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On the Cover
Eagle Scout Ken Whisenhunt, head coach of the NFL’s Tennessee Titans, is poised for success as the 2015 NFL season kicks off this fall. Read more about Whisenhunt on page 10. Cover photograph by W. Garth Dowling.
NATIONAL EAGLE SCOUT ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT Glenn A. Adams DIRECTOR Dustin Farris
NESA COMMITTEE Rick Bragga, Dr. David Briscoe, Howard Bulloch, Alex Call, Clark W. Fetridge, Marshall Hollis, Dr. Ken King, Dr. Michael Manyak, Lou Paulson, Rich Pfaltzgraff, Todd R. Plotner, Congressman Pete Sessions, Frank Tsuru, Joe Weingarten
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Regents consist of more than 600 life members of NESA who are recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. MAGAZINE DEPARTMENT EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Michael Goldman DESIGN DIRECTOR Eric Ottinger PHOTOGRAPHY DIRECTOR W. Garth Dowling MANAGING EDITOR Paula Murphey SENIOR EDITOR Bryan Wendell SENIOR WRITER Aaron Derr ASSOCIATE EDITORS Gretchen Sparling Clay Swartz SENIOR DIGITAL EDITOR Bryan Wursten DIGITAL EDITOR Keith Faber COPY EDITOR Ray Rose EDITORIAL ASSISTANT Adryn Shackelford SPECIAL CONTRIBUTORS Lois Albertus, Johnny D. Boggs, Keith Courson, Brittany Hale, Ryan Larson, Jeff Laughlin, Mark Ray
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Coaching Titan By Bryan Wendell
Football and Scouting share many similarities. For example, they both rely on teamwork to successfully accomplish goals. That’s just one common trait described by Eagle Scout Ken Whisenhunt, head coach of the Tennessee Titans. Plus, Peter McLoughlin, the Seattle Seahawks’ president, weighs in on how Scouting helped prepare him for the business side of football.
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W. GARTH DOWLING; BACKGROUND BY DAN BRYANT
Thanks to you and all the members of NESA, we set a record last year by awarding $645,000 in need- and academic-based college scholarships to Eagle Scouts. This is an enormous benefit to the members of NESA, as you must be a member to apply for the scholarships. Because of the dramatic increase in the number and value of these scholarships, a task force reviewed our scholarship process. The task force considered the size and number of the scholarships given, weighed need- versus merit-based scholarships and discussed whether to add a requirement for scholarship recipients to give back to Scouting. The task force also studied the value of expanding the scope of our scholarship program to those studying at two-year institutions, trade schools and other alternatives to traditional four-year colleges and universities. Led by NESA Vice President Frank Tsuru and assisted by NESA committee members Dr. David Briscoe, Dr. Ken King and Todd Plotner, the task force made recommendations that were reviewed and approved by the NESA committee in May 2015 at the BSA’s National Annual Meeting. These changes include: fIncrease f the minimum value of a NESA scholarship to $5,000 from $1,000 to boost the impact for scholarship recipients fInclude f vocational trade schools with approved programs (scholarship amounts and separate criteria will be determined by NESA) fScholarship f recipients must give back to Scouting by volunteering to help local NESA committees or local Scout council events fRequire f scholarship recipients to keep NESA updated as to their educational progress and personal development as citizens There is another very important change, and we need your help communicating it to other Eagle Scouts. Applications for scholarships are now due by Oct. 31 each year, rather than by the end of the year. This change is effective immediately and will better enable NESA to facilitate the scholarship program. Lastly, remember that those attending college can still apply for NESA scholarships through their junior year.
From the Director
Last year, the BSA awarded 51,820 Eagle Scout badges. To help those new Eagle Scouts connect to each other — and stay connected to Scouting — NESA commissioned Publishing Concepts Inc. to produce an annual yearbook featuring the Eagle Scout Class of 2014. PCI has a 30-year track record of publishing yearbooks and directories for educational institutions, fraternities, sororities and military organizations across the country. The Eagle Scout Yearbook Class of 2014 will include photos of the newest Eagle Scouts, along with a data CD to help foster connections. It will be NESA’s third annual yearbook. Whether they live in Seattle or Miami or any community in between, Eagle Scouts share a common brotherhood. This yearbook will help them connect with new friends at college or in the military or reconnect with friends they made at national jamborees or Order of the Arrow events. This coming spring, all new Eagle Scouts will receive a postcard or email inviting them to update their information and order a yearbook. It will be available only to members of the class of 2015 and will be distributed in December 2016. To encourage participation, NESA is offering a couple of incentives. First, those Eagle Scouts who submit a photo and answer a few questions will receive a limited-edition Class of 2015 patch. Second, those who buy a yearbook can get a discount on NESA memberships: $5 off the special fee for new Eagle Scouts or $25 off the life membership fee. For more information, visit nesa.org. Once an Eagle, always an Eagle.
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Fifty and Counting Reuniting after a half-century as Eagle Scouts.
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hat does it mean to be friendly? In describing the fourth point of the Scout Law, the 1960s-era Boy Scout Handbook says: “Some people to whom you show friendliness will pass out of your life immediately afterward. Others may become your friends for life. Very possibly, some of these lifelong friends you will meet through Scouting.” Very possibly, indeed. In 1965, a dozen members of Troop 326 in Vancouver, Wash., received the Eagle Scout Award, earning a story in the May 1966 edition of Scouting magazine (at right). This spring, 11 of them came together for a golden-anniversary reunion. (The 12th had a family conflict.) The men spent the weekend reconnecting, reminiscing and reflecting on the service of Scoutmaster Harry Miller, who died in 2001, and Assistant Scoutmaster William La Londe, who — at age 95 — was their special guest. Bill Mikesell, the retired fire chief who organized the reunion, says the men’s friendship actually began at Lincoln Elementary School, where they all joined Pack 525 in 1958. When they were ready for Boy Scouting a few years later, the PTA recruited Miller to restart the school’s troop. The rest, as they say, is history. The Scouts stayed close through high school, and then went their separate ways for college and careers. But they never lost track of one another, even reuniting for a 21st anniversary celebration in 1986 (in honor of the 21 merit badges required for Eagle). While the Scouts’ lives followed different paths, some bumpier than others, common themes emerged at this year’s reunion. Most had become leaders, teachers
The golden-anniversary Eagles include Richard La Londe, Bill Mikesell, David Camp, Dennis Kern, Larry Graser, Don Rash, Dr. Doug Holmes, George Miller, Gary Burns, Ken St. Louis, Jim O’Banion and Ron Rakoce (not present). William La Londe (seated) served as the Scouts’ assistant Scoutmaster.
