Fall 2012 - National Eagle Scout Association
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Fall 2012 - National Eagle Scout Association
www.NESA.org FALL 2012 | Vol. 38, No. 3 Homes for theBrave How One Eagle Scout Has Reimagined the Housing Needs of Wounded Warriors Also In This Issue Profile: An Athlete’s Incredible Heart, Page 5 Revealing the Almost-First Eagle, Page 10 Lonnie Poole: Driven to Give, Page 14 News From the Trailhead From the President From the Director In May, your National Eagle Scout Association helped make the BSA’s National Annual Meeting in Orlando, Fla., one for the record books. So much so, many attendees acclaimed the NESAsponsored Americanism Breakfast as the best in recent memory. Mike Rowe, host of Discovery Channel’s Dirty Jobs, served as keynote speaker for the event. And after receiving the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award from National President Wayne Perry and Chief Scout Executive Robert Mazzuca, Rowe mesmerized the crowd with stories about the positive impact Scouting had on him and his family. His parents, John and Peggy Rowe, as well as his brother and sister-in-law, Scott and Margie Rowe, were present and listened as the star related the time Scott, a Star Scout, saved a drowning person’s life. Another highlight: We unveiled the new Eagle Scout portrait, 100 Years of Eagle Scouts by Joseph Csatari. Purchase your own giclée or print and watch a video on the making of the artwork at NESA.org. As I mentioned in my last column, in 2011 NESA launched a search for the first Eagle Scout Argonaut to join an exciting expedition to the Black Sea with the crew of oceanographer Dr. Robert Ballard during the summer of 2012. Finalists were required to shoot a video in which they tell why they should be selected as the Argonaut. NESA recognized this winner, Eagle Scout Alex Overman of Hamilton, Va., during the Americanism Breakfast. Read journal entries from Alex, as well as the group of argonauts he traveled with, at bit.ly/NESAargonaut. What’s next? The NESA affinity group task force—under the leadership of NESA Committee member Marshall Hollis—will announce an affinity group partnership with the California Professional Firefighters. Lou Paulson, president of the organization, helped create an opportunity for Eagle Scout firefighters to reconnect with Scouting. Under way since last year, this effort will provide a template for other affinity groups to establish a mutually beneficial relationship with NESA and Scouting. If you have an interest in establishing an affinity group, please reach out to NESA via e-mail at [email protected]. The National Order of the Arrow Conference (NOAC) held every three years, took place July 29 through Aug. 4 on the campus of Michigan State University in Lansing, Mich. And because Aug. 1 was the 100th anniversary of the Eagle Scout award, it was a perfect time to celebrate among thousands of present and future Eagle Scouts. At the NESA-sponsored show on Aug. 1—drawing 7,000 attendees—OA National Vice Chief Preston Marquis interviewed a panel of five young Eagle Scouts. Among the five were Olympic gold medalist Steven Holcomb, who led America’s four-man bobsled team to gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics; brothers Drew and Derek Konzelman, who won NBC’s reality show Escape Routes earlier this year; Clay Courts, board member of the world-famous Nantahala Outdoor Center; and Buey Tut, who journeyed to America as a refugee at age 11 and whose nonprofit organization digs wells in his homeland, South Sudan. All of these young Eagle Scouts said very positive things about what being an Eagle Scout has meant to them. On Thursday night, NESA held an outdoor event featuring notable Eagle Scouts including the Konzelmans, Tut, explorer Dr. Michael Manyak, who specializes in expedition medicine, and author Alvin Townley (Legacy of Honor and Spirit of Adventure). If any young Eagle Scouts came to NOAC having never heard of NESA, they certainly knew about it when they left. More than 800 people attended the final NESA-sponsored dinner on Friday night. Keynote speakers included Townley and Dr. Manyak, who credits Scouting with giving him his direction in life. That evening, I challenged the OA to continue its partnership with NESA as we begin a new focus on mentoring Scouts and helping boys become Eagle Scouts. Presently, just 4 percent of Boy Scouts earn Eagle. Therefore, I asked the OA to help us increase that number to 8 percent over the next few years. In fact, I asked, “Why not 50 percent?” Looking forward, don’t forget: The 2013 NESA scholarship season began on Oct. 1; applications are available only on NESA.org. Submissions must be postmarked no later than Dec. 31, 2012. From the Eagle Trail, Yours in Scouting, Glenn A. Adams President 2 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 C. William Steele Director Eagle Scout Magazine ISSN 0890-4995 BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA President of the United States Barack Obama, Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of America Wayne Perry, National President Tico Perez, National Commissioner Wayne Brock, Chief Scout Executive NATIONAL EAGLE SCOUT ASSOCIATION Glenn A. Adams, President C. William “Bill” Steele, Director NESA Committee: Rick Bragga, Dr. David Briscoe, Clark W. Fetridge, Jonathan Hillis, Marshall Hollis, Dr. Ken King, Michael Manyak, M.D., Todd R. Plotner, Joseph Porter, John Rehm, Congressman Pete Sessions, Frank Tsuru Regents consist of more than 600 life members of NESA who also are recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. EAGLE Scout Magazine J. Warren Young Publisher J. D. Owen Editor in Chief Magazine Division John R. Clark Managing Editor Bryan Wendell Senior Editor Gretchen Sparling Associate Editor Scott Feaster Design Director Elizabeth Hardaway Morgan Senior Art Director W. Garth Dowling Director of Photography Edna J. Lemons Photo Editor Bryan Wursten Online Editor Linda Lawrence Assistant to the Managing Editor Bob Wiemers Operations Director Lenore Bonno Print Production Control Specialist Lisa Hott Advertising Production Manager Marcie Rodriguez Imaging Artist John W. Ingram Circulation Director Judy Bramlett Customer Relations Manager Special Contributors C. William “Bill” Steele Jeff Laughlin Keith Courson Lois Albertus Teresa Brown Address all correspondence to NESA, S322 Boy Scouts of America, 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane, P.O. Box 152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079 www.NESA.org, [email protected] 04 Have You Heard? What do the National Key 3 have in common? They’re all Eagles. Learn more about the newest members, Chief Scout Executive Wayne Brock and National President Wayne Perry. Plus, you’ll be inspired by one Eagle’s success at helping a friend with cerebral palsy cross the finish line of several triathlons. 06 Homes for the Brave Casey Nolan, a real estate executive, helped construct two specially designed homes for wounded active-duty soldiers living at Fort Belvoir, Va. Learn more about the Wounded Warrior Home Project and the planning behind these impressive structures that help soldiers recover and thrive. 10 A Historic ‘Technicality’ Who is Roy Young? This article reveals how Young was on track to claim his spot as the first Eagle Scout—until a bureaucratic blunder left him on the sidelines of history. After the error, his Scouting journey was far from over. 12 Two for the Road Combining hobbies with philanthropy is a way of life for Lonnie C. Poole Jr., an Eagle Scout and volunteer who does more than simply raise money for Scouting. Read more about how Poole merged his love for restoring vintage cars with his passion for giving back to the movement. Circulation this issue: 125,000 NESA accepts all articles from members for submission, but because of space limitations and dated material, we are not always able to use all materials. We cannot return articles or photographs submitted for consideration. For detailed submission guidelines, go to www.nesa.org. Please send address changes to [email protected]. Include your name, new and old addresses, birth date, and the number printed above your name on the address label. FALL 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 3 ROGER MORGAN/bsa file Collecting the Whole Set A New Key for the Front Office Thirty years after becoming a district Scout executive, Eagle Scout Wayne Brock (above, right) has become the 12th Chief Scout Executive in the BSA’s history. Previously serving as deputy Chief Scout Executive and chief operating officer, Brock took over for Robert Mazzuca at the end of his five-year term on Sept. 1. “I am honored,” Brock said. “We will build upon the great vision and strategic direction put forth by Bob Mazzuca to strengthen our organization as we continue to serve our mission, instilling the values of character and integrity in America’s youth.” Brock learned these values as a Scout growing up in North Carolina. After becoming a professional Scouter in New Bern, N.C., he then served on staff in Knoxville, Tenn.; as Scout executive in Athens, Ga.; as area director; as Scout executive in Orlando, Fla.; as Southern Region director; and as assistant Chief Scout Executive. Also new to the BSA’s top leadership team is Seattle Mariners co-owner and Eagle Scout Wayne Perry (above, center), who became the BSA’s 34th president (the organization’s top volunteer post). Perry began his adult tenure as a Cubmaster with Pack 601 in Bellevue, Wash., and has filled a variety of positions since then. The pair join National Commissioner Tico Perez, the top volunteer in charge of program quality, to form the BSA’s National Key 3. The trio make up the highest level of leadership at the national level. As with the previous Key 3, all three members are Eagle Scouts. 