Volume 31, Number 3
Journal of the National Eagle Scout Association
WINTER 2005
Also in this issue:
Eagle Scout Heritage
Celebration Brings
History to Life,
page 8
Distinguished
Eagle Scout
Skip Lange,
page 10
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
News From the President of NESA
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ISSN 0890-4995
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
National President
John C. Cushman III
National Commissioner
Donald D. Belcher
Chief Scout Executive
Roy L. Williams
NATIONAL EAGLE SCOUT ASSOCIATION
The Board of Regents consists
of more than 400 holders of the
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
President, Robert M. Gates;
vice presidents, Wayne Bingham,
Clark W. Fetridge, John W. McKenzie
EAGLETTER
Editor, Terry Lawson
Associate editor, Stefanie Gibson
Staff: Lois Albertus, Teresa Brown,
Velma Cooks, Rhonda DeVaney,
Ann Dimond, Jeff Laughlin
Address all correspondence to
NESA, S220
Boy Scouts of America
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
ne of the important benefits
the National Eagle Scout
Association provides to
Eagle Scouts is more than 100 college
scholarships ranging in value from
the Cooke Scholarship (four years
for a total of $48,000) to numerous
$1,000 scholarships awarded by the
four Scouting regions. Only Eagle
Scouts are eligible to apply for these
scholarships, and NESA pays more
than $300,000 in scholarships each
year from endowments designated
for this purpose.
If you know an Eagle Scout who
is planning to attend a college or
university, be sure to draw his
attention to these scholarships and
encourage him to apply. He can go
to the NESA Web site, http://www.nesa
.org, or through his local council to
get the application forms.
NESA scholarships are funded
primarily through two estate gifts to
NESA, each valued at several million
dollars and designated specifically for
scholarships. If the NESA endowment
for scholarships were larger, obviously
we could help more Eagle Scouts get
to and through college. I hope that
any Eagles reading this, and remembering the contribution earning their
Eagle rank made to their professional
and personal success, will consider
the NESA scholarship endowment
along with other Scouting gifts. A
bequest could forever help countless
young Eagles fulfill their dreams
through education.
On a different subject, I want to
thank the Eagles of all ages who vol-
unteered their services and time in the
NESA booth at the 2005 National
Scout Jamboree. Among other things,
we set a record for NESA lifetime
membership applications.
We are designing a new NESA Web
site that will be much more useful,
easier to navigate, and more userfriendly. Stay tuned.
A last thought. While everything is
going well for NESA, and more and
more young men are earning the
Eagle rank every year, I hope each and
every one of us will turn our efforts to
helping grow the traditional Scouting
program. Scouting’s focus on values
and character, individual achievement,
and personal responsibility sometimes
does not seem exactly mainstream
these days, and so all of us who care
about this movement (and what it
offers boys and young men, not to
mention the country) need to be
out front and
supportive of
more institutions
supporting
Scouting, and
more kids signing
up. Be prepared—
to stand up for the
Boy Scouts.
Robert M. Gates
President of NESA
In the last issue of Eagletter,
we featured a photo of Chief
Scout Executive Roy L. Williams
presenting Dick Covey with the
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
Pictured at center is John C.
Cushman III, national president
of the Boy Scouts of America.
Circulation this issue: 120,000
NESA accepts all articles from members for
submission. However, because of space limitations and dated material, we are not always able
to use all materials. We regret that we are not
able to return articles or photographs that have
been submitted for consideration. Please send
address changes to Eaglechanges@netbsa.org.
Include your name, new and old addresses,
birth date, and the number printed above
your name on the address label.
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E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Feature story
NESA Announces
Scholarship Recipients for 2005
Each year, the National Eagle Scout Association administers scholarship grants of various
amounts to qualified recipients. Congratulations to the 2005 recipients.
Stories by Mark Ray
$48,000 Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Eagle Scout Scholarship
Brandon James Hopkins
Salt Lake City, Utah
Western Region
At first blush, Brandon Hopkins comes
across as one of those brainy kids that other students must tolerate. Just consider these biographical details: He graduated from The Waterford
School in Sandy, Utah, with a 4.0 GPA, he
scored 1530 (out of a possible 1600) on the
Scholastic Aptitude Test, and he once wrote a
paper titled “James Otis Jr.’s Attack on Writs of
Assistance: A Turning Point in the Life of John
Adams and the Birth of Independence in
America,” for which he won the Ralph Waldo
Emerson Prize, awarded annually to high school
students published in The Concord Review.
But when asked about his hobbies, Brandon
mentions break dancing. Break dancing?
“All my brothers dance, and I just kind of carried on the tradition with the latest thing,”
Brandon said.
In typical fashion, he also turned the dance
style into a project that garnered him a fourthplace spot in mathematics at the 2003 Intel
International Science and Engineering Fair. For
the project, Brandon used trigonometry, linear
algebra, and calculus to map the paths taken by
a break dancer’s legs as he does a move called a
windmill. “My teacher thought it was pretty
cool,” he said.
As a Scout in the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, Brandon participated in Boy
Scouting, Varsity Scouting, and Venturing,
spending most of his time in Salt Lake City’s
Troop 180. An Eagle Scout at age 12, he eventually earned 81 merit badges.
For his Eagle project, Brandon presented a
Christmas musical program at the Odyssey
House, a drug rehabilitation center in Salt Lake
City. Brandon’s Scoutmaster had heard of similar projects and suggested the idea to the young
Scout. Since Brandon enjoyed singing, writing,
dancing, and acting, he jumped at the idea. “It
sounded like a good idea—and fun,” he said.
Many of Brandon’s scholastic accomplishments connect to his time in Scouting. His essay
on James Otis Jr., for example, stemmed from his
work on the Genealogy merit badge—he’s distantly related to Otis—while a project he entered
in the 2001 National Scout Jamboree’s Arts and
Sciences Expo earned him first place in the 2002
Salt Lake Valley Regional Science and Engineering
Fair. (He went on to be a finalist in the international science fair that year.)
Beyond Scouting and academics, Brandon
served as student body president at The Waterford
School and participated in numerous community
service projects with the school. Most notably,
in 2002 he spent a week on Utah’s Monument
Valley Navajo Tribal Park, helping to build a
corral, repair several hogans, dig an outhouse,
and prepare a home for shingling.
In his church, Brandon received the Gospel in
Action, On My Honor, and Duty to God awards.
Last July, he was ordained an elder.
Brandon is now a freshman at Harvard College.
He’s studying physics and expects to graduate in four
years with both bachelor’s and master’s degrees. His
career plans are in flux, but he’s interested in both
nanotechnology and business management.
Brandon, 19, is the son of James and
Barbara Hopkins.
$20,000 Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Eagle Scout Scholarship
Ethan Samuel Sokol
Port Jefferson Station, New York
Northeast Region
Ethan Sokol’s résumé is impressive even
without his Scouting accomplishments. For the
past eight years, Ethan provided service during
weekly visits to a soup kitchen. This year, he
started a charity to recycle ink cartridges, using
the proceeds to buy backpacks and school supplies for underprivileged kids. The effort helped
furnish 15 fully loaded backpacks. “We hope to
expand that,” he said.
At Comsewogue High School, Ethan participated in the Greenagers Club, which focuses on
ecological issues, and BUTY (Bringing Unity to
Youth), which seeks to foster mutual respect and
understanding across racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic lines. He was also valedictorian of his class.
And then there is his Scouting involvement.
Active in Scouting since old enough to be a Tiger
Cub, Ethan went on to earn 93 merit badges as a
member of Troop 354, chartered to Elks Lodge
2138 in Port Jefferson Station. He served several
summers on camp staff and worked as a
Chemistry merit badge counselor at the 2005
National Scout Jamboree.
Perhaps Ethan’s most impressive Scouting
achievement is his Eagle Scout service project.
In the Jewish culture, people do not just throw
away worn-out religious objects. “You have to
wait until a rabbi dies and bury them with him,”
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Ethan said, unless your synagogue has a genizah,
a burial site for unusable religious objects.
So Ethan built a genizah in an abandoned
corner of his synagogue’s grounds. The project
involved far more than just digging a hole,
however. He and his volunteers had to cut down
several trees and haul away 120 bags of leaves
and 100 bags of garbage first. All told, they spent
more than 570 hours on the project.
“It was something I thought the synagogue
needed,” Ethan said.
After a hectic school and Scouting career,
Ethan is deferring his college entry for a year and
following a different path—literally. He plans to
set out in February to hike the Appalachian Trail
solo, an endeavor that will last until July. He’s
also taking a biomedical engineering class at
Stony Brook University, completing a biochemistry internship there, and spending time with his
seriously ill grandmother.
Ethan, 18, is the son of Jacob and Mary Sokol.
$20,000 Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Eagle Scout Scholarship
Jared Blake Pruett
Collinsville, Virginia
Southern Region
Jared Pruett still remembers the event that convinced him to cross over from Cub Scouting into
Boy Scouting. His pack had a tradition that former
members who became Eagle Scouts got to return
to the pack and light a special candle. “I wanted
to go back and light my candle,” he said.
He eventually found that Troop 74 in
Stanleytown, Virginia, offered activities that were
even more fun than lighting candles. Scoutmaster
Greg Harmon was an avid hiker and skier and got
Jared and other Scouts hooked on those activities.
Jared’s Scouting interests and activities were
varied. “I participated in just about any camps
I could go to,” he said. Highlights of his Scouting
career included a trip to the 2001 National
Scout Jamboree and participation in Foxfire,
a council-level youth leadership program.
Jared also served on staff at Camp Powhatan for
three summers, most recently working in the
Brownsea Island Adventure, the camp’s program
for first-year campers.
As a member of his high school’s tennis team,
Jared hoped to do a tennis-related Eagle project,
but technical problems prevented it. Not surprisingly, he ended up choosing a project that was
perhaps even more suited to his background:
He and a team of volunteers completed extensive
trail work at Doe Run Park, a formerly private
park that Henry County Parks and Recreation
had taken over.
“The main part was to build a set of steps up
a really steep part of the trail,” Jared said. These
steps were actually 3-by-3-foot boxes stacked and
filled with gravel, something intended to last
much longer than simpler steps would.
Jared graduated in 2005 from Bassett High
School, although he spent his first three years at
the now-closed Fieldale-Collinsville High School.
In addition to playing tennis, Jared ran crosscountry and was a member of the swim team.
Now an engineering student at Virginia Tech,
Jared is considering specializing in either computer or mechanical engineering. If he chooses
the former, he’d like to work for Dell Inc. If he
chooses the latter, he’s keeping his options open.
Jared, 19, is the son of Jennifer Pruett and the
late Barry Pruett.
$20,000 Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Eagle Scout Scholarship
Alan Matthew Pfortmiller
Olathe, Kansas
Central Region
You won’t find the word “leadership” in the
Scout Oath. It doesn’t appear in the Scout Law.