or coaches in one form or another, several had gotten jobs because they were Eagle Scouts and all could describe life lessons Scouting had taught them. For retired educator Don Rash, one of those lessons was teamwork. “Building strong teams has been a skill I needed to employ many times as a teacher and football coach, as well as a school principal,” he says. “I will always remember reading about the concept of ‘a chain is only as strong as its weakest link’ in the Scout Handbook.” The reunion also gave the men the rare chance to thank a leader who had shaped their lives. “What a huge gift to say to my dad, William La Londe, ‘You mattered. You made a difference, and your life counted,’ ” says Richard La Londe. While there were some tears, the weekend offered plenty of laughs as well. On the spur of the moment, the group decided to retire the colors, just as they had done back in Troop 326. Since they
hadn’t brought along a bugle, Mikesell downloaded a bugle call to his cellphone, which he handed to Jim O’Banion, the school principal who had been their bugler. “Jim O’Banion held my cellphone to his lips as they retired the colors,” he says. “It was a hoot.” Although the men have been Eagle Scouts for half a century, their service continues. “We understand the obligation and commitment we have to be there for others in the future, to pass on the life experiences we faced and to ‘leave the campsite’ better than we found it,” says David Camp, a retired bank manager. In fact, the group had the chance to do just that as part of the reunion. During a visit to Camp Lewis, they met a veteran Scout leader who wondered whether he was making a difference. Mikesell says that when the man heard their story, “his entire countenance changed. He went from ‘I’m just out here at Camp Lewis again’ to ‘Wow, it makes it worth it when I hear this.’ ”
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The NESA Firefighters Affinity Group continues to grow.
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At the first event, April’s Fire Department Instructors Conference in Indianapolis, more than 50 firefighters attended a gathering of Eagles, where they learned more about NESA and how they could get involved in their local councils. Chief Joe Kruzan of the Schererville (Ind.) Fire Department, who hosted the event, thinks the connection between Scouting and firefighting is a natural one. “Many Eagles naturally migrate to the fire service because the values of Scouting are in many ways the backbone of the fire service,” he says. “Preparedness, service, working as a team and leadership are just some of the values that Eagles bring the fire service.” Not surprisingly, Eagle Scouts are well-represented in firehouses across the country. During a recent affinity-group teleconference, in fact, Paulson says one firefighter called in and said, “I’m on duty today. I’m here with the other five folks on my crew, and we’re all Eagle Scouts.” 4
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Those kits now help support World Vision’s more than 77,000 trained community caregivers. Last year, as the Ebola epidemic captured headlines around the world, World Vision developed an Ebola-specific version of the caregiver kit. The first kit builds were held just before Thanksgiving. While Capps is proud of the role he has played in developing and promoting the World Vision program, he’s quick to shift the spotlight. “Caregivers are volunteers who go out and take care of their neighbors who are sick and dying,” he says. “They’re the heroes in the whole thing.” For more information, visit worldvision. org/kits.
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NESA Committee Spotlight: Muskingum Valley Council Zanesville, Ohio
Many council NESA committees have a special focus, whether it’s re-engaging volunteers, fostering career connections or promoting the Eagle Scout Award. In the Muskingum Valley Council, which includes eight eastern and southeastern Ohio counties, the focus is on serving the Eagle Scouts of today and tomorrow. Committee members have served as counselors for the Scouting Heritage and Collections merit badges, and the committee has used grant money from NESA to invite all Scouts of First Class rank or above to its annual Gathering of Eagles. (This year’s gathering was held at Muskingum
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Valley Scout Reservation during a camporee weekend, heightening the visibility of the event and of the NESA committee.) In 2016, committee members will attend a council encampment called Scoutfest with a display of Eagle Scout memorabilia — and with personal stories about the value of the Eagle Scout badge. The committee is also working with a group of Eagle mothers to lead Life-to-Eagle seminars as another way of supporting fledgling Eagles. One special program is the Raymond Nicholson II Eagle Scout Scholarship, created last year in memory of a 26-yearold Eagle Scout who died unexpectedly in 2013. The $500 scholarship goes to one Eagle Scout each year to contribute toward college or vocational school expenses. According to former staff advisor Shawn Dyer, the committee also works to maintain or repair Eagle Scout projects that have been forgotten or neglected. “We want to make sure our communities are aware of the good that young Eagle Scouts do and what past Eagle Scouts have done to contribute local service,” he says. “Many communities that have benefited from such service are unable to maintain older projects, so we try to fill that gap as much as possible to honor our Eagle Scouts’ hard work.”
n a move that surprised no one, an Eagle Scout was recently named the ninth national director of the Order of the Arrow. Matt Dukeman, who has served as OA specialist since 2012, will take over in November for Eagle Scout Clyde Mayer, who is retiring. As national director of the OA, Dukeman will be in good company. All of this year’s regional and national officers are Eagle Scouts, as is Ray Capp, chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee and, like Mayer, a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. The OA has been called a retention pro-
gram for the BSA, and it certainly played that role for Dukeman. “I got my Eagle Scout when I was almost 15. I wasn’t done with my troop, but after a while, there wasn’t the same passion there that I had initially,” he says. “The Order of the Arrow is really what kept me in Scouting.” Now he has the chance to oversee the program that changed his life. “I’m able to give to these young people what I have gained. I want them to have those lifechanging experiences that I think are so important in a young person’s life,” he says. “I think we do a great job delivering that.”
$1,000 FOR YOUR NESA COMMITTEE? A key role for NESA at the national level is to support local council NESA committees. In 2015, for the second consecutive year, NESA awarded six $1,000 grants to help NESA committees accomplish their goals. The grants were awarded to the San Diego-Imperial Council, Cornhusker Council, Pathway to Adventure Council, Three Harbors Council, Alamo Area Council and Rip Van Winkle Council. The $1,000 grant will be awarded again in 2016 to at least one NESA committee in each BSA region. To apply, your committee must complete the form at nesa.org/committeegrants starting in December. Special consideration is given to innovative and creative ways to help Scouts achieve the Eagle rank. The deadline: Feb. 28, 2016.