4 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 For most Scouts, earning the Eagle Scout Award is a crowning achievement. Not for Shane Hughes. After becoming an Eagle Scout in November 2010, the Memphis-area Scout went on to earn the Venturing Silver Award in June 2011 and the Sea Scout Quartermaster Award in February of this year. Four months later, he received all three awards—the highest awards in Boy Scouting, Venturing, and Sea Scouting—at a special court of honor/bridge of honor ceremony. It was the first such triple ceremony in the Chickasaw Area Council’s 96-year history. Badges are just part of Shane’s Scouting story, though. He attended the 2007 World Scout Jamboree, the 2009 National Order of the Arrow Conference, and the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. He’s served on staff at National Youth Leadership Training. And he’s a Vigil Honor member of the Order of the Arrow and vice chief of administration for the Ahoalan-Nachpikin Lodge. A sophomore at Southwest Community College, he plans a career in biomedical engineering. He works at the Memphis Scout Shop, where he can easily answer customers’ questions about badges—seeing as he’s earned most of them. file Eagle Scout Pro NESA Committee Spotlight Laurel Highlands Council, Pittsburgh, Pa. Spencer Zimmer man GIlbert, ARiz. Claim to Fame (So Far): This spring, Spencer Zimmerman received the American Spirit Award from the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation. The award is presented each year to someone who “demonstrated extraordinary leadership and skill, the courage of their convictions, and a commitment to high standards of excellence in a challenging situation.” How He Earned the Award: As a 13-year-old Scout in 2010, Spencer competed in a triathlon with his friend, Dayton Hayward, who has cerebral palsy and needs a wheelchair to get around. Spencer swam 500 meters, pedaled 12 miles, and ran 3.2 miles, pushing or pulling Dayton every stroke, pedal, and step of the way. Despite the extra burden—which was really no burden to Spencer—the pair finished 82nd out of more than 400 competitors and placed first in the relay division. “It was really cool for Dayton and I to look up the times and figure that out,” he says. “That was really exciting.” Being Prepared: Although Spencer competed in at least 10 triathlons before, he wasn’t sure how well he and Dayton would do. So he practiced with his 7-year-old twin siblings, pulling them in a boat as he swam around Saguaro Lake (near Phoenix). Being Resourceful: For the swim portion of the triathlon, Dayton rode in a two-man lifeboat. For the bike portion, he rode in a bike trailer that his dad, Wes Hayward, modified so Spencer could quickly convert it into a jogging stroller. Encore, Encore: Spencer and Dayton have now competed in two more triathlons. When he turns 18, Spencer hopes to compete in his first Ironman triathlon in New Zealand. A Hero Among Heroes: Spencer received the American Spirit Award at Arlington National Cemetery along with this year’s recipients of the Citizen Service Before Self Honors. Future Plans: In addition to triathlon, Spencer has high goals for his career. “I’d really like to get into the medical field,” he says. “I’ve been taking classes to be a heart surgeon.” History and Organization For more than six decades, the Pittsburgh council has held an Eagle Scout recognition dinner that matches new Eagle Scouts with informal mentors. Last year, one of those mentors, Joe Salvucci, the CEO of Peak Technical Staffing, approached Scout Executive Mike Surbaugh to find out what else the council was doing to organize and cultivate Eagle Scout alumni. When he learned that the council didn’t have a formal Eagle alumni engagement strategy, Salvucci volunteered to head the council’s NESA committee, dubbed NESA Pittsburgh. Today, about 100 Eagle Scouts are active, more than a third of whom had not been involved in the council before. Mission The committee is charged with promoting Scouting in southwestern Pennsylvania and helping the council create more Eagle Scouts. The pitch, according to staff advisor Matt Mallin, is simple: “Wouldn’t southwestern Pennsylvania be a better place if there were another 2,000 to 3,000 Eagle Scouts walking the streets?” To accomplish that goal, the group has become involved with a councilwide effort to build a Cub World facility at Heritage Reservation in Farmington, Pa. “Eagle Scouts like to accomplish things for the community,” Salvucci says. The committee also offers five or six small service opportunities with low barriers of entry throughout the year. Last spring, for example, about 20 Eagle Scouts built fishing piers. The Patrol Method To reach more Eagle Scouts, the committee has recruited “patrol leaders” for each age range—twentysomethings, thirtysomethings, etc. These patrol leaders reach out by phone to about 2,900 men identified in recent nationwide Eagle Scout searches commissioned by NESA. “In organizing our membership outreach by age ranges, we hope to draw a broad spectrum of members across generations,” says Eric Newman, the group’s communications officer. Membership Benefits Besides serving the council, the committee wants to serve Eagle Scouts. “In addition to asking our region’s Eagle Scouts to contribute their time, talent, and treasure to the organization,” Newman says, “we want to add value to their experience and give something back to them.” Benefits include a job board on the NESA Pittsburgh Web site, a long-term career mentoring program, and a series of industry-specific networking events. Future plans include a directory of Eagle-owned or Eagle-run businesses in the area with accessibility to the public. On the Web Learn more at nesa-pgh.org or bit.ly/pittsburghNESA. FALL 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 5 Clark Realty Capital LLC HomeS FOR the Brave How one Eagle Scout is reimagining the housing needs of wounded warriors. By Mark Ray 6 | Eagle Scout Magazine Fall 2012 A s of Memorial Day 2012, 48,253 U.S. service members had been injured in America’s wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. And their battles aren’t over. Unlike their fallen comrades—6,467 of them—these wounded warriors must learn to walk again on prosthetic legs, live with traumatic brain injury (TBI), learn to overcome hidden injuries such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), or find jobs that don’t rely on physical ability. Perhaps surprisingly, many of them will find new jobs in the military. Of the injured soldiers assigned to the Army’s 29 warrior transition units, more than half will return to military service. Helping some of them in their return to duty is Eagle Scout Casey Nolan, the driving force behind the Wounded Warrior Home Project that is creating cutting-edge accessible housing at Fort Belvoir, Va. Nolan’s project has received favorable coverage from Time magazine, The Washington Post, NPR, and a score of trade publications. But he didn’t start out thinking about building accessible housing for wounded warriors. Instead, Nolan started with a more mundane—and perhaps more overwhelming—task: overhauling the D.C.