Yet Scouting turns out leaders by the troopful:
men like Gerald Ford, Robert Gates, Sam
Walton, and Alan Matthew Pfortmiller.
You may never have heard of Alan Pfortmiller,
but don’t be surprised if he joins the ranks of
famous Eagle Scout leaders. That’s because
leadership is the common thread that runs
through his Scouting career.
As a member of Troop 86, Alan served in
numerous leadership positions, including
senior patrol leader, quartermaster, patrol
leader, and Order of the Arrow troop representative. Like all Eagle Scouts, he completed a
major leadership service project—in his case,
building shelving and storage cabinets at
Grace United Methodist Church, which
charters his troop.
Alan also spent two years as lodge chief
of the Tamegonit Lodge of the Order of the
Arrow, chaired several lodge committees,
worked five years on staff at Camp Naish,
and completed Brownsea 22, a council-level
leadership training course. And his leadership
extended beyond Scouting; he was captain
of the swim team at Olathe North High School
for two years.
As a Scout, Alan earned 61 merit badges
and eight Eagle palms. He became a Vigil
Honor member of the Order of the Arrow
and participated in the 2004 National Order
of the Arrow Conference.
Despite his active schedule in Scouting and
sports, Alan graduated second in his class at
Olathe North. His final grade point average was
an impressive 4.73.
Alan is now a freshman at Kansas University,
where he is studying chemical engineering.
He’s keeping his career options open, but he’d
ultimately like to work with superconductors
or applications of ceramics.
In the meantime, he’s busy studying—and
leading. He’s currently the Tamegonit Lodge’s
membership chairman.
Alan, 18, is the son of Wayne and
Debbie Pfortmiller.
$20,000 Mabel and Lawrence S. Cooke Eagle Scout Scholarship
Sean Jack Shanahan
Willits, California
Western Region
Most Boy Scouts join the program at the end of
the fifth grade, often after a four- or five-year stint in
Cub Scouting. Sean Shanahan didn’t discover
Scouting until he was in the seventh grade and happened to attend a family friend’s Eagle Scout court
of honor. “I started two weeks after that,” he said.
It didn’t take Sean long to catch up with his
peers in Troop 88, chartered to the Willits Ward
of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
“I was pretty gung-ho at it,” he said. Sean served
as patrol leader, assistant senior patrol leader, and
senior patrol leader. He attended the 2001
National Scout Jamboree, participated in his
council’s junior leader training conference, and
later served on the JLTC staff as a troop guide.
To get ideas for his Eagle Scout project, Sean
approached the principal at Blosser Lane
Elementary School, who suggested working on
the school’s combination parking lot and basketball court, which hadn’t been resurfaced since the
school was built. “There was a faint idea that
maybe at some time there was a basketball court
out there,” Sean said.
Sean thought just resurfacing the lot sounded
too easy, so the project grew. In addition to resurfacing the lot and painting lines for basketball
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courts, he and his volunteers added lines for kickball and shuffleboard and repainted safety lines
where school buses park.
And then there was the map. Sean’s team
created a map of the United States on a
30-by-40-foot section of the parking lot,
painting each state a different color. Sean and
his volunteers created the map using 15 large
paper templates to create chalk outlines of
the states. Once the chalk lines were down,
the painting was easy.
As a student at Willits High School, Sean
played three years on both the golf and football
teams. He also participated in Odyssey of the
Mind, competing in the world finals two years
in a row.
Sean is now a student in theology and
philosophy at Fordham University. He plans
to teach high school after graduation.
Sean, 18, is the son of Jim and Margie Shanahan.
$8,000 National Elks Foundation Scholarship
CENTRAL REGION
NORTHEAST REGION
SOUTHERN REGION
Brett Clark Everhart
William Clark
Garrard
Dominic Frank
Beovich IV
Powell, Ohio
Delmont, Pennsylvania
Gulf Breeze, Florida
WESTERN REGION
Jesse Robert
Horton
Bountiful, Utah
$4,000 National Elks Foundation Scholarship
CENTRAL REGION
NORTHEAST REGION
SOUTHERN REGION
Eugene Colston
Woehrle
Charles William W.
Mitchell III
Wade Durant Mayes
Madison, Wisconsin
Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina
Salisbury, Maryland
WESTERN REGION
Alexander Lee Hand
Manitou Springs,
Colorado
$3,000 NESA Scholarship
CENTRAL REGION
NORTHEAST REGION
SOUTHERN REGION
WESTERN REGION
David L. Dorff
Buck Lee Holloway
Cason Kaninau
Springall Cabebe
Kyle Roy Atkinson
Benjamin Joseph
Dewey
Carmel, Indiana
Point Pleasant,
New Jersey
Matthew Allen
Klinkhammer
Michael Daniel
Sullivan
Mario Ryan
Duvernay
Harvey, Louisiana
Belle Fourche,
South Dakota
Nicholas Ward Truso
Christopher A. Zellers
Martin David Wall
John David Jeppson
Dubuque, Iowa
Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Middleton, Idaho
Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma
Fishkill, New York
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
High Point,
North Carolina
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Boise, Idaho
$1,000 Hall/McElwain
Merit Scholarship
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
CENTRAL REGION
Matthew Thomas
Brewer
Andrew David
Bublitz
Eric William
Christopherson
Sean David Coffey
Brian George
Droste
Asa Jay Farquhar
Daniel Mark
Heiferman
Christopher Steven
Kuehn
Robert Charles
McIntyre
Timothy D.
Cooksy
Keith Ambrose
Demerest
Stephen David
Heimsoth
Taylor Allen Hopper
Roger Allen Klein
William Alan
Schlanker
David Allen Schwei
David Russell
Somrack
Mediapolis, Iowa
Macon, Missouri
Craig Michael
Schluttenhofer
Grant William
Castor
Robert Franklin
Chew
Michael Steven
Farrell
William Patrick
Haftek
Doylestown,
Pennsylvania
Norwalk, Connecticut
John Chester
Dambaugh
Scott Michael
Hayes
Russell Henry Koch
Ryan Miles
Kuchinskas
Timothy Colin
Lee
Daniel Jacob
Mallinson
Hunter Joseph
McCormick
Jacob Raymond
McCurry
Aaron David
Mitchko
Brian Daniel
Myhre
Sean Patrick Riley
Michael William
Vrana
Gregory Anthony
Zimei II
Clintonville,
Wisconsin
West Bend,
Wisconsin
Elm Creek, Nebraska
Paola, Kansas
Mahtomedi, Minnesota
Middletown,
Ohio
Grand Blanc,
Michigan
River Forest, Illinois
Zion, Illinois
Wallingford, Iowa
Sagamore Hills,
Ohio
Derby, Kansas
Shawnee, Kansas
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Thorntown, Indiana
Newbury, Ohio
NORTHERN REGION
Jehiel Isaac Baer
Columbia, Maryland
Lake George,
New York
Laurel, Maryland
Wallingford,
Pennsylvania
Hamilton, New Jersey
Prospect,
Pennsylvania
Stroudsburg,
Pennsylvania
McLean, Virginia
Milford,
Massachusetts
Montclair, Virginia
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Pomfret, Maryland
Elizabethtown,
Pennsylvania
Commack, New York
Ringwood,
New Jersey
Great Barrington,
Massachusetts
Croton-on-Hudson,
New York
$1,000 Hall/McElwain
Merit Scholarship
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
SOUTHERN REGION
Gregory Allen
Bacon
Harrison Carroll
Brown
Brian Allen Crowe
Matthew John
Hubbard
James Armond
Huber
Jordan Scott
Ingram
Clarksville, Indiana
Midland, Texas
Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina
Mason Dylan
Robbins
Colin Matthew
Rust
Robert Walker
Shurlds
Midland, Texas
Slidell, Louisiana
Alexander Fraser
Braden
Tallahassee, Florida
The Woodlands, Texas
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Mark Bellars Cusick
Gerald Douglas
Gary III
Stephen Ronald
Goss
Jonathan De’Andre
Lang
Robert Mull Miller
Nathan Isaac
Smeal
Edward Carringer
Spangler
Jacob Haft Weaver
Nicholas Andrew
Csakan
Luke Adam Decker
Eric Palmer Jones
Covina, California
Clovis, New Mexico
Isaac A. McDaniel
Nicholas Alan
Mikula
Nathan Michael
Nelson
Nocona, Texas
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina
Saint Augustine, Florida
Andrew Timothy Kiel
Florence, Alabama
Shreveport, Louisiana
McIntosh, Alabama
Dunwoody, Georgia
Lonoke, Arkansas
Gastonia,
North Carolina
Raleigh,
North Carolina
WESTERN REGION
Rodolfo Jose Barba
El Paso, Texas
Brian Joseph
Martin
Sacramento, California
Cory Brent
Richardson
Yucaipa, California
Kempner, Texas
Eric Joshua
Rosenberg
Englewood, Colorado
Seattle, Washington
Seattle, Washington
Nibley, Utah
Michael Patrick
Ryan
Craig Anthony
Somers
Dallas, Oregon
Black Forest, Colorado
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Albuquerque,
New Mexico
Forrest Alexander
Jones
Albuquerque,
New Mexico
Stephen David
Newcomb
Christopher Ames
Phillips
Arvada, Colorado
Grants Pass, Oregon
Jacob Andrew
Van Veldhuizen
Christopher Sean
Woodcoff
Fairbanks, Alaska
Oakley, California
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Eagle Scout Heritage Celebration
Brings History to Life
by Mark Ray
History came alive in special ways at the National
Scouting Museum this past
August. The occasion was
the 20 05 Eagle Scout
Heritage Celebration, which
welcomed Eagle Scouts
from across the country to
the museum.
The highlight of the celebration was the unveiling of
Joseph Csatari’s latest
Scouting-themed painting,
“Court of Honor.” Csatari, of
course, is the artist who
succeeded Norman Rockwell
as the Boy Scouts of
America’s official artist in
1977. “Court of Honor” joins
Rockwell’s “A Great Moment”
in memorializing Scouting’s
highest rank. The National
Eagle Scout Association
commissioned “Court of
Honor,” which will hang permanently
at the National Scouting Museum in
Irving, Texas.
Csatari’s painting captures a
familiar moment from an Eagle court
of honor: A freshly minted Eagle
Scout stands at attention, his right
hand raised in the Scout sign. In
front of him stand blazing candles
that represent the three parts of the
Scout Oath and the 12 points of the
Scout Law.
In an interview Csatari explained
the painting’s genesis: “I go to quite
a few courts of honor, and I keep
seeing the same thing over and over.
I said to myself, ‘I have to paint this.’”
