Award History

Vigil Honor

After two years of exceptional service as a Brotherhood member, and with the approval of the national Order of the Arrow committee, a Scout or Scouter may be recognized with the Vigil Honor for their distinguished contributions to their lodge, the Order of the Arrow, Scouting, or their Scout camp. This honor is bestowed by special selection and is limited to one person for every 50 members registered with the lodge each year.

First NameLast NameLenni Lenape NameEnglish TranslationClass Year
FirstLastIndian NameEnglish Name2025

Founder’s Award Recipients

The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen unselfish service above and beyond their normal duties to their lodge, that he or she memorialized in his or her everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and co-founder Carrol A. Edson.

https://oa-bsa.org/program/awards/founders-award

“For he who serves his fellows, is of all his fellows, greatest”

First NameLast NameLodge NoYear of Award
WilliamKeane3541985
DonPowel3541985
AlanO’Connor3541986
IanDodge3541986
CharlesCopeland3541987
JeffDowning3541987
ElbertChang3541988
KimWilkinson3541988
ToddAgan3541989
RobertGrande3541989
DavidIshikawa3541989
StephenCarlton3541990
CraigTanner3541990
WillConner3541992
BrianOsterhout3541992
MattConnor471996
JoshuaRamsey471996
GregFrith471998
LarryFrith471998
RobertNelson471999
TimothyWilkinson471999
SeanGaffney472000
MichaelGaffney472000
NickBumpus472001
MarkWoodward472001
J.P.Jones472002
GilbertCanady472002
JoshuaWhitcomb472003
BobMoneymaker472003
MichaelRandall472004
GlenWhitcomb472004
DonaldMcCausland472005
TeddyGreen472005
StevenArndt472006
KenArndt472006
JohnHampton472007
EdGibson472007
TrevorWoodward472008
JohnGanaway472008
ConnorShinn472009
RonaldCowen472009
TaylorLaRue472010
HeatherClark472010
MatthewLong472014
KristoferMoen Chinn472014
WalterTrygstad472015
PhilipHaley472015
ColeWersky472016
MichaelChinn472016
RyanThomure472017
MichaelBoggs472017
TylerTocci472018
JerryIto472018
ConnorGanaway472019
DonWersky472019
NoFounders awarded472020
NoFounders awarded472021
EvanSchilling-Okinaka472022
HenryCarlson472022
AlexHall472023
NobleMahan472023

Distinguished Service Award

The award is presented to Arrowmen, youth and adult, who have rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the Order on a sectional, regional, or national basis.

https://oa-scouting.org/program/awards/distinguished-service-award

First NameLast NameYearLodge
NoneAmangi Nacha Lodge