-area Army base’s 2,100 single-family homes. Beyond Grab Bars As part of the military’s program to privatize base housing, Clark Realty Capital LLC, where Nolan works, entered a 50-year partnership with the Army to manage housing at Fort Belvoir. This housing included everything from trailers to poorly maintained two-bedroom homes—90 percent of it needed to be replaced or extensively renovated. Only 35 or so homes were accessible, and even those offered little more than basic adherence to Uniform Federal Accessibility Standards. In 2003, the company went to work, overhauling whole neighborhoods and integrating accessible housing in each of them. Nolan believed the new homes were a dramatic improvement. But then he started talking to residents (not only wounded warriors, but also spouses and children with disabilities). “You’d hear, ‘This is nice, but here are all the things that don’t work for me,’” he says. The main problem, he discovered, is that accessibility standards focus on physical disabilities. Wider hallways and grab bars in the bathroom are great, but they don’t address the range of challenges wounded warriors face, including specific problems such as having enough electrical outlets to recharge prosthetic limbs. “They may have a dozen prosthetic limbs for different needs and uses. You walk in their house, and they’ve got a power strip in the living room with four legs plugged in,” Nolan says. “If you’re a 10-year-old and you have your buddies come over to play Xbox, it’s just not the best environment.” Moreover, not all wounds are physical. “There’s a lot of people that are walking on two feet who may have been affected by something very traumatic that happened in Iraq or Afghanistan. They need more natural light in the house. They need to be able to see from one room to another. You hear stories about people sleeping in closets because they don’t feel safe,” Nolan says. Nolan didn’t have to hear many of those stories before he realized that Clark Realty needed to do more than make incremental changes. And so the Wounded Warrior Home Project was born. Housing Reimagined In May 2010, Nolan hired IDEO, a global design and innovation firm, to interview and observe 10 civilians and 20 soldiers with a variety of injuries, meet with their loved ones, and get input from disabilities experts and advocates. Out of that process came a better under- The Seven Dualities IDEO, the design firm behind these houses, identified seven contrasts that affect service members with disabilities: Well Defined, Undefined Spaces: People need well-defined rooms with open-ended uses. Mobile Roots: Service members live nomadic lives but need to be able to call a house a home. Inside Out, Outside In: Residents should be able to access the healing power of nature through easy access to the outdoors and a home design that brings the outdoors in. Visible and Invisible Security: People with PTSD feel more secure in homes that combine concealment and reduced exposure with visibility and control over the environment. Social Privacy: The house should include space for both solitude and social interaction. Uniquely Normal: Despite its special features, an accessible house should look and feel normal. Old Self, New Self: The house should encourage recovery and a successful transition to a “new normal.” standing of the features an accessible home should include. IDEO also defined seven dualities that characterize wounded warriors, apparent paradoxes such as “social privacy” and “uniquely normal” (see sidebar above). Armed with that information, Nolan launched a nationwide design competition in November 2010 to imagine two prototype homes for Fort Belvoir’s Woodlawn Village neighborhood. He ultimately selected Michael Graves and Associates for the job. Graves, who was personally involved in the project, offered special insight. In addition to being a world-renowned architect, he had been stricken by a viral infection in 2003 that left him paralyzed from the waist down. A year later, on Nov. 30, 2011, dignitaries (at left and also in the photo on Page 8) cut the ribbons on the two prototype homes, dubbed “Patriot” and “Freedom.” The four-bedroom, 3,000-square-foot homes vary in style and layout but share many common features, perhaps the most important of which is that they don’t look institutional. “I don’t even think you would notice some of the modifications that were made specifically for disabilities,” says retired Army Capt. Alvin Shell, a consultant on the project who suffered severe burns in Iraq (see “Words From a Wounded Warrior” on Page 8). “When my kids were in the house, they didn’t say, ‘Oh, wow, I can understand how a handi- “My hope is that others are inspired to take these lessons learned so that we have hundreds and hundreds—if not thousands—of homes that go over and above the bare-minimum code requirements.” —Casey Nolan h rt Ga W. ing wl Do Military representatives and family members join Eagle Scout Casey Nolan (fourth from right), director of the Wounded Warrior Home Project, in Fort Belvoir, Va., to celebrate the opening of two houses—named “Patriot” and “Freedom”—designed to give wounded active-duty soldiers a place to call home. FAll 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 7 capped person would use this or that.’ They were like, ‘Oh, wow, you just hit a button and the door opens.’ Or ‘Cool, the countertops go up and down.’” Innovation Has Its Cost As Capt. Shell’s kids discovered, the Wounded Warrior homes include plenty of innovative technologies. Kitchen countertops and sinks move up and down to accommodate different users. Automatic doors make entry easier for people, like Capt. Shell, who can’t easily turn doorknobs. A rehab room that doubles as a spare bedroom is configured for videoconfer- encing to allow for remote therapy. Sensors track whether windows are open, reducing the need to move around the house to check them. But technology is only part of the story. The homes have open floor plans that minimize turns and offer clear sightlines. The hardsurface floors have contrasting borders to enhance visibility. The garages are extra wide to accommodate specialty vans. Low window thresholds merge inside and outside space, providing natural light, views of nature, and enhanced security. The master bathrooms feature roll-in curbless showers with adjustable, handheld showerheads and Words From a Wounded Warrior Near Baghdad on Aug. 31, 2004, Army Capt. Alvin Shell rushed to the aid of Platoon Sgt. Wesley Spaid, whose convoy had been attacked and who was engulfed in flames. Shell suffered third-degree burns over a third of his body, burns so severe that he lost major muscle groups and was burned to the bone in several places. He spent 18 months in the hospital and underwent 30 surgeries, including many agonizing skin grafts. Six years later, Shell was one of the wounded warriors IDEO staffers interviewed. They toured his house, talked with him and his wife, and took away a laundry list of ideas. Among them: easy-to-open door latches, good visibility to the outdoors, an isolated therapy room, and separate climate zones. A major issue with burn patients is their reduced ability to regulate body temperature. Shell didn’t think most of his ideas would come to fruition, but he was pleasantly surprised to be proven wrong. “It was a lot better than I thought it would be,” he says. To Shell, the Wounded Warrior homes are more than structures; they’re statements. They send wounded soldiers the message that the Army is “not only going to let me stay in, but they’re going to treat me well. They actually care about me,” he says. “And that makes you care a little more about the job.” 8 | Eagle Scout Magazine Fall 2012 stylish towel bars that double as grab bars. And there are plenty of outlets in the closets to plug in those prosthetic legs. Of course, all these features come at a cost (although residents pay the same rent, which is based on their military housing allowance). Nolan says the prototypes cost about $200 per square foot, which is $50 to $75 more per square foot than what his company has spent on other houses. While $600,000 for a single house is a lot of money, he points out that the extra cost could easily be absorbed in a $500 million project. “It’s not as big of a premium as some may think,” he says. A big part of the increased cost stems from the necessary shift from two stories to one in an accessible house. “It has a larger foundation system. It has a larger footprint because you have to have larger bathrooms and a larger kitchen. Literally, the house expands because of even the minimum code requirements,” he says. Beyond that, each Wounded Warrior home must meet the needs of every potential resident. For example, the first person to move into the “Freedom” house was Marine Staff Sgt. Travis Green, a double-amputee with four kids. But the next resident might have a blind spouse or might herself suffer from PTSD. Moreover, Nolan says, the $600,000 price Having been injured fairly early in the Iraq War, Shell didn’t hear that message himself. He had to fight for permission to stay in the Army before he decided to retire in 2006. He joined the Department of Homeland Security, where he’s now a branch chief for force protection. Shell credits Nolan with the success of the Wounded Warrior Home Project. “He was informed not because he was the smartest guy in the room, but because he was the best guy in the room,” Shell says. “He listened to those subject-matter