Csatari said the biggest challenge
was the tedious work of painting
32 separate merit badges (including,
most appropriately, Art) on the
Arthur Eldred’s Eagle badge
is now on display at the
National Scouting Museum.
Sc o u t ’s s a s h . A s h e p a i n t e d ,
“I couldn’t help but think how much
the Eagle Scouts put into them,”
he said. “It was fun.”
His other challenge was finding a
bald eagle to serve as the model for
the painting’s background. He finally
found a stuffed eagle at a nature preserve, but its feathers were so
bedraggled that he had to use a little
artistic license to make it look right.
Among the dignitaries on hand
for the unveiling of “Court of Honor”
were Chief Scout Executive Roy
Williams and Seattle Mariners
Chairman and CEO Howard C.
Lincoln, who is a Distinguished
Eagle Scout. The honor of unveiling
the painting went to Bill and Margy
Eldred of Princeton, New Jersey.
Bill Eldred’s claim to fame is
significant. He’s the son of Arthur R.
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Eldred, the first Eagle
Scout. Bill is an Eagle Scout
himself, as is his son. His
grandsons in Colorado will
soon make the Eldreds a
four-generation Eagle
Scout family. The two, Tyler
Eldred and Kyle Kern, are
racing to see who will be
first, althoughTyler recently
pointed out that it really
doesn’t matter since “I’ve got
the name.”
Bill and Margy Eldred
Arthur Eldred completed the
E a g l e Sc o u t r e q u i r e m e n t s i n
April 1912 and was subsequently
examined by perhaps the most
E AG L E T T E R
exalted board of review in history,
including Scouting founders Ernest
Thompson Seton and Daniel Carter
Beard and the first Chief Scout
Executive, James E. West. Eldred
was named an Eagle Scout on
August 21, 1912, but didn’t receive
his badge until Labor Day because,
as a letter from West explained,
no Eagle badges had yet been
produced.
Bill Eldred said that the BSA
hadn’t yet developed merit badge
sashes either, so his grandmother
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had to devise one to display her
son’s awards. “I guess they hadn’t
really thought that far ahead,”
he said.
Despite being the son of the first
Eagle Scout, Bill Eldred said his
father never pressured him to
become an Eagle Scout. In fact, like
many Scouts before and since, he
was still working on his last requirements a few weeks before he turned
18. “My parents went to Europe, and
they didn’t know I’d finished until
they got back,” he said.
Beyond the Arthur Eldred story
and the Rockwell-Csatari connection,
history came alive in one more
surprising way at the Eagle Scout
Heritage Celebration. During his
keynote address, Howard Lincoln
told of his real claim to fame.
Long before he ran the Seattle
Mariners, a much younger Lincoln
posed for a painting called
“The Scoutmaster.”
The artist? Norman Rockwell.
CAPTURING SCOUTING ON CANVAS
In ancient Jewish culture, disciples followed
their rabbis so closely down the dusty roads of
Palestine that a common blessing was “May you
be covered in the dust of your rabbi.” A modern
version of this blessing—at least for the young
Joseph Csatari—might have been “May you be
splattered with the paint of your mentor.”
Growing up, Csatari idolized Norman Rockwell,
whom he later called “my hero and the person
I most admire.” He copied Rockwell’s Saturday
Evening Post covers, took a Famous Artists correspondence course because it featured Rockwell,
and even swept floors during art school in a
museum where an original Rockwell hung. Then,
after graduating from the Pratt Institute, he took
a job in the BSA’s Supply Division, hoping he’d
eventually get to meet his hero.
That was in 1953. Two decades later, Csatari
was named art director for Boys’ Life magazine
—a position Rockwell had once held—and began
an eight-year professional and personal relationship with the older artist. He served as art director
for Rockwell’s last seven BSA calendar paintings
and even worked on minor parts of two of them.
After Rockwell’s death in 1976, Csatari took over
the calendar commission, which he held until the
calendars were discontinued in 1991. He continues
to create paintings and official portraits for the
Boy Scouts of America.
Like Rockwell, Csatari paints in a realistic style,
frequently using his South River, New Jersey,
neighbors as models. The resulting paintings
capture a distinct moment in time and yet are
somehow timeless.
Beyond his Scouting work, Csatari is both
prolific and versatile. His work has appeared in
The Saturday Evening Post, Reader’s Digest,
Field & Stream, Outdoor Life, and McCall’s
magazines, as well as on more than 100 book
covers and two commemorative U.S. postage
stamps. He’s been commissioned to paint the
portraits of such notable Americans as actor
James Whitmore and first lady Betty Ford and
has received many honors, including several
awards of excellence from the Society of
Illustrators. In 2005, the BSA presented him
the Silver Buffalo Award, the organization’s
highest honor.
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DISTINGUISHED
EAGLE SCOUT
PROFILE
by Mark Ray
S
kip Lange’s introduction to
adult Scouting was fairly typical.
He’d been away from Scouting
for years when his son, Sandy, joined
Troop 510 in Indianapolis. Although
pleased that Sandy was signing up,
Lange didn’t plan to become a leader.
“I had not intended to become
involved, but it didn’t work out that
way,” he said.
In fact, Lange soon became
Scoutmaster, a position he held from
1968 through 1972. During that time,
the troop’s membership jumped from
about a dozen Scouts to more than a
hundred, due in large part to what
Lange calls his “magic formula”: Hold
a campout every month, publish an
annual program calendar, and “never,
never cancel.”
Troop 510’s shakedown campout
each September took place in Lange’s
12-acre backyard, but other outings
took the Scouts caving in southern
Indiana, hiking at Philmont Scout
Ranch, canoeing around Lake
Michigan’s South Manitou Island,
sailing the Bahamas, and climbing
the Grand Teton.
After a successful tenure as
Scoutmaster, Lange went on to other
challenges within the program, serving as district chairman, Sustaining
Membership Enrollment (now
Friends of Scouting) chairman, council president, and area president. He
received both the Silver Beaver and
Silver Antelope awards, as well as the
Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
Lange’s years of service to Scouting
convinced him that Boy Scouting—
as distinct from Cub Scouting and
programs for older youth—was “the
core and strength of our movement.”
And yet, he’d never seen a concerted
effort to measure the success of Boy
Scouting.
So he created one.
Skip Lange
Became an Eagle Scout:
1940 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Became a Distinguished Eagle Scout:
1995 in Indianapolis, Indiana
Lives in:
Indianapolis, Indiana, and Cortez, Colorado
Occupation:
Retired chairman of Pictorial Inc.
Family: Wife Alex, son Sandy Lange (also
an Eagle Scout), daughter Dori Morton,
and four granddaughters
In 2003, Lange and his Eagle Scout
son, Sandy, approached Scott Clabaugh,
Scout executive of the Crossroads of
America Council, with a unique challenge. Their family trust, the ADL
Charitable Trust, would donate
$100,000 to the council each year for
10 years—if the council met certain
goals. Specifically, each year’s gift would
be contingent on three things: an increase
in the number of Boy Scouts in the
council, an increase in the number of
the council’s Boy Scouts attending a
long-term summer camp, and an
increase in the number of Eagle Scout
Awards given in the council.
Lange named the grant the
Vitz-Norris Challenge to honor two
Scout leaders who had a tremendous
impact on his life. Hubert Vitz was
Scoutmaster of Troop 60, where
Lange became an Eagle Scout; Max
Norris was a fellow Troop 60 Eagle
Scout who went on to serve as both
council president and president of
the National Eagle Scout Association.
Council officials embraced the
Vitz-Norris Challenge’s goals, successfully meeting the challenge for 2003
and 2004, the first two years of the
grant. (Results for 2005 are pending.)
More importantly, Clabaugh said,
“The Vitz-Norris Challenge has
focused our commitment to growing
the Boy Scout program. It has
sparked creative, new ways of thinking about Boy Scouting.”
Lange has been active in numerous
other community activities, both in
his hometown of Indianapolis and in
the Four Corners area, where he and
his wife have a second home. An avocational archaeologist, he helped the
people of Bluff, Utah, purchase and
preserve an Anasazi site in the center
of town; the University of Colorado
now holds its Southwest Archaeology
Field School there. Lange is also a
former competition driver in the Sports
Car Club of America. He served in the
Air Force during World War II and today
pilots his AirCam experimental plane
for archaeological photo surveys.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
New NESA Life Members
(NESA Life Members from June 13, 2005, through October 7, 2005.)
Mark Richard
Abrahamson
Arthur Roger Abramson III
Jeffrey L. Adams
Larry M. Adams II
Matthew Roberto Aguilar
Michael Daniel Aldridge
Davis Grainger Alexander
Todd Edward Alexander
L. Craig Alford
David R. Allen
Ernest J. Alphin
Erik A. Alson
Alejandro Lazaro Alvarez
Keith M. Anderson
Kevin James Anderson
Kevin Michael Anderson
Ryan Andrew Anderson
Ryan Joseph Anderson
Thomas Lee Anderson
Christopher T. Anthony
Charles John Arndt
Matthew Thomas Ashby
Alan L. Austin
John Jay Baber
David E. Backof
David E. Baczewski
Ashton Dakota Baker
Brian Wesley Baker
Ryan Davis Baker
Patrick Baldwin
Warren Carl Ballam
Linden Bradley Ballen
Ralph Allen Baraldi
Thomas Marion Barley
Jason Tyler Barnes
Robert James Barrett
Cody Eugene Bartlett
Joseph P. Bartmess
Joseph Pell Bartmess Jr.
Timothy Bartunek
Andrew Burke Bassett
Charles W. Bates
Anthony Rocco Battaglia
Vincent Philip Battaglia
Jeffrey R. Bavis
Brian R. Baxer
Raymond R. Bayless
Brandon Wickwire Beam
Frederick Martin Beamer
Sterling Creighton Beard
Frederick J. Becker
Kyle W. Becker
Lloyd Michael Becker
Robert M. Becotte
Marcel Paul Bedard Jr.
Gregory Earl Beecher
Brian Randal Behlke
James Andrew Belknap
Dover M. Bell
Jonathan Scott Bender
Michael John Benko
Justin H. Berger
Seth Zachary Berkson
Sean Michael Bernier
Daniel Teague Berry
Erik Cheston Bertel
Jay E. Best III
Douglas Andrew Bickert
Andrew J. Biddiscombe
James Matthew Bier
Christopher Tilden
Bierhaus
Benjamin David Biery
Brian Patrick Bjelovuk
David Thomas Black
Christopher D. Blanc
Matthew P. Blanchard
Charles M. Blanchette
Rushkin Emata Blank
Christopher Erik Bodin
Bret Byron Bohn
John Joseph Boitano
Britt S. Boivin
Kyle Jeffrey Bonnell
Andrew Joseph Bontempi
Keith Andrew Booker
Scott Michael Borges
Timothy Jurgen Bornholdt
Christopher Allen Borski
Nathan B. Bottenberg
Robert M. Bowden
Casey James Bowen
Corbin Edward Bowen
Christopher Bowens
Taylor Rusch Box
Frank William Boyd Jr.