NESA LEGACY SOCIETY MEMBERS Paul Nelson Adkins, Gulf Ridge Council Darrell W. Bartels, Lincoln Heritage Council Weldon Jack Campbell, National Capital Area Council Scott E. Dick, Bay Area Council Dr. Marc E. Duerden, Crossroads of America Council Dr. Stephen F. Duncan, Pacific Harbors Council Dana V. Edwards, Baltimore Area Council Benjamin G. M. Feril, Del-Mar-Va Council Donn Greiner, Alamo Area Council Rorey C. Gulledge, Gulf Ridge Council Charles H. Hinders, Sagamore Council Kevin F. Jura, Baltimore Area Council Richard L. Mills, Trapper Trails Council
JOIN THE NESA LEGACY SOCIETY By making a contribution to the national NESA endowment, you will help fund Eagle Scout scholarships, NESA committee service grants, career networking opportunities and more. (Note: You must first become a James E. West Fellow in your local council.) Visit nesa.org/PDF/542-121.pdf to make a contribution. All NESA LEGACY SOCIETY FELLOWS will be recognized with a unique certificate, a pin to wear on the James E. West knot and name recognition in the pages of Eagles’ Call magazine.
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To make sure the duffel bags remain with the foster youth as they move from place to place, Shane instructed volunteers to place a luggage tag on each bag. He and his fellow Scouts filled the bags with donated blankets, flashlights and stuffed animals meant to comfort kids in foster homes.
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efore he was adopted at age 9, Shane Uribe of Santee, Calif., bounced from foster home to foster home, his meager belongings stuffed in a succession of black trash bags. “To me, the message was clear: If what little items I owned were considered trash, what did that say about me as a person?” he says. “This definitely had a huge impact on my sense of self-worth.” Self-worth is not much of a problem these days for Shane, the 2015 winner of the Glenn A. and Melinda W. Adams National Eagle Scout Service Project of the Year Award. It’s also less of a problem for hundreds of foster kids in San Diego County, thanks to Shane’s Eagle project. Remembering those black trash bags, Shane set out to provide foster kids with something better: a high-quality duffel bag in which they can carry their belongings. Each bag would include several items that would provide a measure of comfort to kids in strange surroundings. Shane decided to provide 100 duffel bags and began contacting churches, businesses and media outlets all over San Diego County. Soon, donations began flowing in. Travel-gear company Ful donated 100 bags. The Friends of Children United Society donated another 30, complete with contents. The East County Posse donated $1,500. All told, Shane doubled his goal — and that was just the beginning. When District Attorney Bonnie Dumanis heard about the project, she decided to use asset-forfeiture money to provide 100 duffel bags. “Our hope is that these small but basic items will help young people as they progress out of the dependency-court system,” Dumanis said in announcing the plan. Then came the biggest news of all. On Nov. 5, 2013, Shane and his family attended a San Diego County Board of Supervisors meeting, where Shane was publicly rec-
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Eagle Scout Projects // COMMUNITY ognized for his service. At the meeting, Supervisor Greg Cox made a surprise announcement: The county would make Shane’s project a permanent program. As Cox said later, “Shane Uribe is a smart, compassionate young man, and I was honored to recognize him for his project to help San Diego County’s foster kids. Because of Shane’s initiative, kids who enter our county foster system now get a duffel bag with items to help ease their transition into foster care.” Because of confidentiality rules, Shane won’t get to meet any of those kids. If he did, he would offer a simple message: “I’d probably tell them don’t give up. There are people that want to help them; there are people that really care about them.” In other words, they should never let a black trash bag hold their belongings or contain their self-worth.
tion of Chicago’s professional ice hockey team, the Blackhawks, the bike features the Blackhawks’ logo, the years the team won the Stanley Cup and even a headlight styled to look like a goalie’s helmet. The charity organization then auctioned off the Harley for $6,000, which paid for 120 nights of care and comfort for families of children receiving treatment at a nearby hospital. “Gifts that take so much personal time and effort mean the world to us,” says Doug Porter, CEO of RMHC-CNI. “When our families hear unique stories like Garret’s, they feel that someone cares, and that’s so important.”
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Garret Walton is years from having a driver’s license, but the Round Lake, Ill., teen already has his dream ride picked out. In fact, he built it for his Eagle Scout project. This spring, then-14-year-old Garret put the finishing touches on a completely restored 1972 Harley-Davidson Sportster that was given to the Ronald McDonald House Charities® of Chicagoland & Northwest Indiana (RMHC-CNI), an organization that provides housing and support for family members of young hospital patients. “We thought about doing a car, but that was obviously too much,” Garret says. “So we decided to divide it in half and do a motorcycle.” Volunteers from ages 10 to 74 spent 952 hours working on the bike, stripping it down and rebuilding it piece by piece. (“We had an 11-year-old boy here for almost two days just washing parts out,” says Garret’s dad, Gary.) Mechanics from Woodstock Harley-Davidson helped, too, donating both time and shop space, while Chicago Brushmasters hand-painted Garret’s designs. In celebra-
OTHER NOTABLE EAGLE PROJECTS KENDALL ELFSTRUM, OSWEGO, ILL.
Located on Wisconsin’s Lake Geneva, Holiday Home Camp lets hundreds of disadvantaged Chicago kids each summer enjoy swimming, shooting sports, handicrafts and other activities most Boy Scouts take for granted. Now, thanks to Eagle Scout Kendall Elfstrum, they can also enjoy the Black Hole Slide, a 60-foot enclosed sledding tube Kendall built for his Eagle Scout project. Kendall first visited the camp when his Naperville, Ill., troop completed a leadership program there. “When I learned that the camp also worked to help bring disadvantaged youth from outside of the area, I knew I wanted to find a way to do something to give back,” he says. The slide, constructed of four plastic culverts weighing 250 pounds each, opened in August 2014.
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Garret Walton shows off a gleaming, fully restored 1972 Harley-Davidson Sportster at the bike’s charity auction.