experts, he listened to those people that felt they’d poured their heart and soul into this project, and he learned from those guys. He just naturally led this project.” Nolan was so committed to the project that Shell sometimes wondered why. “Is he going to roll his pant leg up and have a prosthetic?” he wondered. “Or will he tell some story about how he’d served 20 years in the military?” In reality, Nolan’s only military connections are his father, who served in Vietnam, and his grandfather, who served in World War II and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery. But Shell doesn’t care that Nolan never served in the military. “He’s just as patriotic as anybody that ever put on the uniform,” he says. High praise indeed from someone who earned the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star with Valor. Clark Realty Capital LLC (10) The first two homes built by the Wounded Warrior Home Project (above) are just the beginning of the expanding initiative, which aims to build similar homes at several additional military bases. Open living spaces, adjustableheight countertops, curbless showers, and much more help soldiers adapt to life back home with their families. was for a prototype. “We’re re-evaluating our plans and looking to trim out $20 to $40 per square foot so the next batch is more efficient,” he says. Design for the Future Nolan’s company is in the process of building 19 additional Wounded Warrior homes in Woodlawn Village. But those homes are just the beginning. Nolan has consulted with Clark Realty colleagues who are planning 30 homes at Fort Benning near Columbus, Ga., and 10 homes at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla. “My hope is that others are inspired to take these lessons learned so that we have hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands, of homes that go over and above the bareminimum code requirements,” he says. The Wounded Warrior Home Project may some day even help those who never set foot (or roll wheelchair) onto a military base. The same universal design principles that inspired these houses could help the estimated 70 million baby boomers that will be over the age of 75 by 2030 and may need accessible homes. For now, though, the focus is on wounded warriors. Nolan adds, “I can’t think of a subset of folks that deserve it more than those who have been injured serving our country.” On the Web For more information on the Wounded Warrior Home Project, visit woundedwarriorhome.org. FAll 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 9 A Historic ‘Technicality’ How a bureaucratic blunder cost a Minnesota Scout the honor of becoming the first Eagle. that their Scouts submit similarly complete and precise papers with all their applications for merit badges.” By Dave Kenney T Uncommon Determination Roy Young was born on Oct. 4, 1893, in Washington, D.C. His father, Ernest W. Young, was a federal government employee specializing in military pension benefits. In 10 | Eagle Scout Magazine Fall 2012 Roy Young 1901, the government reassigned Ernest Young to a field office in St. Paul. The Young family settled into a small house on Alden Avenue and joined a neighborhood church, St. Anthony Park Methodist Episcopal. St. Anthony Park Methodist (opposite, at top) was one of the first churches in St. Paul to sponsor a Boy Scout troop, and Roy Young was one of its first members. In 1911, he set about earning his merit badges with determination. The reports he submitted to the Court of Honor of the St. Paul council (then known as Ramsey Council No. 1) were so thorough that the Pioneer Press printed two of them as examples for other Scouts to follow. “The Court of Honor was so pleased with their style, completeness, and precision,” the newspaper reported, “[that it] expressed the hope that all Scoutmasters would see to it Courtesy of phyllis dana he headline that appeared in the St. Paul Pioneer Press on Sunday, March 10, 1912, put the history-making accomplishment in matter-of-fact terms: “One St. Paul Scout Earns 23 Merit Badges and Will Be Honored As First ‘Eagle Scout.’” The article (opposite, at right) identified the newsworthy Scout as Roy Young, a member of Troop 35 in St. Paul’s St. Anthony Park neighborhood. “It is probable that he is the first ‘Eagle Scout’ in the country,” the article explained, “for no report has been received at the St. Paul headquarters of any other boy who has won that great honor.” Actually, there was no doubt about it: Young was, in fact, the first American Scout to qualify for Eagle rank. Unfortunately for him, that accomplishment was not enough to secure his place in Scouting history as the first Eagle Scout. For the rest of his life, Young would remain a footnote of sorts, a couldhave-been historical figure who quickly faded into obscurity. This is his story. The 25-Cent Rule Young almost certainly would have received recognition as the nation’s first Eagle Scout if not for a simple bureaucratic misunderstanding. The problem was rooted in money. During the 1910s, Scouts had to pay 25 cents for each merit badge they received. But for many boys, 25 cents (which would be worth nearly $6 today) was a steep price for a single merit badge. For an accomplished Scout like Young, the cost was nearly insurmountable. Although Young submitted all his paperwork for his 23 merit badges by March 1912, he didn’t pay the 25-cent-per-badge fee that supposedly was required for each application. And officials with Ramsey Council No. 1 didn’t know they could still send his applications to the national office of the Boy Scouts of America. That, as it turned out, was a big mistake. “It has been learned that the money [for merit badges] does not need to accompany the application,” the Pioneer Press reported in a story detailing Young’s misfortune. “Certification that a Scout has passed his tests for merit badges can be sent to the national headquarters, and the Scout can send for the badges any time he has the money to pay for them.” During the six months that the local council mistakenly held onto Young’s merit badge applications, two other Scouts (Arthur Eldred of Rockville Centre, N.Y., and Earl Marx of Jacksonville, Fla.) qualified for the Eagle rank, leaving Young to win recognition as Eagle Scout No. 3. As the secretary of the BSA’s National Court of Honor later explained in a column for Boys’ Life, Young failed to receive his proper due “through a technicality beyond our control.” Life After Eagle It appears Young shook off his denial of first-Eagle status with admirable aplomb. Shortly after earning his Eagle badge, he left St. Paul to attend prep school at Mount Pleasant Military Academy in New York. He then returned to Minnesota to enroll at Carleton College in Northfield, where he graduated in 1917. The years that followed were a whirlwind of activity for Roy Young. The summer after he graduated from Carleton, he married a classmate, Faye Estella Holmes, and started a family. By the time their first child was born in 1918, the United States was at war, and Young felt compelled to serve. He trained as an electrician at the Naval Station Great Lakes, but poor eyesight disqualified him from combat duty and kept him stateside. After the war ended, Young began a career with the Boy Scouts of America. For five years, he served as a Scout executive—first in Evansville, Ind., and later in Grand Forks, N.D. But personal tragedy marred what might otherwise have been one of the most rewarding times of his life. In 1922 his wife died, leaving him to raise two young children on his own. His struggles as a single parent ended a year and a half later when he married Faye’s sister, Vera. For whatever reason, Young gave up his career with the Boy Scouts soon after marrying Vera. For the rest of the 1920s he directed youth programs at churches in New York City, Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Chattanooga, Tenn. make drastic cuts in their budgets, and youth programs were among the first to go. Young had to find work, and he quickly hit on an ingenious idea. A few years earlier, he had the chance to experiment with a new piece of photographic equipment—a circuit camera— capable of taking panoramic portraits of large groups of people. Over the next two decades, Young built a national reputation as one of the country’s only circuit-camera photographers. He traveled the United States—10,000 miles a year—in a mobile photo studio fashioned from an old truck. His clients included high schools, colleges, and church conventions, as well as any type of organization that wanted a large group portrait. Young spent the rest of his life taking his wide-angle portraits until he died of a heart attack in 1959. A Common Theme If there was one theme that ran through Roy Young’s life, it was the enjoyment he got from working with young