Quintin David Boyd
Joseph A. Bracco Jr.
Robert Brandel Jr.
James Ryan Bradley
Matthew Kirk Brandt
Paul Augustin Branyan
Erik Brautigam
Nikolas James
Brautigam
James Russell Brennan
William G. Brenton II
Daniel E. Brewer
William C. Brewer
Justin C. Bridgman
Tristin Samuel Briggs
Evan Adler Bright
Eric A. Brooks
Thomas Whitson
Brooks Jr.
Robert Allen Brown Jr.
Daniel Moore Bruce
David Lee Bruchhauser
Scott Thomas Brumett
Christopher Allen Bruno
Francisco Jose Bruno
Kyle S. Bryan
Jordan Michael Bryant
Eric William Buchanan
Jarrod Alexander Budzik
Brian B. Bullock
Brian Joseph Burch
David Daniel Burch
Joseph J. Burch
Brian Matthew Burdick
Paul Burdick
Adam Richard Burgess
David Andrew Burkhart
Thomas Lynn Burnitt
Willard E. Burns III
Christopher Kevin Busker
Patrick Wade Byrd
Richard James Byrne
Jordan Scott Byrum
Aaron Kyle Connelly
William J. Conrad
Evan Mathew Contreras
Blake Andrew Coogler
Keith S. Cooke
Alex Cooley
Adam Leland Cooper
Marcus Dean Cooper Jr.
Colin Grant Cope
Jay A. Copra
Kenneth S. Cordo
David Dickson Corley III
Justin Joseph Corriveau
Kyle Louis Corriveau
Kevin Christopher Cosby
Brian David Coslick
Paul Alexander Coslick
John Michael Costalas
Herbert L. Costolo III
William Garrett Couch Jr.
Daniel Coston Cousineau
Robert Charles Cox
Kyle D. Cozad
John R. Craft
Philip Craig
Stanley James Craig
Steven C. Crandall
Stephen P. Crandidiotis
Patrick T. Craven
Glenn Wesley W. Crew
Keith Merritt Crocco
Mark Andrew Croom
Michael Joseph Croteau
Thomas S. Crow Jr.
Christopher J. Crowe
Patrick D. Crute
Creighton Phillip
Cunningham
Merritt Benjamin Cutten
John J. Cylwik
Herbert Walker Cyrus
Scott Thomas Dalton
Mark Thomas Danielson
Donald Dauro
Richard E. Davies
Dwight Davis
John S. Davis
Paul W. Davis
Scott P. Davis
Nathan A. S. Dean
Iain Christopher Deason
Michael L. Deason
Zachary William Decker
William Thornton Deegan
Robert D. DeGaetano
Richard Scott Deitchman
Luke Edward Dejarme
Philip James Delano
Robert Barnes Delano Jr.
Kevin Michael DeLong
Raymond Andrew Delucio
Corey Matthew
DeMontigny
Joshua James Denk
Adam C. DePue
Carl Frank Desberg
Joseph M. Deutsch
Terence S. Deutsch
Jonathon David D’Hondt
Robert M. Diamond
James Albert
Calderwood Jr.
Derek Irwin Calhoon
Ryan R. Callanan
Christopher S. Caluori
Richard Andrew Cameron
Brian Scott Campana
Jeffrey S. Campana
Franklin Canady
Alexander Canale
Matthew James Canon
Kyle Robert Capps
Toby D. Capps
Joseph A. Capuozzo
Kevin Adam Capurso
Matthew John Cara
Robert M. Cargile
Micah Z. Carlin-Goldberg
Dennis James Carlos II
Brian David Carlson
Nicholas Matthew Carlucci
Curtis David Carpenter
Andrew W. Carr
Kenneth Harold Carrison
David J. Carroll
Jeffrey Howard Carroll
Jason Michael Carter
Kevin Matthew Cartwright
Jacob Edward Carvalho
David William Casazza
Mark H. Case
Laurent H. Cash
Christopher W. Castillo
Brian Castler
Jon Hayden Cato
Mark McLellan Cato
Matthew D. Catoe
Andrew C. Chapline
Chris A. Chapman
Matthew D. Chapman
Seth Allen Chapman
Andrew Taylor Chard
Douglas Cole Charnock III
Matthew Stephen Chau
Gregory L. Chesterson
Dan Ning Chin
Sean Arthur Chinery
Byron Mun Jung Chong
Steven Gabriel Chopski
Joshua Austin Christy
Douglas M. Clabough
Scott Thomas Clare
Brent Stuart Clark
Randy Allen Clark
Robert Don Clay
Zachariah Aaron Claytor
Matthew L. Cline
Todd A. Clodfelter
Christopher Allen Close
George H. Closs
Dylan Vale Cofer-Shabica
Alexander William Cohen
Derek Ian Cohick
Scott H. Coleman
James Russell
Brotchner Collen
William T. Collins Jr.
Andrew Robert Conachey
Raymond Condo
Robert Douglas Conlin
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Stephen Ray Diaz
Christopher G. Dick
Gregg J. Dick
Robert Joseph
Dickinson II
Kevin Paul DiGrazia
Steven Joseph DiGrazia
Aaron Thomas Dilger
Nicholas Mario DiLullo
Joshua Anthony DiLuzio
Robert A. DiMuccio Jr.
Kevin S. Dinsmore
Paul Ryan Dinsmore
Daniel Torelli Di Pasquale
Justin Torelli Di Pasquale
Charles Jacob Disharoon
Jonathan Michael Doblix
Marc Andrew Docteur
Daniel James Doggett
Douglas Charles
Donaldson
Gregory David Donaldson
Steven L. Donaldson
George O. Dotterer III
Paul Michael Downey
John W. Drebinger Jr.
Justin Tyler Drenan
Richard A. Drewery
Stephen M. Drummond
Charles M. Duffy
John Charles Duffy
Michael Patrick Duffy
Bradley J. Dugenske
Carey A. Dugenske
John Paul Duncan
Matthew Shayne Durbin
Phil Duren
Howard O. Dutra
Joshua C. Dutra
Paul W. Dvorak
Jason A. Eastburn
James Kenneth Easter III
Christopher Donald Eaton
Kyle Martin Eckes
Morgan McLaughlin
Edwards
James C. Eick
Daren Michael Eiri
Nathan Timothy Ekola
Richard B. Elliot
Gregory Allen Elliott
Jay D. Eman
J. Ryan Emery
Logan Garrett Engelmann
Nathaniel Robert Entrekin
Robert R. Entrekin
David Alan Eppinger
Kenneth Adam Estes
Juan Michael Estremera
Grant C. Evans
Miles E A Everson
Tyson Jeffrey Fabyanske
John D. Fairey
Zachary S. Farkas
Michael Drew Farley
Robert Wade Farmer
Adolph Motoki Fastnacht
Christopher M.H. Faucon
Robert John Faudree II
Aubrey Miller Faulk
Corey Patrick Feeley
Brian Thomas Feetham
Luis A. Feliciano
Jeffrey R. Felker
Thomas M. Fernandez
Robert Ferree Jr.
Douglas K. Fidler
Gabriel E. Fidler
Brian Lee Fields
Joseph George Fini
Blaine Palmer Finley
Brenner M. Fissell
Dustin Andrew Fleener
James W. Fletcher
Joseph Anthony Floro
Reed Leland Follensbee
Joseph William Ford
Kyle Alexander Forgue
Arthur Fort Jr.
James Champney Forte
David Boyd Founds
Ryan James Fowler
Brandon Andrew Fox
Francis X. Fraitzl III
Donald Robert Frank
Scott D. Franke
David B. Franklin
Stephen Charles Franz
Dudley Arthur Franzen III
James Michael Frasch
Jonathan L. Frasch
Tyler Kent Frear
Michael Travis Frederick
Brian Andrew French
Kevin L. Frieman
Bradley W. Frost
Brad D. Gable
Brent David Gable
Brian D. Gable
Andrew Kiernan Gabler
Dennis Carroll
Gackstetter
Kaime Leo Gadson
Anthony G. Gallegos
Jonathan Frear Gamble
Arthur C. Gans
Enrique M. Garcia
A. Earle Garrett IV
Scott F. Garrett
John Thomas Gasparini
Conrad Gast IV
Charles Gaudet
Conner E. Gaudet
Devon W. Gaudet
Matthew Nicholas Gaul
Brian Matthew Gay
Francis A. Gaynor
Andrew Charles Geider
Matthew Charles
Gennaria
Jarrett Michael Gentile
Travis Anthony Gentile
Jack Gerbs
Joshua Edward
Gerstenlauer
Wayne Francis Gilbert
Stephen Lee Gilley
Trevor Logan Gilreath
David C. Girdner
Clarence Lanier Gobble
E AG L E T T E R
Joseph Ray Gobrish
Douglas Godbee
Timothy Ryan Godsey
Jordan Arthur Godwin
Mark A. Good
Timothy Allan Good
Michael Edward Goodrich
Charles Goodwin
Derek Wayne Goodwin
James Goodwin
Tim George Goodwin
William Cantey Gordon
James N. Goreham Jr.
William Phillip Gorman
Eric Armstrong Goswick
Dean E. Gould
Justin Alan Gould
Justin Alexander Gould
James Andrew Gray Jr.
Robert Gray Jr.
Andrew William Green
Robert Lynwood
Greene Jr.
Paul E. Gregoire Jr.
Billy James Gregory
Luke Alex Gregory
Leon S. Greos
Nicholas Samuel Greos
Jon Michael Griffin
Nathan Michael Griffin
Brandon Alexander Griffith
Christopher Adam Griffith
Grant D. Griffith
Kyle Mark Griswold
Thomas George
Griswold III
Travis Rex Griswold
Francis Joseph
Grolimund III
Michael P. Groover
Hunter Somerville Gros
David Gross
Edward Francis Gullans
Michael William Gum
James W. Guyer
Craig D. Guymon
Jace Dane Guymon
Trent Dale Guymon
Bryan David Haas
Hugh J. Hagan
Kenneth J. Hager
James Edward Haggerty III
Matthew Aaron Halkyard
Joshua Daniel Hall
Zachary Ryan Hall
John William Hamilton
Ross Fitzgerel Hammerer
Brandon A. Hamous
Bruce A. Hamous
James E. Hamous
Wayne A. Hampton Sr.