Since the motorcycle was sold in March, the Blackhawks won the 2015 Stanley Cup. This prompted the bike’s new owner, Kevin Montijo, to pay it forward. The motorcycle will be displayed on a tour throughout the city, celebrating the Blackhawks’ big win (with a newly displayed “2015” on the championship plaque) and raising awareness for RMHC-CNI. Montijo says he plans to auction off the bike for a charity of his choosing at the end of the tour. Learn more about the bike tour at facebook.com/harleyeagleproject.
Community First Village in Austin, Texas, provides inexpensive homes to disabled, chronically homeless people. The village relies on community donations, crowdsourced energy and water from an Eagle Scout. For his Eagle Scout project, Addison Brown of Austin built a rainwater collection system and 850-gallon “Thai jar” cistern that reduces the 27-acre village’s reliance on truckedin water for its garden and farm animals. “Because we were in a drought, I thought that collecting rainwater would be the most beneficial project that I could do to help the village, since a goal was for them to be able to live off the animals that they raised and the vegetables that they grew,” Addison says. The project has benefited the village in more ways than one. Several Scouts who worked on Addison’s project have done their own Eagle projects at the village.
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LIFESTYLE // Eagle Olympian / A ‘Scout Fraternity’
Making the Team Olympian Tom Lough
who were really good shooters or really good swimmers or really good runners, but I was sort of average, maybe a little above average, at everything. It suited me just fine.” What didn’t suit him fine was severely pulling a leg muscle a few months before the Olympic trials in 1967. Confined to a hospital bed for three weeks with one leg in traction, he turned to the problem-solving skills he had learned in Scouting. He hung a golf ball from his bed’s traction frame so he could practice poking at it with a fencing sword, asked a nurse to rig an overhead pulley system so he could work on swim strokes, and put part of a crutch between his knees and squeezed it, pretending he was riding a horse over jumps. He also held out at arm’s length one of his five-pound traction weights to keep his shooting arm strong. Lough’s perseverance paid off when he finished second in the trials and made the 1968 Olympic team. The next summer, he and his teammates did well in Mexico City, but they fell nine points short of a bronze medal. A year later, Lough made good on his promise to serve in Vietnam. A combat engi-
Leadership, Friendship, Service The ‘Scout fraternity’ celebrates its 90th birthday.
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Scouting values? Because of the wartime experience of founder Frank R. Horton. As an ensign serving in World War I, Horton dealt with countless courts-martial for sailors who had run amok on shore leave. Returning home, he pledged to “do my best to help young people get the right start in life by holding up before them a ‘standard of manhood’ that would withstand the test of time.” Horton found that standard of manhood when he became a BSA volunteer as a Lafayette College sophomore. When he floated the idea of a Scouting-based fraternity to his brothers in another fraternity — all former Scouts — they quickly agreed. With
neer with the 101st Airborne Division, he earned a Purple Heart and a Bronze Star with a V (for Valor) device for his service at the Battle of Hamburger Hill in May 1969 in South Vietnam. Lough’s Olympic memories didn’t come flooding back until he found himself in Mexico City for a business trip in 2007. Sitting in the stadium where the opening ceremony had been held in October 1968, he got the idea to find as many 1968 teammates as possible. With help from other teammates, he has since tracked down all but a few of the team’s 475 athletes and coaches and has helped organize two reunions, with two more planned for 2016 and 2018. He also calls each teammate around his or her birthday. And when a 1968 Olympian dies, Lough’s group arranges for an Olympic flag to be delivered to the family, often by a fellow Olympian. “It’s really touching to be able to support the family,” he says.
the support of BSA executives Herbert G. Horton (no relation to Frank) and H. Roe Bartle, APO strengthened its ties to the BSA, becoming the National Honorary Scout Fraternity in 1932. Although membership is no longer limited to former Scouts (or to male students), APO continues to espouse the values contained in the Scout Oath and Scout Law, says John K. Ottenad (above), APO president and Eagle Scout. Many of the fraternity’s chapters run merit badge fairs, district pinewood derbies and other events. Some even serve as chartered organizations for Cub Scout packs. Of course, many organizations teach leadership skills and provide leadership opportunities, but, Ottenad says, “when you mix that with a brotherhood component, I think that’s where we’re pretty unique.”
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sk an elite athlete if he would trade decades of life for an Olympic gold medal, and he’ll probably say, “Yes.” That was more than a hypothetical question for West Point graduate (Class of 1964) and Eagle Scout Tom Lough, who was invited to train for the 1968 Olympic trials in modern pentathlon, if he would agree to serve in Vietnam afterward. Although no elite athlete — he had been a better student than athlete back in Elkton, Va. — Lough took the bargain. Devised by Olympic movement founder Baron Pierre de Coubertin, modern pentathlon combines horseback riding, pistol shooting, fencing, swimming and running. Those were said to be the skills of an ideal soldier, but they weren’t skills Lough grew up with. He swam like a rock and had never shot a pistol or ridden a horse before arriving at West Point. But he had done well in West Point’s triathlon club (which competed in swimming, running and pistol shooting), and represented the school in the NCAA national championships in fencing for two years. “In triathlon, I didn’t have to be good at a single sport,” he says. “I was competing against others
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In 2004, BSA artist Joseph Csatari created a charcoal sketch of the original Court of Honor painting. The original featured an OA sash that was replaced with a merit badge sash in the final painting. This original sketch has been updated as a fitting tribute to the Order of the Arrow for its centennial with the sash in red to reflect the symbol worn by all Arrowmen at the 2015 National Order of the Arrow Conference. These were reproduced under the guidance of Joseph Csatari and hand-signed by him in a limited edition of 25 magnificent fine art giclées in three different sizes. A giclée is the highest form of fine art reproduction. It is not printed on a traditional printing press and more closely resembles the original art than any other method of fine art reproduction. Each giclée will come with a certificate of authenticity.