people. It was almost as if his experiences as a Boy Scout set him on a path from which he rarely saw need to detour. From his work with the YMCA during World War I, to his years as a Scout executive and a church youth leader, to his long career as a photographer whose subjects were usually much younger than himself, Young made young people his life’s work. Even when he wasn’t working, he was spending time with youth, especially Scouts. In the early 1950s he received his 40-year Veteran Scout Award. Yet he never received the credit he deserved for being the first Boy Scout to qualify for Eagle rank. But the work he did later in life speaks of his devotion to values learned, at least in part, through Scouting. DAVE KENNEY of the Northern Star Council in St. Paul is the author of Honor Bright: A Century of Scouting in Northern Star Council. The Honor Roll published by the BSA’s Secretary National Court of Honor, below left, describes Young as “a typical wide-awake Scout, alive to every opportunity, prepared for any emergency.” On the Photo Circuit Young probably would have continued with his youth work had it not been for the Great Depression. Churches, like almost every institution across the country, were forced to FAll 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 11 Two Road for the Distinguished Eagle Scout Lonnie Poole tells why he restores vintage cars for a vintage movement. By Randy Johnson Photographs by Randy Piland T here’s something appropriate about a successful waste-management entrepreneur who gets a kick out of restoring cars. But Lonnie C. Poole Jr., who earned his Eagle Scout Award in 1951 and founded Waste Industries in 1970, reinvigorates more than old cars. Poole auctions off the vehicles and donates the proceeds to his local Scout councils in North Carolina and Florida. It’s a way of recycling both autos and the positive impact Scouting has had on him. Poole recently attended the Raleigh Classic 2012 car auction with Scouts and officials of North Carolina’s Occoneechee Council. His goal was to auction a like-new 1967 Volkswagen Bug. As auctioneers rattled off their mile-a-minute pitch, local Scouts painstakingly buffed the Beetle. When the gavel cracked down, the council was nearly $9,000 better funded. That’s just the latest car in a five-vehicle string of auto auctions that have generated more than $240,000 for Scouting—and publicity that would be priceless if it were for sale. But Poole will tell you he does it because he likes to connect the passions in his life. “I used to fly airplanes, then I got into the aircraft-leasing business, then aircraft charter,” he says. “Somehow or other, I get hobbies connected up to business. The Boy Scouts are a big hobby for me.” He adds, “Raising money for Scouts or any charity is a difficult thing to do. Auctioning these cars is a foolproof way to make people not regret giving you money.” Though Poole recognizes that having fun is great, he long ago learned that it’s about more than that. It’s about building character, and that, he says, is at the core of his auctions and other efforts for Scouts. “People don’t get into Scouts to build character. They do it “People don’t get into Scouts to build character. They do it for fun. But the character-building comes through.” —Lonnie Poole 12 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 for fun. But the character-building comes through. I’ve been affiliated with other youth organizations. None quite conveys values like Scouting,” he says. The Beginning The 75-year-old Poole grew up “in the boondocks” of southeastern Wake County, N.C., where his father owned a general store and grew up on a small farm. “The house I was born in didn’t have indoor plumbing,” he remembers. He encountered Scouting on a visit to his grandmother in nearby Garner. He couldn’t make the commute by himself, so he found five boys near him and formed the Skunk Patrol. “True, [that’s] our real name,” Poole says. “Living in the country, it was just easier to get some merit badges. I got Animal Husbandry, Poultry, Gardening, Forestry. And I’d been swimmin’ in farm ponds forever when it was time to get the Swimming merit badge.” Poole’s Camping merit badge was harder than it needed to be, though. “I don’t know how I got it into my head that I had to camp out 40 nights consecutively, but I did. I slept out in my backyard woods so long I had chickens laying eggs in my tent,” he chuckles. When he finally told his Scoutmaster he’d met the requirement, the leader said, “‘I don’t know why you’re doing it that way. You’ve already been to Camp Durant, and you have way over 40 days already.’ I made something very difficult out of it.” The Return Poole graduated from North Carolina State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering in 1959 and went into the Army as a first lieutenant aviator. During a stint in Germany flying L-19 observation aircraft, he suddenly found himself back in Scouting. One day his commanding officer called him in and said, “‘Poole, I see here that you are an Eagle Scout.’ I said, ‘Yes, sir, I am,’ and he asked me if I knew there was a Scout troop on the base. I told him no, I didn’t. Then he said, ‘Well, then you also don’t know we need a Scoutmaster. Sounds like something you’d be perfect for.’ I said, ‘I’ll definitely give that some consideration.’ Then he looked at me and said, ‘Poole, I don’t think you understand. You have just volunteered to be Scoutmaster.’ I ended up hiking all over Germany with 100 Boy Scouts.” After that year in Germany’s Transatlantic Council, he came home to earn a master’s degree in business administration at the University of North Carolina and then founded Waste Industries. Dramatic growth followed, earning Poole a handful of industry accolades. By then Poole was back in Scouting as an Occoneechee Council Scoutmaster from the late ’70s to late ’80s. “Being a Scoutmaster is the hardest volunteer job anybody can do,” he says. “Being a council president is nowhere near as difficult.” Poole knows about that. After his business went public in the ’90s, a decade of amazing growth, he served as council president and vice president, as well as on the board of directors while orchestrating a major fundraising effort that turned the council’s Camp Durant into a world-class facility. John Akerman, scout executive for the 16,000-Scout Occoneechee Council, says the 2,400-acre camp has restrooms and shower facilities at all 14 campsites, which is The 1967 Volkswagen Beetle, above, is the latest of five vintage cars restored and auctioned by Poole, who donates the earnings to his local councils in North Carolina and Florida. “virtually unheard of in Boy Scout camps. Lonnie was the catalyst who kicked off that achievement during his term as president.” Poole recruited assistance on the council’s Capital Development Campaign from O. Temple Sloan Jr., who’s been involved in the Occoneechee Council and has served as a member of the BSA’s national executive board. Sloan and Poole, combined, made the lead gift of $1 million. After raising $7 million, the 22,000-square-foot Grand Lodge Dining Hall, trading post, and grill opened in 2009. That first phase of fundraising led to the current Capstone Campaign, scheduled to complete the camp with an $8.7 million total investment in spring 2013 when 1,200 Scouts attend the Order of the Arrow Conclave for Section 7B. Raising money for the camp is where the vintage cars came in. The Cars When the recession hit in 2008, a custom-car restoration TV program based at a Florida public television station lost two of six owners. Poole and Jim Cook, close friends in FAll 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 13 The 1953 Chevy pickup, above, sold in 2011 for $72,000—the highest amount Poole has received for the charity cars and trucks, so far at least. More recently, a 1957 Chevy Bel Air, right, sold for $30,800. co-host Megan Clementi is a former Miss Florida and cheerleader with the Orlando Magic. She graduated from the University of Central Florida with a B.S. in Engineering, which is “one reason why she’s a natural discussing cars,” Poole says. The auctions exemplify of the power of Scouting, Poole says. “I can’t tell you how many times people come up to you to say how glad they are to win or even just bid on a car that supports such a good cause.” A good example: the Raleigh Classic car auction. Poole’s latest car, the ’67 VW, went for $7,750—and when buyer Ken Gaub of Yakima, Wash., came up to claim it, he confessed he’d bought the car solely to support Scouts. “I’m big on Scouts,” he said. “I believe in them.” Poole was hoping to get $10,000, and thanks to another friend of Scouting, he came closer. Earlier, someone had bid on and bought a classic jukebox. When the new owner learned the Bug would benefit the Boy Scouts, he donated the