John C. Hanley IV
Andrew Everett Hansen
Edward L. Hanson
Erik Brian Hanson
Stephen Blake Harbison
James Stewart Hardin
Taylor Maitland Hardy
Trevor G. Hardy
John T. Harkey
John Townsend Harkey
Mark Evan Harman
Donald P. Harris
Matthew P. H. Harrison
Charles Eldridge Hatch IV
Zachary Henry Hauser
Ryan Matthew Hay
Richard David Hayes II
Steven D. Hayes
Christopher Zachariah
Hazlett
Christopher A. Hegmann
Kevin Lee Hehrer
Frederick Robert
Heidbrink
Matthew Sean Hemler
George Christian
Henckel IV
Terrel Jon Henckel
Benjamin Samuel
Henderson
Stephen Tucker
Henderson
Andy J. Henry
Steven James Herbst
Michael C. Hesleitner
Andrew John Heup
John D. Heusinger
Caleb Isom Hickerson
James Hicks
Richard Berj Hidirsah
William T. Highsmith Jr.
Edward L. Hildebrand
Kevin Michael Hilmes
Travis Owen Hinson
William Clifford Hirsh
James R. Hodges
Kyle Hodges
Robert E. Hoffmann
Lee Harris Fox Hofrichter
John Andrew Holder
Tano Frantz Azande
Holmes
William Brandon Hooker
Stephen William
Hopkins
Jeffrey D. Hoppa
William M. Houghton III
Edward Elder House
Andrew Scott Murphy
Hovey
Thomas Landon
Howard III
Justin Funihara Howe
Matthew John Hratko
Albert Chung-Ken Hsiao
Christopher James Huber
Benjamin J. Huenecke
Brian J. Huffman
Robert A. Huffman
Jason C. Huggins
Daniel Wesley Hull
Cyle Joseph Hunnel
Matthew Peter Hunt
Nathan Eugene Hupman
Patrick Anthony Hynes
Michael Ieva
Christopher Anthony
Imparato
David Aaron Indek
Robert Eugene Ingram
Craig Thomas Ireland
Mark A. Irwin
Kenneth Wayne
Ishmael III
Timothy Wade Ishmael
Edward Jablonski
Bruce Thomas Jackson Jr.
Jesse B. Jacques
Pranav Karan Jain
Justin Alan Jansen
Mark J. Janus
W I N T E R 2005
Paul Robert Armstrong
Janzen
William Pawel Jarosz
Yehuda Jawary
Jeremy Scott Jeans
Andrew Hayn John
Adam Maechil Hamilton
Johnson
Ian Squier Johnson
James E. Johnson
Jason E. Johnson
Kenneth Mills Johnson
Robert Michael Johnson
Timothy D. Johnson
William Travis Johnson III
K. Ross Johnston
Robert J. Johnston
James P. Jones
Jessie Allan Jones
John Edward Jones IV
Walter Elliott Jones
George Andrew Jordan
Kevin Joslin
Phillip Peter Juda
Joshua Michael Judy
John Wesley Kagley
Kenneth F. Kalchik
Zachary Kapotes
Jason T. Kappan
Kevin Michael Kappen
John E. Kasper
Zachary Jacob Kast
Adam Dominic Kauth
Matthew Thomas Kay
Christopher Ryan Keegan
Kevin A. Keeling
Brandon J. Keith
Eric Earl Kelly
Patrick Andrew Kennedy
Brian William Kenny
Kenneth Bryan
Keplinger Jr.
Thomas S. Kerr
Daniel Max Kestin
Patrick L. Killian
Brian Howard
Killingsworth
Leon David King III
Terry W. King
Hunter Blakely Kirkwood
Adam Murphy Kishel
Mark Anthony Kittelberger
Matthew Gregory Klein
Joseph Donald Kluck II
Elbert Leslie Knight
Robert L. Knight
Kyle Jeffrey Knoll
Evan Britt Knooihuizen
Justin S. Kofman
Dennis E. Koopman
Michael A. Kort
Timothy W. Koster
Michael Kotwicki III
Brandon Scott Kozak
Val Jeffrey Kraus
Travis Stuart Krew
Nicholas Michael Krichten
Charles F. Krochmal
Peter E. Krouskop
Kurt D. Krueger
Adam Chester Kruse
William G. Kuban
Robert Brian Kubowski
David Alexander Kuehner
Matthew Scott Kuester
Geoffrey R. Kujawa
Jonathan Thomas Kurtz
Jon Thomas Kuznicki
Richard F. LaBaw Jr.
James Labry
Brent Wallace Lacey
Nathan Earl Lacey
Stephen W. Lacey
Alexander Kalaniopuu
Ladeira
Paul Andrew Lahah
Ian David Lamb
William David Lamb
John Lambert
Scott Derek Lancaster
Eric James Landon
Jason David Lane
Clayton Scott Lark
Peter Bennett Larr
William Charles Larson
Justin Dean Latta
Nathan A. Laughlin
Adam C. LaVoy
Martin D. LaVoy
Patrick M. LaVoy
Robert F. Lawton
Vuong Le
Andrew Christopher Lee
Harry C. Lee Jr.
Gary Lawrence Leedom
Dustin E. Leever
Scott R. Leever
Theodore Rex Legler III
Daniell Allen Leipply
Shawn Michael Lenagh
Timothy Peter Leong
Kevin Douglas Lerner
Robert Quentin Lesser
Bruce Franklin Lester Jr.
Keith Brandon Leuchter
Jacque LeVasseur
John Palmer Lind
Peter Spears Lind
John Myers Lindgren
Travis William Lippmann
Thomas Hamilton
Lipscomb
Tyrus Shyun Lloyd
Barret Otto Loehden
Stephen Michael
Loewenthal
Spencer A. Long
Stephen James
Longfield Jr.
Steven Thomas Lopez
Darrell A. Lorenzen
Eldon Russell Lorenzen
Jonathan Louis Lorenzen
Ralph K. Losey
Benjamin L. Lowndes
Christopher Andrew Luch
Gregory M. Luer
Thomas Edward Luker
Frank R. Lupinski
Mark T. Luttier
Neal Andrew MacDonald
Derreck James Mackie
John T. Madden
Ian Alexander Maddox
Charles Phillip Eugene
Magee
Anthony Magnone
John H. Mahaffey Jr.
Michael J. Maher III
Aron Michael Mahlman
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Matthew Charles
Malacaria
Wallace B. Mallory
Steven Michael Mancini
Richard K. Mann
Raymond Marceri
Todd A Margrave
Mark A. Mariscal
Matthew Paul Markel
Steven Adam Markoff
Barry Andrew Marler
Douglas Martin Marold
Arnold L. Martin III
Daniel Alexander Martin
James William Martin
Michael Gregory Martin
Anthony Bryan Martinez
David Robert Massimini
Issei Alexander Masunaga
John A. Mathes
Matthew N. Matz
Benjamin P. McAlister
David E. McAllister
Scott David McAlonan
Conner Michael McCarthy
John R. McCormick
James K. McCulla
Cody Thomas McCullough
David Arthur McCullough
Jess I. McCutchen
Joseph Lawrence
McDevitt
Chase Anthony Michael
McDonald
Douglas Dirrell McDonald
John Blaine McElroy
John Brian McElroy
Harold Bruce McEver
Sean Edward McFadden
Scott W. McFalls
Richard McKelvey Jr.
Gordon Victor McKenzie
Matthew Dean McKinnie
Patrick Kent McKitrick
Thomas Penry McMillian
Philip Thomas McNamara
Timothy C. McNamara
James Chester Meaders
Christopher Wood Megrey
Jeffery David Meiners
Theodore Meiners
Edmund Paul Mendrala
Jack A. Merritt
Nicholas Stephen Merva
Philip John Messina
Aaron Christopher
Messinger
Benjamin Hal Meyer
Thomas R. Meyering
Joseph A. Micheels
Paul M. Miesse Jr.
Joseph Anthony Migler
Michael Alan Miles
Brian Lee Miller
Daniel Edward Miller
John A. Miller
Joseph Charles Miller
Kendall Ashton Miller
Nelson L. Miller Jr.
Timothy Paul Miller
Frank Crouthers Mills
Neil Robert Minke
Scott William Minneci
Sean Alain Mobley
Robert Scott Moglia
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Monaco
Michael P. Monaghan
Daniel L. Monge
Patrick Montero
Mark I. Montrose
Ryan J. Moon
Danny J. Moore
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Jeffery Allan Morrow II
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Robert A. Munsey
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Christopher Murray IV
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John Christopher Narhi
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Brian Wayne Nordyke
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William Paul Norton
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Malcolm B. Oliver
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James Nicholas O’Shea
Charles J. Ottenheimer
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Covert Paige
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Panella
William Arthur Paquette
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Michael Daniel Parmer
Andrew Goodwin Parsons
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Chase Pattillo
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Scott James Pearson
Bryan James Pelich
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W. Marshall Perkins Jr.
Matthew Ryan Perrine
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Gregory Michael Peterson
John R. Petrarca
Henry Ford Petrash
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Matthew T. Petrik
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William E. Phillips
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Pierson
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Scott M. Pomerico
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Matthew Brenton Porter
Brian Joseph Pospisil
Dennis R. Pottorff
Alex M. Poulin
Charles Randolph Powell
Jerome M. Powell
John Joseph Powers
Alex Henry Prentice
Nathan Presmyk
Matthew S. W. Preston II
Scott Michael Pribanich
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Joshua David Protheroe
William H. Puckett Jr.
Andrew Kassouf Quan
Timothy J. Quiram
Christopher Paul Rabalais
Gavin Stiles Radebaugh
Ryan Benjamin Radschlag
Nicholas Alexander Rael
Dave Raj Raheja
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Ramirez
Joseph Darl Rantz
Andrew Lewis Raschke
Lance Douglas
Rasmussen
Zachary Glen Rassam
Bradley Ratliff
Carl Alexander Rausch
John D. Raymond
Michael Timothy
Raymond Jr.
Morgan Thomas Raymond
Roy Albert Rawlins
Tyler Edward Reed
Dale Loren Reising
Keith Alan Reitnauer
Daniel James Renshaw
Roger Dean Reynolds
Brendan Alexander Rhoad
Alexander DeWayne
Rhoads
Michael V. Riccardi
Joseph Riccitelli
Nathan R. Rice
Patrick Ryan Rice
Daniel Robert Richards Jr.
Eric H. Richards
Michael Spence
Richardson
Aaron Matthew Rigg
Christopher Scott Riley
James Whitcomb Riley III
Robert Fredrick Ritchie
Andrew Ryan Rivas
D. Mathew Roberson Jr.
Jordan Alexander Roberts
Marc P. Roberts
Daniel Alexander
Robertson
Adam J. Robinson
Franklyn Carter Robinson
Justin Thomas Rock
Victor J. Rocus
Daniel L. Rogers
Robert H. Rogers
Everett Freemont
Rollins IV
Darryl L. Romero
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James Taylor Roose
Nathan Andrew
Rosenkotter
Bryan J. Roser
Robert Andrew Ross
Alex Charles Rosselot
Albert J. Rossman Jr.