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A SPORTING — AND SCOUTING — LIFE Whisenhunt, 53, is in his 19th season as an NFL coach. Before that, he spent seven seasons playing in the NFL, and before that, he graduated from Georgia Tech with a degree in civil engineering. Sports have long been a part of Whisenhunt’s life. Growing up in Augusta, Ga., he spent weekends playing neighborhood pickup games. As a teen, he got a job working the manually operated scoreboard at the 18th hole of the Masters golf tournament. Like kids today, Whisenhunt was pulled in many directions growing up: school, sports, work, friends. But he made time for Scouting. Sure, Tuesday night troop meetings were great, but it’s the “outdoor things” of
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et’s say Ken Whisenhunt has to choose between two candidates for his NFL team. That’s not hard to imagine, considering he’s the head coach of the Tennessee Titans. The prospects have similar speed, similar leaping ability, similar football smarts. But one is an Eagle Scout and one is not. Whisenhunt, an Eagle Scout himself, wouldn’t hesitate. He says he would want the Eagle Scout. “It’s commitment. Discipline,” he says. “You learn that, to attain the rank of Eagle Scout, you have to have those. And that’s an important part of this game.” The parallels between Scouting and the sport to which Whisenhunt has devoted his life don’t end there. Both allow the individual to shine but require a team to succeed. Both demand a shared vision among teammates. And both need a good coach to help point the way. A coach like Ken Whisenhunt.
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“It’s commitment. Discipline,” he says. “You learn that, to attain the rank of Eagle Scout, you have to have those. And that’s an important part of this game.” happened, there was not a doubt that I was going to try to get to the same place myself,” he says. For his Eagle project, Whisenhunt rebuilt a playground in Augusta. When he returns home now, he still drives by it and thinks about “the number of children and families that enjoyed that park.”
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Scouting — camping, campfires, hikes and free time in the woods — that Whisenhunt says he remembers most. And he earned Scouting’s top honor — not that earning the Eagle Scout Award was even an option after Whisenhunt’s brother, two years older, earned it first. “As competitive as I am, once that
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There’s a poster on the wall of the auditorium used for team meetings at the Titans’ practice facility. It shows a picture of the silver Vince Lombardi trophy — awarded to Super Bowl champions — and the quote: “Start with the end in mind.” Effective leaders foster a shared vision toward a common goal. A for-profit company sets a revenue target. A Scout troop saves and plans for Philmont. A sports team dreams of a championship. Whatever the goal, Whisenhunt says, a leader must convince the team he’s the best
MAKING MISTAKES AS A LEADER “The first thing you have to say is, ‘It was my fault.’ ”
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The Titans won just two games in 2014, but Ken Whisenhunt’s guys never lost the team-first mentality. “We struggled last year, didn’t have the record that we wanted, but we never lost that approach,” he says. Before the Titans, Whisenhunt coached the Arizona Cardinals, leading that team to its only Super Bowl appearance.
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person to help them get there. Words like “chief executive officer” or “senior patrol leader” or “head coach” mean nothing without that trust. “You have to have a bunch of guys that believe in what you’re doing,” he says. A 16-game football season, like a yearlong project at the office, can be grueling. Along the way, Whisenhunt says, you’ll have wins to celebrate and losses to lament. The leader should acknowledge
those checkpoints while keeping the team focused on the destination. “I think it’s important that you try to stay level,” Whisenhunt says. “You don’t get too excited … or get too down.”
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Whisenhunt is one of just 32 current NFL head coaches. He’s one of fewer than 500 head coaches in NFL or AFL history. It’s an elite club.
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But you don’t become the boss overnight. As Whisenhunt worked his way from tight ends coach to offensive coordinator to head coach, he learned from a number of veteran coaches. He says effective leaders are great observers; they absorb traits and tactics they want to emulate. They take note of mistakes they want to avoid once in the hot seat themselves. Whisenhunt watched closely as he played for Joe Gibbs and coached under Bill Cowher. He and Cowher won a Super Bowl with the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2005, and that experience prepared Whisenhunt to lead the Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl in 2009. He says Cowher imparted “valuable experience that was a part of what I have become as a coach.” Other coaches shaped Whisenhunt’s sideline skills, but he thanks Scouting for his commitment to helping other people at all times. These days, Whisenhunt uses his fame to help nonprofits raise money. He speaks at dinners, including some Scouting fundraisers. He encourages his players to give back, and several have created foundations or charities to do just that. In that way, Whisenhunt says, Scouts and NFL players are a lot alike. “It’s a bunch of people that want to serve,” he says, “that want to work together as a team to help out.”
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en Whisenhunt isn’t the only Eagle Scout at the helm of an NFL team. Seattle Seahawks President Peter McLoughlin is a Distinguished Eagle Scout. He’s also the man responsible for all financial and business operations, sales and marketing, sponsorship, and administration for the team. Unlike a coach, he won’t get the credit or the blame after a win or a loss. He’s rarely on TV during games. His name isn’t on the backs of any jerseys. But the business of football, just like Scouting, takes a team effort. “I think to be successful in business, you have to get along with people, you have to have a sense of teamwork, you have to realize you can’t do it alone,” McLoughlin says. “You have to have your teammates alongside you to be able to achieve the greater goal. But you have to set the goal. You have to be clear about the goal. And you’ve got to stick to it until it’s accomplished.” Two clear goals McLoughlin has accomplished already: winning the Super Bowl and earning the Eagle Scout Award. As for the latter goal, McLoughlin remembers that his troop — Troop 50 of Princeton, N.J. — kept a list of merit badge counselors for dozens of merit badges. But neither his Scoutmaster nor his parents set up the appointments to meet with those counselors. McLoughlin’s mom drove him to meetings, but the Scout had to do the work himself.
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Ken Whisenhunt earned his Eagle Scout award in 1976 — three years after the U.S. withdrew its troops from Vietnam. War was on the minds of teens like Whisenhunt, and after he registered for Selective Service, he’ll never forget what his dad told him. “He said, ‘When you’re an Eagle Scout, if you do get drafted … they’ll put you in charge because they see that you are an Eagle Scout and you understand the principles of leadership.’ ” The weight of that responsibility to serve — a role he was prepared for but never had to fulfill — has stuck with Whisenhunt. “Those words still echo to me,” he says.
“That took planning and organization,” he says. “My parents didn’t do it for me.” Those skills explain how, under McLoughlin’s leadership, the Seahawks’ CenturyLink Field has become one of the NFL’s greenest stadiums. It has 3,700 solar panels, low-water-use toilets and urinals, low-electricity lighting, and a system that recycles or composts 80 percent of the waste collected during games. Seattle’s reputation as a green city necessitates some of those changes, but McLoughlin gives Scouting some of the credit, too. “When you do camp as a Scout, you’re taught to clean up your trash, clean up your campsite, don’t leave anything behind, make sure the fire that you cooked on and warmed yourself with is fully out,” he says. “Taking care of the environment you’re living in or camping in is really important.”