jukebox, which sold for $1,000—$400 more than its original winning bid—and the Scouts took home $8,750. The Honors Poole’s influence reaches beyond his efforts on behalf of Scouting. Recently, he found himself at North Carolina State University to witness the naming of The Poole College of Management. In his remarks, Poole said, “Ethical behavior is 14 | Eagle Scout Magazine Fall 2012 Courtesy of lonnie poole (2) North Carolina who both made the transition to new residences in Florida, suddenly found themselves co-owners of the show Muscle Car Workout, co-hosted by Alan Goldstein, owner of a restoration garage called Fender Mender. “Everybody had cooking shows,” Cook says, “so restoring cars was a great idea. [Fender Mender] provided the labor and location, along with help from Daytona State College students, but the question was, what happens to the cars? That’s where we had the idea to auction them off for charity.” The series—which will air again this fall— featured Poole’s charity cars that were rebuilt on the show and auctioned later to benefit the Occoneechee Council in Raleigh and the Central Florida Council in Orlando. Poole’s cars have raised nearly a quartermillion dollars, and four of them were auctioned at the famous Barrett-Jackson auctions, in Scottsdale, Ariz., and Palm Beach, Fla. His second car, a ’67 Chevy pickup with a camper top and “100 Years of Scouting” emblazoned on the side, was auctioned there in 2010 during the BSA’s 100th anniversary. Luckily, the car’s charitable status received nearly 10 minutes of national TV time on Barrett-Jackson during the auction. “The Scouts told me that kind of publicity was worth more than the car,” Poole says. The ’67pickup brought in $51,000, and every penny went to Scouting. Scouts also appeared in the show’s second year and loved it. “Of course they didn’t mind at all hanging out with Megan,” Poole adds. Show a problem for too many business people, and business schools don’t spend enough time teaching ethics.” Not surprisingly, Poole credits the Boy Scouts with giving him a literal compass for his pocket and a moral compass for his mind. And in 2011, the BSA honored Poole for his achievements and contributions to Scouting with the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. “Quite an honor,” he says. “To get that, here [in Raleigh] where I made my career, in front of all those people—it doesn’t get any better. “I’ve had to change my demeanor, become distinguished. Totally out of character!” he says with a laugh. The Future Poole and his partners just completed filming the second season of Muscle Car Workout, which will be distributed by a PBS affiliate. In this season, Poole continues his mission of auctioning charity classic cars as a means of fundraising for Scouting. What’s next? You can bet Poole’s efforts for Scouts won’t be slowing down. Like the cars he restores, this country boy turned engineer and successful entrepreneur turned philanthropist is something of a classic himself. North Carolina author RANDY JOHNSON is the travel editor of nationalparkstraveler.com. From the campground to the corner oFFice, eagle ScoutS lead the way. thanks to our corporate alliances, they have plenty of examples to follow. www.scouting.org/sponsors Awards and Recognitions Eagle Scouts shine, even after reaching the top honor in Scouting. They continue to strive for new heights, and accolades naturally seem to follow. Patrick F. Sears, Michael V. Riscica, Maximillian Canon Johnson, Robert C. Carrozzo, AND Damien Kyle Quinn Troop 71 of Plandome, N.Y., welcomed five new Eagle Scouts in June—shown above at their Eagle Court of Honor—bringing the troop’s total number of Eagle Scouts to 101 in the centennial year of the award. Recognize your Scout’s awards by sending a photo and information to [email protected]. Dr. John G. Benitez Nashville, Tenn. Recipient of the 2012 Society of Toxicology Translational Impact Award recognizing his outstanding contributions to human and public health related to toxicology. He is associate professor of clinical medicine and emergency medicine at Vanderbilt University. Eric Franklin Bush Rockville, Md. Admitted to the United States Supreme Court Bar on June 18, 2012. He took the oath in a non-argument session before the justices, including retired Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Joshua A. Castle, Ph.D. Clarksville, Tenn. Received his doctorate in pharmacy from the University of Charleston in Charleston, W.Va., and a Bachelor of Science in biology from Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. 16 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 Dennis C. Chen, Ph.D. Nashville, Tenn. Received his doctorate in business administration from the University of Kentucky in June 2012. He is currently an assistant professor of management and international business at Belmont University in Nashville. Robert S. Eaton Atlanta, Ga. Selected as the new deputy chief of the branch of fire management, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service. He was serving as the Chief of Region 4, Division of Fire Management in Atlanta, Ga. He has served 28 years in federal service, including 15 years with the U.S. Forest Service. Charles H. Dankworth New Albany, Ohio As senior vice president of investments at UBS Financial Services Inc., he has been named to Barron’s Top 1,000 Financial Advisors List nationally and is ranked No. 8 in Ohio. Collin M. Edge Morehead City, N.C. Named a U.S. Coast Guard top five national finalist for Operation Homefront’s Military Child of the Year in 2012. Father William F. Dotson St. Louis, Mo. Graduated with a Master of Theology degree from Kenrick-Glennon Seminary and was ordained a Catholic priest for the Archdiocese of St. Louis. Christopher Michael Gordon San Antonio, Tex. Received his Bachelor of Science in computer information systems from the University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio. Presented with the Alpha Alpha Rho Chapter of Alpha Phi Omega service fraternity chapter’s Distinguished Service Award. Kirby Evers Haugland El Paso, Tex. Graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in music and mathematics from Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass. He’s a graduate student at the Royal College of Music in London, England. Samuel David Inman Homer Glen, Ill. Received his bachelor’s degree, earning a double major in Japanese and international business from North Central College, Naperville, Ill. He will serve in the Japanese Exchange and Teaching Programme. Jon Kowalski, Ph.D. Commerce Township, Mich. Graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa., with a doctorate in engineering and public policy. Travis Stuart Krew Canton, Ohio Graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in chemistry with honors from Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio. Attending medical school at the University of Cincinnati School of Medicine. Stephen G. Lippy Lutherville, Md. Recently retired from the Baltimore County Bureau of Solid Waste Management after 40 years, and received the 2012 Stanley E. Kappe award from the American Academy of Environmental Engineers. Michael Kevin Miller Paducah, Ky. Received a master’s degree in music performance from the Florida State University College of Music in Tallahassee, Fla. Shane A. Moravsik Morris Plains, N.J. Received his Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J. Richard W. Morgan Rincon, Ga. Graduated cum laude from the University of Georgia with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in graphic design. Mark Harrison Nanney Bradenton, Fla. Serves as lead engineer and designer of the Formula One in Schools Unitus Racing Team. Nanney is majoring in mechanical engineering and ocean engineering at Florida Institute of Technology. Evan Obrock Indianapolis, Ind. Received a bachelor’s degree in management information systems and international business from Butler University. He is a systems analyst with Liberty Mutual Insurance in Indianapolis. Sean C. Pegado Buffalo, N.Y. Graduated magna cum laude from Williams College, earning a Bachelor of Arts in English and mathematics. Works in New York City as an analyst for Cornerstone Research. Andrew M. Rein Buffalo, N.Y. Graduated from Villanova University School of Law with a joint Juris Doctorate and Master of Public Administration. Received the Dorothy Day Award for pro bono service, and was inducted into Pi Alpha Alpha. Scot Mitchel Rogers Louisburg, Kan. Received his master’s degree in public history from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colo. Rogers was also selected as a Presidential Management Fellows for 2012 and will be working for the U.S. Department of Forestry in Phoenix, Ariz. Edward B. Ruth Lancaster, Pa. As a retiree of the Milton Hershey School, Ruth was admitted to