Keith David Rounds
Randolph W. Rountree
W. Barry Rountree
Christopher Wesley Rowell
Robert Gordon Rowland
Bruce F. Rueger
Robert James Ruhland
Alejandro Neil Ruiz
Dylan R. Rulander
Jake Martin Russell
William H. Russell
John David Rutledge
James A. Ryffel
Gregory Michael Sabin
Aaron Michael Sachs
Jacob Christopher Sachs
Michael Roland Sack Jr.
Anthony John Sadowski
Andrew William Salg
John C. Sandlin Jr.
Timothy J. Sands
Geoffrey K. Sanford
Peter Philip Sarelis
Craig A. Saunders
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Mark O. Sawyer
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David F. Speer
Samuel E. Spiess
Anthony David Squires
Andrew K. Stacey
Michael Reeves Stacey
Sean Patrick Stacey
Frank Stachour
Ryan G. Stackpole
Bryan A. Stafford
Garrett Lee Standfield
Gene Carl Standley
Francis Wayne Stanton Jr.
Julian Robert Stark
Dwight Galen Stearns
Jacob Stryder Steele
Ryan Webster Steenberge
John Matthew Steger
Craig F. Stein
James Joseph Stein
Greg L. Steinl
Frank C. Stevens Jr.
Michael Karl
Stevenson Jr.
Eric C. Steward
Samuel J. Stewart
Matthew Douglas Stilwell
Matthew Jeffrey Stine
James Connor Stocking
Howard A. Stoltz
Michael Robert Stong
David Bernard Streusand
John Dunham Stuhler
George D. Sturgis III
Nicholas Daniel Sturtzel
William Haruyuki
Sugiyama
Charles P. Sullivan Jr.
Daniel Watson
Poole Sullivan
Melvin L. Sundin
Robert L. Sunker
Ronald L. Sunker
Ronald Lee Sunker Jr.
Allan R. Susoeff Jr.
David Scot Sutherland
Steven Grant Sutherland
Evan Thomas Swanson
Brian Donald Sweeney
Clinton James Sweitzer
Timothy Ray Swingle Jr.
Ray P. Szpiech
Bruce David Talmage
Todd R. Talstein
Kyle Matthew Tanaka
Mark Alan Tannehill
Jonathan Reed Tapper
Edward Langhus Tashjian
James O. Tate
Christopher Mark Taylor
Davis Gaines Taylor
Kevin Harrison Taylor
Phillip Patrick Taylor
Timothy T. Taylor
William Donobain
Taylor Jr.
Michael Tellep
Harold M. Teller
Taylor Nash Thames
Gregory Nicholas Thomas
Marshall Edward Thomas
Robert E. Thomas Jr.
Robert Lee Thomas
Clayton Matthew
Thompson
Michael Drew Thompson
Gary A. Saxer
John W. Saxer II
John William Saxer III
Ronald James Saxer
Steven D. Saxer
Michelangelo Scafidi III
Michael Anthony Schaefer
Stephen M. Scheidt
Gregory James Schmitt
Seth J. Schrank
Kenneth Ray
Schuenemeyer II
John Vernon Schultz
Stuart R. Schwarzer
James Michael Scotto
Kirk Wayne Seaman
Thomas Kinchen Searcy
William T. Sedar Jr.
William Edward Sees Jr.
Thomas John Segersin
Carl Fredrick Selzer
Thomas James Seng
Matthew Scott Serio
Robert T. Sers
Lawrence A. Seymour
James William Shannon
Michael Lewis Shantz
Clark Sharpnack
Timothy Donald Shaw
Timothy P. Sheehan
Gregory Linwood Sherbert
Michael Emmet Sherry
David W. Shields
Nathaniel D. Shields
Jonathan Winslow Short
Andrew Joseph Shults
Corey Stuart Siegel
Daniel Stewart
Sievewright
Daniel S. Sigety
Raymond C. Sikora
Barry J. Simays
Adam David Simmons
Franklin Bruce Simmons IV
Patrick L. Simning
Donald William Simons
Derek Cheng-Yung Sing
Patrick J. Sinko
William G. Sinopoli
Zachery Andrews
Sinsheimer
Kevin James Sisk
Michael Corbin Sisto
David S. Sitz
Jason Geoffrey Slingsby
Daniel M. Slossar
Christopher J. Sluka
Michael Scott Smeltzer
Brian Thomas Smith
Daniel R. L. Smith
Emery Manning Smith
Erin L. Smith
Everett Baker Smith
Glenn Albert Smith III
Ryan Edward Smith
Ryan Patrick Smith
Zilmon Francis Smith
Joshua James Smithers
Reed E. Snyder
Thomas John Sohacki Jr.
John William Sohn
Richard W. South
Dustin Francis Sova
Lee D. Spain
George S. Sparks Sr.
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Kenneth Lewis Thorp
Michael J. Thorp
Trent R. Thunhorst
Evan Lincoln Tice
James Wallace Tidwell
Christopher Michael
Tillisch
Tony C. Tillman II
Sean Ryan Tingen
Jittakorn Tiraphatna
Adam James Tokar
Steven L. Tollefson
John Robert Tomasulo
Scott M. Tompkins
Stephen E. Toner
Michael James Toth
David J. Townsend
Christopher Martin Tracy
Jeffrey Robert Trask
Cade G. Travis
James Bradford Tresner
Henry L. Trexler Jr.
Stephen Allen Trifiletti Jr.
Joel Michael Troxell
David Joseph Trudell
John M. Tuley
Peter William Turner
Jeffrey S. Tyler
Collins P. Tynan
Timothy Scot Ulleseit
Christopher Allen Ussery
Adam J. Valencic
Ernest P. Van Allen
William B. VanderClock
Brian Lee Vander Kuur
Joseph Kyle Van Ess
Joshua Robert Vasata
Steven Douglas Vaughn
Matthew Thomas Vetor
Kenneth A. Vetrovec
Cory Alan Vetter
Michael A. Vinehout
Leonard Matthew Volk
Christopher Vossler
Jeremy Daniel Vriesen
Robert Dorman Waaser
Brian Francis Waer
David Byron Waggoner
Julius D. Waggoner Jr.
Julius Daniel Waggoner III
James Kory Wakefield
Stephen R. Walsh
Christopher Layton Ward
Maximilian Thornley Ward
Harry L. Warren
John Winthrop Watkins Jr.
Henry A. Watson II
Joseph John Watson
Sean Kevin Watson
Patrick Bennett Watts
Andrew David Weber
Douglas E. Weber
Luke A. Webster
Richard Glenn Weerts
Brandon M. Wehner
Joseph Allen Weiler
Michael Francis Weiler
Toby N. Weingarten
Matthew Charles Welch
Bradford N. Wells
Jason David Wenner
Warren M. Wenner III
Brian Daniel Werner
Calvin A. Whealton
Michael David Whitby
Floyd A. White III
Mike David White Jr.
Stephen E. White
Andrew T. Whiting
Christopher McRae
Whitlow
Jeffrey Alan Whitney II
Andrew T. Whitson
Eugene John Wikle
Joseph Christopher Wilbur
Robert Michael Wilder Jr.
Davis A. Wilkins
Lawrence E. Wilkowske
Matthew Anthony
Wilkowske
Benjamin Michael Willens
David P. Williams
Tyller W. Williamson
James J. Willis
Wesley Edward Willis
Dale Fredrick Wilson
Douglas E. Wilson
Jason Michael Wilson
Kyle Lyndon Wilson
Mark Henry Wilson
Richard P. Wilson
Jane Douglas Winfield
Brian K. Winfiele
Troy A. Winn
Scott Andrew Winter
Kyle Matthew Wise
Michael Stanley Wleklinski
Edmund Michael Woehlert
Ethan A. Wolter
David Bradford Wood
Christopher G. Woods
David William Woods
Michael James Woolley
Dallies Lawson Wrenn III
Brian Jennings Wright
Jonathan William Wright
Charles D. Wurster
Charles S. Wurster
Michael F. Wurster
Scott Edwin Yarbrough
Edward Charles Yells
Walker Steven Young
Travis Gordon Toshio
Yoshimoto
Christopher A. Zapotocky
Matthew M. Zaruba
Christopher Zellers
Jason A. Ziebold
Karl A. Ziegenfus
Matthew John Ziemnicki
John F. Zupko Jr.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Awa rd s a n d R e c o g n i t i o n s
Geoffrey Albe, Coral
Springs, Florida, has
accepted a nomination
to the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, New London,
Connecticut.
Jared S. Amoss,
Missoula, Montana, received the
2004 Downtowner of the Year
Award presented by the Missoula
Downtown Association.
Col. Duane H. Bartrem,
U.S. Army retired, Grand
Ledge, Michigan, was
installed as commandergeneral of the Military
Order of Foreign Wars.
2nd Lt. Sean Beasley,
North Canton, Ohio,
received a bachelor of science degree in behavioral
sciences from the U.S. Air
Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Capt. Dale R. Behm, Frystown,
Pennsylvania, is on his second tour
of duty in Iraq. He has received
10 Air Medals with three combat
Distinguishing Devices.
Petty Officer 3rd Class
Matthew Paul Blanchard,
Winston, Oregon, works
in communications on
the USCGC Mellon.
He attended the 2005
National Scout Jamboree
as a Coast Guard representative teaching water-related
merit badges.
Peter Bird, Delmar, New York,
received a national undergraduate
scholarship from the Society for
Technical Communications.
Gregory P. Boden,
Rancho Palos Verdes,
California, graduated
from Peninsula High
School with several
honors and scholarships. He plans to attend
Stanford University,
Palo Alto, California.
Ensign Jeffrey E. Boden,
Rancho Palos Verdes,
California, received a
bachelor of science degree
in logistics and intermodal transportation from
the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Point,
New York, and was commissioned
in the U.S. Naval Reserve.
Eugene Joseph
Bolanowski, Daytona
Beach, Florida, received a
bachelor of science degree
in air traffic management from Embry Riddle
Aeronautical University,
Daytona Beach, Florida.
2nd Lt. James Robert
Briscoe, Russellville,
Arkansas, was commissioned in the U.S. Army
after receiving a bachelor
of arts degree in linguistics
from Tulane University,
New Orleans, Louisiana.
2nd Lt. Mark Edward
Buck, Houston, Texas,
received an electrical engineering degree from the
U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, New York.
Pfc. Nathaniel Isaac
Burgess, Easley, South
Carolina, graduated from
Army Basic Combat
Training and Advanced
Individual Training as a
heavy construction equipment operator and serves
in the 391st Engineering
Battalion, Afghanistan.
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Christopher Gregory
Cannon, Butner, North
Carolina, received a
bachelor of arts degree
in history from the
University of North
Carolina—Greensboro,
North Carolina.