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college, I want his résumé.” What set Reeves’ 247-page entry apart — aside from its 192 footnotes, five appendices, 30 figures and 27 tables — was his deep understanding of the issues involved in building and maintaining a space settlement in orbit around the moon. For example, he knew that the moon’s gravitational field is not uniform, so he placed his settlement in one of the few stable lunar orbits. “It’s clear that he understands the issues at a deeper level than we’ve been accustomed to seeing, even from the grand-prize winners,” Globus says. A lifelong space enthusiast, Reeves heard about the contest in July 2014 and spent roughly four months researching and writing his proposal. He relied heavily
age of 102, just one day after receiving the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award. In 1928, at age 16, Queneau joined three other Scouts and three adult leaders on the Lincoln Highway Safety Tour, a cross-country journey in an REO Speed Wagon modified to look like a covered wagon. Besides demonstrating the safety of highway travel, they stopped many times a day during their monthlong journey to give demonstrations of first-aid and lifesaving techniques. That trip was just one of Queneau’s accomplishments. He earned a doctorate in metallurgical engineering, helped improve airplane oxygen tanks so pilots could fly higher and served as a commander in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He was also one of a handful of engineers selected to study Nazi industrial technology in the war’s aftermath. Laurel Highlands Council Scout Executive Sharon Moulds attended his Distinguished Eagle Scout Award presentation. “I think he lived five different lifetimes in his 102 years,” she says. “It was an honor to meet him and hear his stories.” on independent research, his studies at Greenhills School and information on the NASA website about topics like human metabolic requirements. “I definitely didn’t know most of what I ended up writing at the time I started,” he says. “I’ve learned so much more than I had already known.” As the grand-prize winner in this year’s contest, Reeves won $5,000. He also attended the International Space Development Conference, held in May in Toronto. Chances are, it won’t be his last trip to that conference. A freshman at the California Institute of Technology, Reeves says he looks forward to working for NASA or a company like SpaceX and further helping mankind explore the final frontier of space.
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For God and Country
Once an Eagle ...
Many young men exchange their Scout uniforms for fatigues, dress blues or battle dress uniforms. NESA salutes the Eagle Scouts shown below who are serving our nation in all branches of the armed forces. Recognize another Eagle by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglegodandcountry.
Lt. j.g. Troy V. Abney U.S. Navy
2nd Lt. Zachary J. Davis U.S. Air Force
Graduated from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, with a degree in construction science. Commissioned in 2012. Began aviation training at NAS Whiting Field, Milton, Fla., and became a designated naval aviator in 2014. Assigned to HSM-West, San Diego, Calif., to fly MH-60R Seahawk helicopters.
Graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in May 2014 with a degree in social sciences. Is in pilots’ training and is stationed at Laughlin Air Force Base in Del Rio, Texas.
Pfc. Joseph Abraham Agay U.S. Army Agay, of the 415th Civil Affairs Battalion, was recently contracted with the ROTC Rambler Battalion at Loyola University Chicago. Completed his basic training at Fort Benning, Ga., and his Advanced Individual Training at Fort Lee, Va. Selected to represent the Rambler Battalion as one of the members running the U.S. Army 10-Miler race in Washington, D.C.
Petty Officer Zach Bennett U.S. Navy Attended Texas A&M University at Galveston in the Navy Corps of Cadets. Joined the U.S. Navy, in which he is serving on the USS George H.W. Bush as a nuclear reactor operator.
Cmdr. Christopher Cornelissen U.S. Navy Received the Arthur S. Flemming Award for outstanding achievements as director of the Medical & Surgical Simulation Center at Naval Medical Center San Diego. His work includes spearheading Navy medicine’s efforts to develop the first healthcare simulation center that combines cadaveric- and mannequin-based training within a military medical treatment facility. Served as a program manager for Navy Wounded, Ill and Injured funds allocated to healthcare simulation.
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... Always an Eagle. NESA remembers Eagle Scouts who have passed. Recognize the life of another Eagle by completing the form found at nesa.org/ eaglegonehome. This link also provides more information on how to make a Living Memorial donation in the name of a deceased Eagle. Robert Howard Barnes, 74 Redwood City, Calif. Eagle: 1955 Passed: August 2014 Paul Allen Duerr, 24 Terrell, Texas Eagle: 2007 Passed: June 2014
Capt. Benjamin G.M. Feril U.S. Navy Recognized with the Defense Meritorious Service Medal on Feb. 1, 2014, after retiring from the Navy with 34 years of service. His last duty station was director of the Joint Medical Planners Course in the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
Richard Paul Jacques, 64 Biddeford, Maine Eagle: 1961 Passed: March 2013 Maj. (Ret.) Edward R. Martin, 82 Colonial Heights, Va. Eagle: 1949 Passed: April 2014
Pfc. Nathaniel Gorman New York Army National Guard
Bruce “Trip” McMillan III, 62 Stratford, N.J. Eagle: 1967 Passed: April 2014
Completed basic training at Fort Sill, Okla., and Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas. He is based in Kingston, N.Y.
David L. Milam, 63 North Canton, Ohio Eagle: 1967 Passed: April 2014
Master Sgt. Richard Hatch Maine Army National Guard
Rory C. Moore, 53 Amarillo, Texas Eagle: 1976 Passed: May 2014
Retired in 2014 with more than 22 years of service, including a one-month humanitarian tour to Guatemala and a one-year tour in Iraq (20042005). Spent 14 years as an engineer building or renovating structures for local towns, state agencies or youth camps. Then spent eight years as the state’s safety specialist, assuring safe training of soldiers and that the facilities and training site meet OSHA, NFPA and military standards.
Lt. Col. Walter J. Randall Jr., 67 U.S. Air Force (Ret.) Warner Robins, Ga. Eagle: 1962 Passed: May 3, 2014 Stuart Lynn Uselton, 54 Charlotte, N.C. Eagle: 1975 Passed: Sept. 16, 2014
Lance Cpl. Brock W. Rice U.S. Marine Corps
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Completed basic training in June 2012 and is now stationed in Quantico, Va. His unit supports the Marine officer training program at the Basic School.