the Hall of Fame for Cross Country Coaching and Honorary Alumnus to the Milton Hershey School Alumni Association presented in 2011. Salvatore Sodano Lake Worth, Fla. Received a Bachelor of Science in computer engineering from Villanova University. He is a member of IEEE ETA Kappa Nu Engineering Honor Society, and is employed as a software engineer in Princeton, N.J. Alexander Storton Palm Desert, Calif. Graduated from Cal State San Marcos with a Bachelor of Arts in political science and Bachelor of Arts in communication. He also graduated with an honor from the Tukwut Leadership Circle. Antonios J. Tsompanidis, D.O. Holmdel, N.J. Received his designation as a Fellow of the American College of Osteopathic Family Physicians during its annual conclave of Fellows award ceremony in Kissimmee, Fla. Alexander N. Watson Hilliard, Ohio Graduated from The Ohio State University with a Bachelor of Science in industrial and systems engineering and minor in business. FALL 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 17 For God and Country Many young men exchange their Scout uniforms for fatigues, dress blues, or battle dress uniforms. The National Eagle Scout Association salutes Eagle Scouts who are currently serving in our nation’s armed forces. SPECIALIST Matthew G. Allen U.S. Army STAFF SGT. Ryan R. Aplanalp U.S. Air Force Col. Russell H. Bittle Jr. U.S. Army Serving as an Aircrew Flight Equipment Specialist in Southwest Asia supporting aircrew members with inspections, maintenance, and adjustments of survival and lifesaving gear. Promoted to Colonel and is serving at the Pentagon as the Liaison Officer for U.S. Army Forces Command. He is a 1986 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science degree in computer engineering. Is currently in undergraduate pilot training. SECOND Lt. Jameson T. Clem U.S. Marine Corps Ensign Stephen J. Conlin III U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Dirk Debbink U.S. Navy Lt. Col. Robert DeSousa National Guard Graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis and was commissioned as an officer. He is continuing his studies in national security at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., with a concentration in terrorism and sub-state violence. Graduated from Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Mass., with a Bachelor of Science in management engineering. He will report to Pensacola, Fla., for naval aviation training. Serving as Chief of Navy Reserve and Commander of Navy Reserve Force in Washington, D.C. Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal for his work in setting up the first-ever trial Defense Service in the National Guard. DeSousa is a Pennsylvania Guardsmen and serves as State Director for U.S. Senator Pat Toomey. Capt. Christopher D. Glass Sr. U.S. Navy Ensign Christopher D. Glass II U.S. Navy Lt. Col. John W. Haefner U.S. Army Corps of Engineers SECOND Lt. Zachary D. Kennedy U.S. Army Awarded the Defense Meritorious Service Medal from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Defense Technology Security. Chris (right) graduated from the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point with a Bachelor of Science in marine transportation. Serving as a Naval Strategic Sealift Officer and licensed U.S. Merchant Marine 3rd Mate. Currently serving in Afghanistan with the 82nd Airborne. 18 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 Completed three years of command of Fort A.P. Hill, where he served as the garrison commander during the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. He will attend the U.S. Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. SECOND Lt. Christopher R. Chorney U.S. Air Force Graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point with a bachelor’s degree in comparative politics. Thomas Kolditz, Ph.D. New Athens, Ill. specialist Derek McElroy U.S. Army Promoted to Brigadier General at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, where he retired as a department head of behavioral sciences. Now, he will head the Leadership Development Program at Yale University. Designed and built a veteran’s memorial in his hometown of Franklin, Wis., as his Eagle project. He is now serving in Charlie Company, 172 Infantry Brigade, Afghanistan. SECOND LT. Thomas C. Risi U.S. Army Graduated from Purdue University with a Bachelor of Science in industrial engineering. Assigned to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Currently attending the engineer officer basic course at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. SECOND Lt. John Patrick Murtha U.S. Air Force Ret. Cmdr. Doyle Quisenberry U.S. Navy Graduated from the Air Force Academy with a Bachelor of Science. He is attending intelligence school at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo, Tex. Received a Department of Defense award for his outstanding service as a member of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR). Lt. Benton Seccombe and CapT. Christopher Pace U.S. Navy; U.S. Air Force Col. Paul M. Sherman U.S. Air Force Seccombe is now a Naval Flight Officer (NFO) on the E-2 Hawkeye and attached to the Tigertails squadron on board the aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson. Pace is a pilot in the B-1 Lancer bomber, currently serving his first deployment, and is stationed at the Al Udeid AFB in Qatar, Afghanistan. Promoted to Colonel after serving as the program director of the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium Radiology Residency in San Antonio, Tex. Serving at Lackland AFB in the Radiology Squadron, 59th Medical Wing. Read the Digital Edition Ensign Patrick D. Wier U.S. Navy Lt. Col. Dennis E. Yost U.S. Army Retired Received a Navy Commendation Medal while serving on the USS Gravely DDG 107. Awarded the Gold Order of Saint Philip Neri for his accomplishments in the U.S. Army Special Forces. This is the highest award given by the Special Forces, and he is only the 19th recipient. Do you prefer to read Eagle Scout Magazine in a digital format on your computer, iPad, or smartphone? You can receive the quarterly magazine in your inbox by simply sending an e-mail to [email protected] using “Digital Edition” in the subject line. FALL 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 19 Eagle Scouting is a Family Affair Scouting’s highest honor is best shared with fathers, sons, brothers, and other family members. Adams/Elwonger Family Sundance, Wyo. Anders Family Niceville, Fla. Greg Anders (1979), Matthew Anders (2011), and Bill Anders (1946). Bailey Family Baker Family Grantville, Pa. Wesley B. Baker (1979), Douglas E. Baker (1980), Evan M. Baker (2012), and George R. Baker (1959). Barker Family Lincoln, Ill. Kevin Barker (2012) and Matthew Barker (2009). Carter Family Cline Family Collierville, Tenn. David Cline (1969), Dakota Cline (2012), Wade Cline (2010), and Dr. Charles Cline (1974). Davis Family Tucson, Ariz. Chester Fennell Jr. (1954), Ryan Davis (2011), Steven Davis (2009), and Charles “Chad” Davis (1983). Davis Family California, Md. John Davis (2005) and Andrew Davis (2011). Fulford Family Goodacre/Wilson Family Media, Pa. Cousins Bobby Goodacre (2006), Brian Goodacre (2006), Andrew Wilson (2012), and Ray Wilson (1980). Heidel Family Steven Elwonger (1965), Chris Adams (2006), Waldo Elwonger (SM 1957-1976), and Jeremy Adams (2012). Moyock, N.C. Jeremiah T. Fulford (2012), Sterling J. Fulford (2010), and Joshua M. Fulford (2012). 20 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 Miami Springs, Fla. Mark S. Bailey (1976), Peyton S. Bailey (2011), and Stephen M. Bailey (1948). San Ramon, Calif. Spencer Carter (2009) and Trevor Carter (2011). Knoxville, Tenn. Joshua Heidel (2008), Eric A. Heidel (1987), and Luke Heidel (2011). Inman Family Homer Glen, Ill. Kevin Alan Inman (2011) and Samuel David Inman (2006). Jones Family Brookhaven, Miss. Tim Jones (1977), Drew Jones (2011), and Bill Jones (1946). Klein Family Kopischke Family Morgan, Minn. Logan James David Kopischke (2009) and Dylan Andrew Kopischke (2011). Lee/Thate Family Malakoff, Tex. Logan C. Lee (2010), Larry C. Lee (1977), Leo C. Lee (1944), Jacob W. Thate (2011), Monty A. Lee (1976), and Jeffrey E. Thate (1978). Lugbauer Family Malnar/Quattlebaum FamilY Merolli Family Mendon, Mass. Tom Merolli (2008), Mike Merolli (1981), and Chris Merolli (2012). Nanney Family Bradenton, Fla. Margi Nanney, Mark Nanney (2009), Pat Nanney (1973), and James Nanney (2005). Overland Park, Kan. Damian Malnar (2009), Parker Quattlebaum (2010), Spencer Quattlebaum (2011), and Dominic Malnar (2009). Newbrander Family Hopkinton, Mass. William Newbrander (1995), Capt. Andrew Newbrander (1997), Rev. Douglas Remer (1963), Dan Newbrander (2003), and Jonathan Newbrander (2011). Miller Place, N.Y. Warren Klein (1978), Daniel Klein (2012), and Andrew