Joshua M. Cirulli,
Temple, Pennsylvania,
received a bachelor of
science degree in science
from Pennsylvania State
University, State College,
Pennsylvania.
Lance Cpl. James K.
Cleary, Jersey City, New
Jersey, graduated from
USMC Depot Paris Island
and School of Infantry,
Camp Geiger, North
Carolina. He is an assaultman serving with the 2nd
Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment.
John-Reuben L. Clyburn,
Galena, Kansas, received
an associate of applied
science degree in electrical technology from
Pittsburg State University,
Pittsburg, Kansas.
John C. Collier,
Centreville, Virginia,
graduated from
Woodberry Forest School,
Madison, Virginia, and
received a four-year Army
ROTC scholarship to
attend Virginia Military
Institute, Lexington, Virginia.
Gregory Philip Dausman,
Lake Oswego, Oregon,
received a bachelor
of science degree in
business from Oregon
State University,
Corvallis, Oregon.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Awa rd s a n d R e c o g n i t i o n s
John Bart Duesler Jr.,
Tustin, California,
received a bachelor
of science degree in
marine transportation
from California
Maritime Academy,
Vallejo, California.
2nd Lt. Scott Haslup,
Lawrenceville, Georgia,
received a bachelor of
science degree with
distinction in aeronautical engineering from
the U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Pfc. Perry Anders
Edholm, Setauket, New
York, graduated USMC
recruit training at Parris
Island, South Carolina,
and Marine Combat
Training at Camp Geiger,
North Carolina.
Karl William Heine,
Sheridan, Wyoming,
received an appointment to the U.S. Military
Academy, West Point,
New York.
Joseph G. English, M.D., Harrisburg,
Pennsylvania, received the Pennsylvania
Medical Society’s Physician Award for
Community Voluntary Service.
John Helberg, Saint Paul,
Minnesota, is manager of
individual underwriting
for Securian Financial
Group Inc.
Larry D. French Sr.,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
received a master of
business administration
degree in technology
management from
the University of
Phoenix campus
based in Pittsburgh.
Andrew Fulkerson, Cape Girardeau,
Missouri, received a doctorate degree
in criminology from the University of
Portsmouth, United Kingdom, and is
a professor of criminal justice at
Southeast Missouri State University,
Cape Girardeau, Missouri.
Joseph C. Gamble,
Savannah, Georgia,
received a master of
fine arts degree in
photography from
Savannah College of
Art and Design.
James Gillentine Jr.,
Double Springs, Alabama,
received a gold medal at
the Alabama High School
Skills USA competition and will represent
Alabama at the National
Skills USA competition.
John David Hensley,
Joshua, Texas, was
inducted into Phi Kappa Phi Honor
Society at the University of Oklahoma,
Norman. He also has earned a commercial pilot license.
2nd Lt. Jonathan
Douglas Herman,
Shreveport, Louisiana,
received a bachelor of
science degree in environmental engineering from
Colorado State University,
Fort Collins, Colorado, and was
commissioned in the U.S. Air Force.
Michael P. Higgins, Melrose,
Massachusetts, was valedictorian of
his class at Westfield State College,
Westfield, Massachusetts, and will
attend the University of Connecticut,
Storrs, Connecticut.
Senior Airman John B.
Hoff, Winnetka, Illinois,
received the Outstanding
Military Voluntary Service
Medal from the Village
of Winnetka and the
Winnetka Park District,
where he serves as liaison
and coordinator for parades
and military events.
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Anthony Hughes,
Tulsa, Oklahoma,
accepted an appointment to the U.S. Air
Force Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Bradley M. Hurst,
Odenton, Maryland,
received a bachelor
of science degree in
food science from the
University of Maryland,
College Park, Maryland.
Daniel Bruce Janek,
Midlothian, Virginia,
received a bachelor of
science degree in management information
systems from Florida
State University,
Tallahassee, Florida.
Andrew Jasper,
Sewickley, Pennsylvania,
received
the Congressional
Award Gold Medal
and attends the early
start program at Penn
State University, State
College, Pennsylvania.
2nd Lt. Charles Scribner
Jelliffe, Bedford, Texas,
received a bachelor of
science degree in civil
engineering from the
U.S. Air Force Academy,
Colorado Springs,
Colorado.
Cadet Sean C. Joyner,
McDonough, Georgia,
attends Riverside Military
Academy, Gainesville,
Georgia, and recently
completed a national
JROTC camp, where his
team took first place in the drill and ceremony competition.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Awa rd s a n d R e c o g n i t i o n s
Michael J. Krajsa, Center Valley,
Pennsylvania, is a faculty member in
the department of business at DeSales
University. He received the International
Teaching Excellence Award from the
Association of Collegiate Business
Schools and Programs.
2nd Lt. Nicolas Martinez,
Carrollton, Texas, graduated from the U.S. Naval
Academy, Annapolis,
Maryland, and has been
commissioned in the U.S.
Marine Corps.
James Langer, Miami,
Oklahoma, received an
associate of arts degree
from Northeastern
Oklahoma University,
Miami, Oklahoma.
2nd Lt. Jahara William
Matisek, San Bruno,
California, received a
bachelor’s degree in
behavioral sciences
from the U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
Spc. Nathan T. Lavy,
Lancaster, California,
has returned from Iraq,
having earned the Army
Commendation Medal
and Global War on
Terrorism Expeditionary
Medal. He continues to
serve as a National Guardsman.
Eric R. Lintelmann, Littleton, Colorado,
after serving two years in the Army
at the Defense Language Institute in
California, has been accepted into
the U.S. Military Academy at West
Point, New York.
Joel Litman, Dallas, Texas, is president
of Jewish Family Service in Dallas and
is co-owner of Texas Recycling/Surplus
and ActionShred of Texas.
Paul A. Logli, Rockford, Illinois, is
president of the National District
Attorneys Association.
Hon. Richard M. Marano,
Oxford, Connecticut, is a
superior court judge for
the State of Connecticut.
2nd Lt. Christopher Troy
Markos, Bedford, Texas,
received a bachelor’s
degree in management,
cum laude, from Texas
A&M University, College
Station, Texas, and has
been commissioned in
the U.S. Army.
Henry N. McCarl,
Gloucester, Massachusetts,
is past president-general
of the Sons of the
American Revolution.
Capers W. McDonald,
Potomac, Maryland, is
the 2005 Distinguished
Alumnus of Duke
University’s Pratt School
of Engineering.
Ryan Richard Miske,
Rockford, Minnesota,
graduated magna cum
laude from the University
of Minnesota School of
Law, where he served
as editor in chief of the
Minnesota Law Review.
2nd Lt. Robert P.
Morgan, Plano, Texas,
received a bachelor of
science degree from
the U.S. Air Force
Academy, Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
2nd Lt. William C.
Morris, Chatham,
Virginia, received a
bachelor of science
degree from the U.S.
Military Academy, West
Point, New York.
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Ensign Adam Robert
Mueller, Bridgewater,
New Jersey, received
a bachelor of science
degree in marine engineering systems from the
U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Port,
New York.
Michael F. Murphy,
Plymouth, Minnesota, is
in his second year at the
U.S. Military Academy,
West Point, New York,
where he plays football.
2nd Lt. William Chatelain
Murray II, Santa Clara,
California, received a
bachelor’s degree in
engineering management
from the U.S. Military
Academy, West Point,
New York.
Joshua Roger Nash,
Redlands, California,
received a bachelor of
science degree in electrical and engineering from
California Polytechnic
University, Pomona,
California.
Spc. Timothy M. Nelson,
Thornton, Colorado,
received an Army
Achievement Medal for
his service as the NEC
NCO for the 100th
Engineer Company
(Airborne) at Fort Bragg,
North Carolina.
Ensign Benjamin Orloff,
Issaquah, Washington,
received a bachelor of
science degree with distinction in aerospace
engineering from the
U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Awa rd s a n d R e c o g n i t i o n s
Ensign Brandon Ray
Parrish, Venice, Florida,
received a bachelor of
science degree in marine
engineering systems from
the U.S. Merchant Marine
Academy, Kings Port,
New York.
Will M. Parsley, Little Rock, Arkansas,
received several scholarships, including
the National Merit Scholarship from
the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
and the Governor’s Distinguished
Scholar Award.
Kevin G. Philips, Nyack, New York,
recently retired as director of youth ministries at Hopewell Reformed Church
and was honored with a scholarship
fund in his name.
Ensign Ryan Popiel,
Thornton, Pennsylvania,
received a bachelor of science degree with honors
in mechanical engineering from the U.S. Coast
Guard Academy, New
London, Connecticut.
Lt. Col. John A. Randall
III, Temecula, California,
received the Meritorious
Service Medal for service as logistics officer,
Mobilization Support
Battalion, at Camp
Pendleton, California.
David Rogers Rossi, Lake Oswego,
Oregon, received a Lifesaving Award
from the Prince William, Virginia,
Regional Chamber of Commerce.
Norman Schaefer,
Charlotte, North
Carolina, has been an
active registered Scouter
for 60 years and a professional Scouter for 35
years. He is a Scout historian and celebrated these
anniversaries by traveling to
Gilwell Park and Brownsea Island.
Jason Sexton,
Youngsville, North
Carolina, received
the bronze and silver
Congressional awards and
was chosen to represent
North Carolina as a delegate for the American
Legion Boys Nation.
Thomas A. Smith, Valencia, California,
is 2005–2006 president of the Leona
Valley Sertoma Club.
Robert Stillwell, Fox Lake, Illinois, is
personal physician’s assistant to the
president of the United States and
Cabinet members.
Christopher Stollar, College Park,
Maryland, attends the University
of Maryland and is an intern at The
Washington Times.
Ryan Stollar, Eugene, Oregon,
received a bachelor of arts degree in
liberal arts from Gutenberg College,
Eugene, Oregon.
Bill Sullivan, New York,
New York, is president
and CEO of the Ronald
McDonald House of
New York City, the largest
Ronald McDonald House
facility in the world.
R. Emmett L. Tribolet,
Bountiful, Utah, received
the Gonzaga University
Merit Presidential
Scholarship, Gonzaga
University Trustee
Scholarship, and an
appointment to the
Honors Program at Gonzaga University,
Spokane, Washington.
Rick T. Wasfy,
Alexandria, Virginia,
received a bachelor of
science degree with
honors in geological
engineering from
Queen’s University,
Kingston, Ontario, Canada.
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Ensign George Benjamin
Watkins, Kennett Square,
Pennsylvania, received
a bachelor of science in
systems engineering from
the U.S. Naval Academy,
Annapolis, Maryland.
3rd Class Cadet Gregory
Waugh, Severna Park,
Maryland, attends
the U.S. Coast Guard
Academy, New London,
Connecticut, and spent
the summer aboard the
Coast Guard Barque
Eagle, an academy training ship.