Col. Lewis R. Burton, 97 Colorado Springs, Colo. Eagle: 1938 Passed: April 30, 2015 From his wife, Doris W. Burton
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All Ryan Ackmann Pewaukee, Wis. Received his Master of Science in computational finance from the University of Notre Dame in May 2014 and his Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in mathematics and chemistry from the University of Notre Dame in May 2013. Works in Chicago.
Daniel Baker Newton, Mass. Is co-author of the Vermont Climate Assessment, the first-in-the-nation state-level climate assessment report prepared and published one month after the National Climate Assessment was released by the White House in May 2014. He is the primary author on the chapter about health impacts of climate change in Vermont. A senior at the University of Vermont, he is the only undergraduate listed as a co-author of the report.
David Callanan Benton, Kan. Recognized as one of Topeka’s Top 20 Under 40. Through the 20 Under 40 program, a total of 20 honorees are selected based on their leadership and achievements both professionally and as members of the Topeka/Shawnee County area community.
Brett A. Coghlan Littleton, Colo. Completed his master’s of philosophy in the field of biological sciences at The University of Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. His thesis was entitled “Movement patterns at differing spatial and temporal scales in a large macropod species, the eastern grey kangaroo (Macropus giganteus).” Works as a team leader for Conservation Volunteers Australia.
Tyler Coplen San Angelo, Texas Received a congressional nomination to the U.S. Air Force Academy, The Naval Academy, West Point and The Merchant Marine Academy from Rep. Mike Conaway. Appointed to the Air Force Academy and started June 26, 2014.
Col. Kenneth P. Davis Alexandria, Va. Appointed to the President’s Advisory Council (PAC) of Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, Ga. Davis graduated from Oglethorpe in 1964, and his class was recently recognized for its service 50 years after graduation. As a member of the PAC, Davis will meet twice a year with other civic and business leaders to evaluate and comment on programs and plans of the university. Davis, who retired from the U.S. Army and the Defense Logistics Agency in 2002, has also recently reached the 300-hour mark in his service to the USO in the Washington, D.C., area.
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Totowa, N.J. Earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pa., on May 15, 2014.
Elm Grove, Wis. Received his master’s degree in architecture from the University of Milwaukee.
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Jon R. Pellant II
Oshkosh, Wis. Graduated from Duquesne University in August 2014 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting and a minor in Spanish. Completed two mission trips to the Dominican Republic and studied abroad in China and Spain. Accepted a position with Grant Thornton LLP in Pittsburgh, Pa., to work in consulting.
Daniel Ferrere Sr. Oshkosh, Wis. Accepted the position of director of finance and administration for the Jor-Mac Company in Lomira, Wis. He is also an adjunct professor for Concordia University, where he teaches finance.
Jack Hailman Jupiter, Fla. Awarded the U.S. Bureau of Land Management’s 2014 Volunteer of the Year Award.
Z. Logan Harrell Arlington, Texas Graduated from Texas A&M University at Galveston with a degree in ocean coastal resources management. Attending Vermont Law School on scholarship seeking a master’s of environmental law and policy and Juris Doctorate.
Nathan Kern Navarre, Fla. Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in criminal justice from the University of West Florida in Pensacola, Fla. He is a lifetime NESA member and a member of the local NESA chapter. Employed with First Command Financial Planners.
William Adam Lippman Buford, Ga. Graduated from Georgia Gwinnett College in May 2014 and received his Bachelor of Science in criminal justice/criminology.
Andrew J. Machemer Jr. Pulaski, Pa. Graduated cum laude with a Bachelor of Science in aerospace engineering from the University of Alabama in Huntsville, Ala. He is a project engineer for Aerospace Testing Alliance at Arnold Air Force Base in Tullahoma, Tenn.
West Barnstable, Mass. Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in communications from the College of Saint Rose in Albany, N.Y. Works at Granite Communications in Quincy, Mass.
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Michael F. Perley Buffalo, N.Y. Named one of the Top 50 lawyers in the state in the 2014 edition of New York Super Lawyers magazine and was also recognized among the Best Lawyers in America in the magazine’s 2015 list. Serves as member of the board of directors at the New York state law firm of Hurwitz & Fine, P.C., where he co-chairs the firm’s litigation department.
Keith R. Sacenti East Longmeadow, Mass. Graduated from the University of Massachusetts Amherst’s Isenberg School of Management.
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Brett M. Sause Baltimore, Md. Recognized by the Baltimore Area Council as the 2014 recipient of the Central Maryland Eagle Scout CEO of the Year. Sause formed the Atlantic Financial Group LLC in 1999 after a successful career as a financial service representative. In 2009-2013, he was awarded “Agent of the Year” representing the Baltimore/Annapolis General Office of the New York Life Insurance Company.
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John Shotwell Santee, Calif. Was one of four national recipients (in 2014) of the Marvin M. Lewis Award for Scouting from the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.
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Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Scouting’s highest honor is best shared with other generations of family members. Join NESA in celebrating the families of Eagle Scouts shown below. Recognize the Eagles in your own family by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglefamilyaffair.
Allen Family Secaucus, N.J.
Bernheisel Family Holtwood, Pa.
Domery-Rostan Family Girard, Ohio
Henry H. Cassler III (1961), Stephen Bernheisel (1979), James Bernheisel (1974), Sean Bernheisel (2012) and Charles Bernheisel
Thomas Rostan (1962) and Marc Domery (2014)
Henry Allen III (1999), Harrison Allen (2006), Howard Allen (2008), Henry Allen Jr. and Helen Allen
Arnston Family Blue Mounds, Wis.
Breeding Family Columbus, Ga.
Dragon Family San Francisco, Calif.
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Jim Dragon, Cynthia Dragon, Derick Dragon (2008) and Cody Dragon (2014)
William Zacues Breeding (2008), J. Micah Breeding (2014) and Jacob Alan Breeding (2007) Jack Arnston (1949), Greg Biggio and Jack Arnston (2009)
Asplund Family Wayzata, Minn.
Dvorak Family Fort Wayne, Ind.
Bullen Family Kingman, Ariz.
Benjamin Dvorak (2014) and Samuel Dvorak (2014) Maxwell Asplund (2014), Mason Asplund (2013) and Gerald Asplund (1983)
Russell Bullen (1997), Ryan Bullen (2000), Reed Bullen (2003), Riley Bullen (2012), Carl Bullen (1972) and Richard Bullen (2007)
Auwaerter Family Lutherville, Md.
