
- 2005 – Jim Clippinger
- 2005 – Phil Lambers
- 2005 – Rick McClelland
- 2006 – Allen Shields
- 2006 – Gale Urban
- 2006 – John Smilek
- 2007 – Albert Nash
- 2007 – Patrick Price
- 2007 – Roger Deeter
- 2008 – Clayton Hays
- 2008 – Don Lynam
- 2008 – Edward A. Deen
- 2008 – John Henderson
- 2008 – Rep. David Hobson
- 2008 – Scott Fletcher
- 2009 – Angel Ashbeck
- 2009 – Bob Henson
- 2009 – Tee Forshaw
- 2010 – D.G. Adams
- 2010 – Joan Nelligan
- 2010 – Rich Dieslin
- 2011 – Bob Meyer
- 2011 – Carl Conover
- 2011 – Greg Free
- 2011 – Tom Rickey
- 2012 – Bartley Davis
- 2012 – Bob Hemmerly
- 2012 – Jeff Davis
- 2013 – Jim Mason
- 2013 – Keith Mckinley
- 2013 – William Beeman
- 2014 – Sherry Kemp
- 2014 – Ernie McCallister
- 2014 – Greg Repasy
- 2014 – Archer Thomas
- 2015 – Traci Free
- 2015 – John Spink
- 2015 – Don Rodman
- 2015 – Kelly Smith
- 2016 – Bob Burgy
- 2016 – Herb Finke
- 2016 – Kent Rosenbaum
- 2016 – Elwin Spray
- 2017 – Jim Kreckman
- 2017 – Art Johnson
- 2017 – Mike Crothers
- 2017 – Dan Harkins
- 2018 – Dan Kirkpatrick
- 2018 – Ken DePhillip
- 2018 – Craig Fourman
- 2018 – Mike Cleelan
- 2019 – Amy Land
- 2019 – Todd Justice
- 2019 – Julie DePhillip
- 2020 – Eilanna Price
- 2020 – Gina Nixon
- 2020 – Matt Main
- 2020 – Robert Hisey
- 2021 – Jennifer Lutz
- 2021 – Bethann Thompson
- 2022 – Greg Siva
- 2022 – Sidney Palomino
- 2023 – Raleigh Sandy
- 2023 – Irv Martin
- 2024 – Lola Walston
- 2024 – Jeff Smith
- 2025 – Dave Levy
- 2025 – Harry Heaton