Klein (2007). Princeton, Mass. Nicholas John Lugbauer (2011), John Peter Lugbauer (1985), and Thomas John Lugbauer (2012). Phillips Family Federalsburg, M.D. John W. Phillips Jr. (1979), John W. Phillips Sr., Joshua L. Phillips (2011), Daniel A. Phillips (1980), D. Scott Phillips, and Todd W. Phillips (Webelos Scout, front). FALL 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 21 Eagle Scouting is a Family Affair Scouting’s highest honor is best shared with other generations of family members. Pocsatko Family Crestview Hills, Ky. Sherry L. Pocsatko, David J. Pocsatko (1972), Zachary R. Pocsatko (2010), and Patrick D. Pocsatko (2006). Quigley Family Highland Mills, N.Y. Gerard David Ciccone (1966) and David Gerard Ciccone Quigley (2009). Roberts Family Nicholasville, Ky. James K. Roberts (1973), J. Frank Roberts (2006), John T. Roberts (2012), Adam L. Roberts (2009), and grandfather Joe F. Roberts. Sanders Family Wilmington, N.C. Colin D. Sanders (2003), Dr. John W. Sanders (1970), and William W. Sanders (2009). Sanderson Family Seven Family Aldie, Va. Tobin Seven (1969) and Christopher Seven (2012). Tanner Family Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. Townsend Family John Tanner Sr. (1944), John Tanner (2010), and Teresa Tanner. Varble Family Ogden, Utah Deely Varble (2002; back right), Tennik Varble (2011), Nevele Varble (2012), Jershon Varble (2008), Kilo Varble (2002), Kevin Varble Jr. (1996; front right), Father Kevin Varble Sr., mother Janet Varble, and Elon Varble (1996). 22 | Eagle Scout Magazine FALL 2012 Wales Family Renyhart Family Cape Coral, Fla. John Renyhart (1957), Jared Renyhart (2011), and Charles Renyhart. El Paso, Tex. David Sanderson (2008) and Tanner Sanderson (2011). Oak Hill, Va. John Townsend (2012), Col. James B. Townsend (1958), Andrew Townsend (2008), and Christopher Townsend (2010). Binghampton, N.Y. John R. Wales (1960), Thomas D. Wales (2000) holding picture of his grandfather Thomas D. Wales (1925), Charles A. Wales (1955), Roger Wales (1955), and Darwin R. Wales (sitting and holding Distinguished Citizens Award). GONE HOME Robert S.S. Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, taught Scout trailblazers to make a simple trail sign, a circle with a dot in the middle, to indicate that they had gone home. The following Eagle Scouts blazed many trails for us to follow, and now they, too, have gone home. Christopher Paul Arnett, 41 Athens, Tenn. Eagle: 1987 Bradford C. Bacon, 41 University Park, Md. Eagle: 1987 SECOND Lt. Matthew Blount, 30 U.S. Army; Pelham, Ala. Eagle: 1997 Passed: Nov. 27, 2011 Passed: March 31, 2011 Passed: March 10, 2012 Adam Herman Briesemeister, 25 Minneapolis, Minn. Eagle: 2001 Frederik Burr Christensen, 82 Aiken, S.C. Eagle: 1944 Roger B. Cole, 61 Vancouver, Wash. Eagle: 1965 Passed: March 21, 2012 Passed: March 15, 2012 Ret. CMDR. Thomas Wayne Davis, 57 California, Md. Eagle: 1970 Nick Boddie, 84 Rocky Mountain, N.C. Eagle: 1945 Passed: Dec. 2, 2011 Passed: March 3, 2012 Micah Cox, 17 Signal Mountain, Tenn. Eagle: Posthumous Award 2012 David Allen Dawes, 42 Aurora, Colo. Eagle: 1968 Douglas E. Devore, 65 Davison, Mich. Eagle: 1961 Christopher J. Duboc, 55 Kansas City, Mo. Eagle: 1971 Passed: Jan. 29, 2012 Passed: Dec. 18, 1998 Passed: April 4, 2012 Passed: Oct. 18, 2011 Brent Collins Hastings, 39 Atlanta, Ga. Eagle: 1990 Dr. Wayne M. Lednar, 62 Rochester, N.Y. Eagle: 1962 Ernest Manierre, 94 Maitland, Fla. Eagle: 1931 Charles W. Minton, 79 Oklahoma City, Okla. Eagle: 1946 Passed: Jan. 29, 2012 Passed: April 6, 2012 Passed: Feb. 3, 2012 Passed: March 27, 2012 David A. Reis, 25 (shown with sister Karen) U.S. Naval Aviator Bakersfield, Calif. Eagle: 2004 Jack Roberts, 59 Boulder, Colo. Eagle: 1968 George C. Schempp III, 94 Melbourne, Fla. Eagle: 1933 William A. Schempp, 62 Ithaca, N.Y. Eagle: 1962 Passed: Sept. 25, 2011 Passed: Feb. 11, 2011 Passed: Jan. 15, 2012 Passed: March 21, 2012 Passed: Jan. 1, 2012 Herbert T. Schumacher, 87 Visalia, Calif. Eagle: 1941 Glenn Weiss Stouder, 99 Nocona, Tex. Eagle: 1928 Robert F. Thomson, 81 North Wildwood, N.J. Eagle: 1944 Dr. Ralph Eugene Tomkiewicz, 80 Racine, Wis. Eagle: 1946 Passed: Nov. 6, 2011 Passed: June 6, 2012 Passed: March 13, 2012 Passed: June 27, 2011 Sanford “Sandy” Weinberg, 61 Sandy Springs, Ga. Eagle: 1965 CapT. Nicholas Schade Whitlock, 29 U.S. Air Force Destin, Fla. Eagle: 1999 Living Memorial IN MEMORY OF GREEN BERET STAFF SERGEANT ANDREW T. BRITTON-MIHALO, 25 Simi Valley, Calif. Eagle: 2004 Passed: April 25, 2012 in Afghanistan From: His second family: Travis JH Mathias (2001), Jared C. Mathias (2009), Craig R. Mathias (1978), Danette, Makayla, and Juleen IN MEMORY OF CARL W. SCHNEIDER, 35 Leetsdale, Pa. Eagle: 1992 Passed: Oct. 1, 2010 From: Susan and Michael Behme Passed: Oct. 8, 2011 Passed: Feb. 18, 2012 The National Eagle Scout Scholarship Endowment accepts tax‑deductible contributions in memory of deceased Eagle Scouts or in tribute to Eagle Scout achievers. Contributions may be sent to: NESA Director, S322, Boy Scouts of America 1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane, P.O. Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015‑2079 Please mark the envelope “personal and confidential.” Make the check payable to NESA and mark the check: “In memory of (name of person)” or “In tribute to (name of person).” FAll 2012 Eagle Scout Magazine | 23 NONPROFIT ORG U.S. POSTAGE Boy Scouts of America National Eagle Scout Association 1325 West Walnut Hill Lane P.O. Box 152079 Irving, TX 75015-2079 www.NESA.org PAID BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA Change Service Requested NEWS IN BRIEF Keeping NESA Members Informed Telling the Story Of the ‘Ph.D. of Boyhood’ As the 100th anniversary of the Eagle Scout Award approached, Michael S. Malone, veteran journalist and Eagle Scout, realized that nobody beyond NESA seemed to be talking about the occasion. So he set out to write Four Percent: The Story of Uncommon Youth in a Century of American Life, a new e-book from WindRush Publishers about what he calls “the Ph.D. of boyhood.” “Every once in a while, you uncover another corner of history that no one’s written about,” Malone said. “I think I’ve managed to do that with Eagle Scouts.” Available through Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and Apple’s iBookstore, Four Percent traces the history of the badge by telling the stories of the men who’ve worn it, from the first Eagle Scout, Arthur Eldred, to the two millionth, Anthony Thomas. Many of his subjects are household names, including Neil Armstrong, Gerald Ford, and Steven Spielberg. Others are not so well known—at least not yet—such as Alex Griffith, winner of the first Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. But the book is more than biographies. It also traces the history of NESA and its predecessor organization, the Knights of Dunamis. That’s a story Malone knows especially well. A former chapter commander in the Knights, Malone had the unenviable task of announcing the Knights’ demise at the 1973 National Scout Jamboree, where he served on staff. Few people today have even heard of the Knights of Dunamis, but that’s quickly changing. After Malone appeared in the Wall Street Journal and on Fox News talking about his book, it quickly became an Amazon bestseller. While he’s gratified that people beyond Scouting are interested in the book, he thinks Scouts and Scouters need to hear the story of the Eagle badge as well. “In Scouting, we tend to be local and anecdotal,” he said. “We know what’s going on in the troop, we maybe know what’s going on in the council, but the big-picture stuff we don’t really know that much about.” For more information on Four Percent, see fourpercentbook.com. Patches and Pi Amid growing awareness that America is falling behind in math and science education, the BSA introduced the Nova and Supernova awards, a series of badges designed to promote science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) achievement among Scouts. The hope is that the awards will stimulate interest in STEM-related careers. Scouting’s Nova awards are designed to whet Scouts’ appetite for STEM. There are four Nova awards for each program level (Cub Scouting, Boy Scouting, and Venturing), with each award covering one STEM component. When Scouts earn their first award, they receive a distinctive uniform patch. For each subsequent award, they receive a separate pi (π) pin-on device that attaches to that patch. Meanwhile, the Supernova awards (right) recognize more in-depth, advanced achievement in STEM-related activities. Named for important STEM figures past and present, including the Wright Brothers and astronaut Sally Ride, these awards can be thought of as STEM counterparts to the venerable Hornaday Awards. Find more info on these awards at scouting.org/stem.aspx.