Cameron Family Leesburg, Va.
Bennett Matthew Auwaerter (2014), Paul Gisbert Auwaerter (1980) and Alec Christian Auwaerter (2011)
John Cameron (1959), Glen Cameron (Distinguished Eagle Scout, 1955), Jensen Cameron (2013), Kent Cameron (1978), Kirk Cameron (1980) and Lynn Cameron (not pictured; 1955)
Bell Family Middletown, Ohio
Fitch Family San Antonio, Texas
Bill Fitch (1947), Sheldon Fitch (1979), Thomas Fitch (2013), John Fitch (1984) and Tom Fitch (1952)
Fowler Family Tulsa, Okla.
Cramer Family Lewisberry, Pa.
ers es Evan Fowler (2013) and Ethan Fowler (2008)
Zebulon J. Bell (2011) and Arlington L. Bell (2013) Michael Cramer (1980) and Nicholas Cramer (2013)
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ACHIEVEMENTS // Family Affair
Eagle Scouting Is a Family Affair
Scouting’s highest honor is best shared with other generations of family members. Join NESA in celebrating the families of Eagle Scouts shown below. Recognize the Eagles in your own family by completing the form found at nesa.org/eaglefamilyaffair.
Giminaro Family Plainsboro, N.J.
Kniazewycz Family Mount Juliet, Tenn.
Myers Family Camillus, N.Y.
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Joseph Giminaro (1973), William Giminaro (2012), Andrew Giminaro (2005), Dr. Vincent Giminaro (1973), Thomas Giminaro (1979), Dr. Benjamin Giminaro and Andrew Teves (2010; not photographed)
Susannah Kniazewycz, Nicholas Andrew Kniazewycz (2012), Joseph August Kniazewycz (2013), Anthony Bohdan Kniazewycz (2013) and Ted Andrew Kniazewycz (1979)
Benjamin Myers (2013) and William Myers (1969)
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Helbig Family Tampa, Fla.
Wayne Helbig (1980), Daniel Helbig (2012), Paul Helbig (2011) and Arne Helbig (1978)
Herrmann Family Waterville, Ohio
Myres Family Alpine, Calif.
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Lix Family Jackson, Mo.
Ethan Lix (2007), Saundra Flanagan (Silver Beaver, 2012), Joshua Lix (2003), Brenda Shipman (Silver Beaver, 2011), Evan Henry (2008), Aaron Shive (2011) and Wyatt Lix (2010)
Grant Armond Myres (2007), Evan Romney Myres (2012), Maranda Ruth Myres, Garth Lauren Myres (1978), Sara Bennett Myres, Isaac Garth Myres (2014), Bennett Andrew Myres (2005) and Alec Keith Myres (2004)
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O’Neill Family Brick, N.J.
Mann Family Vernon, Conn.
Nich and Shawn O’Neill (2013), John O’Neill (2002) and Matthew O’Neill (2013)
Brandon L. Herrmann (2009), Adam F. Herrmann (2013) and James B. Herrmann (2005)
Hoitt Family Manassas, Va.
Jeff Mann (1985), Tim Michaud (2012), Sean McHugh (2003), James E. Michaud (1979) and James A. Michaud (1955)
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Ostrye Family Amherst, N.Y.
Marcelo Family Springboro, Ohio
Matthew Ostrye (2013), Stephen Ostrye and Nathan Ostrye (2012)
Stephen Hoitt (Rochester, N.Y., 1984), Eugene Hoitt (2013) and Rob Hoitt (1987)
Husak-Potts Family Bryan, Texas/DeRidder, La.
Raymundo Marcelo (1979) and Angelo Marcelo (2014)
Parker Family Wiesbaden, Germany
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Meeds Family Klamath Falls, Ore.
Andrew Parker (2010) and Lt. Col. (Ret.) Curtis Parker (1975)
Tyler Husak (2014) and Court Potts (2005)
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Andrew Meeds (2005) and Jeffrey Meeds (2014)
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Parks Family Shoreham, N.Y.
Sherpa Family Lebanon, Pa.
Vande Sande Family Middleton/Burlington, Wis.
Daniel Parks (2008), Donna Parks, Sean Parks (2014), James Parks and William Parks (2009)
Tenzing Sherpa (2008), Dawa Sherpa (2014) and Sonam Sherpa (2011)
Richard Vande Sande (1949), Matt Vande Sande (1979) and David Vande Sande (2013)
Roop Family Grapevine, Texas
Stanley Family Atlanta, Texas
Walter Family Twin Lakes, Wis.
Ryan Roop (2012) and Steve Roop (1965)
Lee Stanley (1970), Damon Stanley (2013), Bryant Stanley (2001) and Brandon Stanley (1991)
Scott Walter (1986) and Nathan Walter (2013)
Schmitt Family Pine Brook, N.J.
Nicholas Schmitt (2010), Adam Schmitt (2012) and Gregory Schmitt (2013)
Sedlacek Family St. Jacob, Ill.
Jacob W. Sedlacek (2013) and Tim B. Fehmel (1986)
Shank Family San Jose, Calif.
Dennis Shank (1964), Eric Shank (1979), Brandon Shank (2012), Kirtis Shank (1980), Marclay Shank (1957) and Christopher Shank (1983; not photographed)
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Stock Family Butler, Pa.
Andrew Stock (2010), Adam Stock (2012), Ben Stock (2012), Blake Stock (2014) and Julie Stock
Strenkle Family Romney, W.Va.
Donnie Strenkle (1995), Jason Christopher Behrens (2014) and Lucas Alan Behrens (2009)
Underwood Family Woodstock, Conn.
Calvin T.M. Underwood (2006), Carl J.O. Underwood (2009) and John P.B. Underwood (2014)
White Family Highland Park, N.J.
Steven White, Ann-Sheryl White, Yair White (2014), Ariel White (2010) and Micah White (2008)
Yi Family Lake Forest, Ill.
Cindy Yi, Harrison Yi (2012), Joseph Yi (1947), Franklin Yi (2013), Soong Yi, Nicholas Yi (2009) and Theodore Yi
Yue Family Baltimore, Md.
Daniel Nathan Yue (2011), Jonathan Edward Yue (2014) and Michael David Yue (2007)
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