Richard Austin White,
La Mesa, California,
graduated from San
Diego City College. He is
a NESA life member and
a Girl Scouts volunteer.
Donald Wine II,
Farmington Hills,
Michigan, received a
degree in political science
from Duke University,
Durham, North Carolina.
Spc. John R. Wright,
Shelby, North Carolina,
is serving a second tour
of duty in Iraq as a
military police officer
with the 64th Military
Police Company, 2nd
Platoon, 720th Military
Police Battalion.
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Conkey (From
left) Aaron M.
Conkey (2004),
Michael J.
Conkey (1976)
Blair (From left) George Blair III (1963),
Frederick Blair (1971)
Ciarlone (From left) Michael G. Ciarlone
(2003), Daniel L. R. Ciarlone (2004)
Brown (From left) Martin P. Brown III
(2001), Martin P. Brown Jr. (1962),
Christopher W. Brown (2003)
Clark (From left) Marshall Levi Clark
(2003), Kyle Remington Clark (2005)
Costanza (From left) Matt Costanza
(2004), Dave Costanza (1969)
Collier (From left) Nathan Collier
(1996), Daniel Collier (2005), Phillip
Collier (2003)
Doyle (From left) Austin Doyle (2005),
Michael Doyle (2004), Evan Doyle
(2002), Dennis Doyle (1967)
Collier (From left) William C. Collier
(2001), William H. Collier (1936),
John C. Collier (2004)
Dumont (From left) Josh Dumont
(2004), Zacharie Dumont (2004)
Buell (Back row, from left) Dr. Tim Buell
(1971), Jim Buell (1973), Pete Buell
(1975); (front row, from left) Nick Buell
(2005), Alex Buell (2005)
Blaisdell, Buck (From left) Benjamin
Buck (2000), Cody Blaisdell (2005),
Mack Buck (2005)
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E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Ertl (From left) William Joseph Ertl
(1998), John Mathias Ertl (2005)
Ferguson (Back row, from left) Michael
Ferguson (1992), Matthew Ferguson
(1997), Richard Ferguson (1978);
(front row, from left) Ronald Ferguson
(1957), H. Robert Ferguson (1957),
Larry Ferguson (1967)
Fernandez Charles Fernandez (1968),
Paul Fernandez (1977), Rick Fernandez
(1981), Ron Fernandez (1981), Pete
Fernandez (2000), Ryan Fernandez
(2004)
Giovanelli (From left) Robert B.
Giovanelli (1973), Vincent C. Giovanelli
(2001), Robert L. Giovanelli (2005),
Thomas C. Giovanelli (1977)
Gros (From left) Travis Gros (2002),
Hunter Gros (2004)
Lutyens (From left) Everett F. Lutyens
(1936), Thomas F. Lutyens (1962)
Kamm (Back row, from left) Doug Kamm,
Eric Kamm (1998); (front row, from left)
Jean Ann Kamm, Kalen Kamm (2004)
Mahler (From left) Isaac Mahler (2000),
Andrew Mahler (2004)
Kanfer (From left) Zachary C. Kanfer
(2003), Dr. Paul S. Kanfer (1956)
Kratzer (Back row, from left) William
Kratzer Jr. (1996); (front row, from left)
Andrew Kratzer (2004), Gary Kratzer
(1996)
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McCowan (From left) Robert C.
McCowan (1944), Robert W. McCowan
(2005), Bill McCowan (1973)
O’Flahrity (From left) Tyler Alan
O’Flahrity (2004), Ryan John O’Flahrity
(2000), Daniel Carl O’Flahrity (1999),
Michael Lee O’Flahrity (1996)
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Pochon (From left) Brady Pochon
(2003), Ron Pochon (1963)
Sowinski (From left) Mark Sowinski
(1996), Eric Sowinski (2005)
Thompson (From left) Kevin P. Thompson
(2001), Darrell Thompson (1970)
Schultz (From left) Eric Schultz (1999),
Dan Schultz (1973), Chris Schultz
(2002)
Spiess (From left) Joseph Spiess
(1998), Thomas Spiess (2005),
Daniel Spiess (2004)
Tyson (From left) David C. Tyson Jr.
(1968), David Jamal Tyson (2004)
Shibley (From left) Ed Shibley (1996),
Alex Shibley (2004), Tom Shibley
(1998)
Stearns (From left) Ryan Stearns (2000),
Tyler Stearns (2005)
Sitch (From left) Tyler J. Sitch (2004),
Kelly L. Sitch (1998)
Taylor (From left) Christopher Mark
Taylor (2004), Dr. L. Mark Taylor
(1972), Phillip Patrick Taylor (2004)
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Welch (From left) Andy Welch (1967),
Cody Welch (2005), Richard Welch
(1943)
Wenk (From left) Dan Wenk (1968),
Justin Wenk (2005), Ryan Wenk (2002)
E AG L E T T E R
W I N T E R 2005
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Compton, Boaz
(From left) Earl M.
Compton (1952),
Bruce W. Boaz,
Benjamin D.
Boaz (2004)
Moon, Betts (From left) Ryan Moon
(2001), Daryl Betts (1947), A. J. Moon
(2004), Shauna Betts-Moon
Darcey, Eustis (From left) Tim Darcey
(1965), Matthew Darcey (2003), Ernest
L. Eustis III (1959); (in portrait) Ernest
L. Eustis Jr. (1927)
Rockett, Connelly (From left) John
Rockett (1980), Aaron Connelly (2005),
Shawn Connelly (1975)
Dunn, Hroncich, Biernat (From left) Stephen Dunn (1999),
Mark Hroncich (1973), Zachary Biernat, Benjamin Hroncich
(2004), Nicholas Biernat
Klar, Lazar (From left) Roland Klar Jr.
(1944), Brian Michael Lazar (2002)
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Duplicate Eagle Scout and NESA Credentials
Duplicate Eagle Scout
and National Eagle Scout
Association member cards
and certificates are available
through the National Eagle
Scout Association.
The fee for all cards is
$5 each. The fee for all
certificates is $3 each.
Select the type of cards or
Application for Duplicate Credentials
✓ certificates you want to order:
Eagle Scout card, $5
Eagle Scout certificate, $3
Name __________________________________________ Telephone No. ___________________
NESA regular membership card,* $5
Address ________________________________________________________________________
NESA regular membership certificate,* $3
City ____________________________ State _______________ Zip ______________________
To obtain your duplicate credentials, fill in the Eagle Scout Award information requested
NESA life membership card,* $5
NESA life membership certificate,* $3
*These items are available to NESA members only.
below, or provide a copy of your current Eagle Scout wall certificate or Eagle Scout pocket
card. Note: NESA credentials are not proof of Eagle Scout Award.
Name/nickname________________________________________________________________________ Birth date ___________________________
(List name as it appears on old Eagle Scout card.)
Unit location_______________________________________________________________________ Unit No. __________________________________
Eagle Scout board of review date _______________________________________ Council No. _______________________________________________
Social Security No. __________________________________________________
Attach check made payable to National Eagle Scout Association.
Mail to NESA, S220, Boy Scouts of America, 1325 West Walnut
Hill Lane, P.O. Box 152079, Irving, TX 75015-2079.
Office use only
Account No. 67001-4240 $ ______________
For additional requests, please make copies of this form.
Date___________________ Per _________
Please allow two to four weeks to receive your new credentials.
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In Cherished Remembrance
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.
Matthew W. Freeman
Denton, Texas
Eagle: 1998
Death: May 18, 2005
1st Lt. Aaron Seesan
Massillon, Ohio
Eagle: 1999
Death: May 24, 2005
NOT PICTURED
James Harold Hunt II
Pembroke, North Carolina
Eagle: 1985
Death: April 20, 2005
H. Max Upton
Gadsden, Alabama
Eagle: 1947
Death: December 9, 2004
Robert Monroe Rucker
Dallas, Texas
Eagle: 1950
Death: June 15, 2005
Lance Cpl. Dion Whitley
Altadena, California
Eagle: 2002
Death: June 15, 2005
Robert Fischer Stohlman Sr.
Glendale, California
Eagle: 1939
Death: April 12, 2005
Living Memorials
J
Joshua Lee Rau
Emmaus, Pennsylvania
Eagle: 2003
Death: February 6, 2005
ust as local councils do, 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, S220,
Boy Scouts of America, 1325 West 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).”
In memory of
Edwin Olbert Simon,
from J. Scott and
Amy A. Brown,
Miami, Florida.
2006 Submission Guidelines
Eagletter will institute updated submission
guidelines beginning with the next issue.
All submissions are published at the discretion of the staff and may be edited for content and space. Please include a telephone
number and e-mail address with each
submission. We cannot publish previously
copyrighted material, including newspaper
articles and professional photographs.
Note: Many studio-type portraits, including school photos, are copyrighted and
may not be reproduced without express
written permission from the photography studio.
Here are a few guidelines for submitting
your items. Submissions that do not follow
these guidelines or that are not verifiable
might not be published.
Feature Stories. Your ideas are always
welcome. Send a synopsis of your story
idea to Eagletter@netbsa.org, and include
a telephone number where you may be
reached for more information.
Awards and Recognitions. The Eagle Scout
Award is an elite Scouting accomplishment,
and the Eagletter is written by and for
Eagle Scouts. Please submit only nationally recognized awards and extraordinary
accomplishments for consideration, and
remember to include any information that
could help us verify the award, including
the Eagle’s full name, birth date, unit number, and city and state where the award
was earned. For Eagles who receive fouryear university and college degrees, please
include the full name and city of the institution, as well as the degree and major.
We will no longer have room for such
items as high school graduations
and scholarships.
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair. Family
photos must show two or more generations
of Eagle Scouts or an extraordinary number
of siblings who are all Eagles. Uniformed
Scouts must be properly attired. For verification, include each Eagle’s full name and
year of Eagle Award, as well as a principal
city and state for the family. Where the
Eagle Scouts pictured have multiple surnames, please provide the family relation.
We regret that we cannot run photos of a
troop’s Eagle class.
Send your submissions to:
Eagletter, S220
Boy Scouts of America
1325 W. Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
Eagletter@netbsa.org
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Eagle Promise
I reaffirm my allegiance
To the three promises of the Scout Oath.
I thoughtfully recognize
And take upon myself
The obligations and responsibilities
Of an Eagle Scout.
On my honor I will do my best
To make my training and example,
My rank and my influence
Count strongly for better Scouting
And for better citizenship
In my troop,
In my community,
And in my contacts with other people.
To this I pledge my sacred honor.
National Eagle Scout Association
Boy Scouts of America
1325 West Walnut Hill Lane
P.O. Box 152079
Irving, TX 75015-2079
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