History of Award Winners in the District

District Awards

District Award of Merit

  • 1974: Ray Diggs, John Higgins
  • 1982: Ronald Austin, Lee Brown, Margaret Cooper, Robert Faulkner, Sonya Warren-Ham, Gilbert Watson, Ralph Wooden
  • 1986: Herbert Wood
  • 1987: Melvin Horne
  • 1987: Larry Pinkney
  • 1987: Julius Washington
  • 1988: Stanley Scofield
  • 1990: David Hamilton, Clarke Harlefinger, Donald Humphries
  • 1995: Richard Tilley
  • 1997: Cynthia Prather, Tony Quinn, David Vieira
  • 1999: Phil Jackson
  • 2000: Warner Smith
  • 2001: George Farris, Ivory Roberts, Earnestine Smart
  • 2003: Paul Byers
  • 2004: Chris Gagliano
  • 2005: John LeMon, Jaime Rodriguez
  • 2007: John Cates
  • 2008: Bob Whalen
  • 2009: Chris Barr, Hank Brothers, Frank Godfrey, John Maxwell
  • 2010: Sam Daniel, Chad Deschane, David Jory, Dan Witt
  • 2011: Patricia Armstrong-Lewis, Dave Lynch, Mike Ryan
  • 2012: Peter Bielak
  • 2013: Sherri Pinkston, Regina Thompson
  • 2014: Ron Marchessault
  • 2015: Stephen Ansari, Vicki Burns, Kim Matthews
  • 2016: Jai Evans, Zetta Leftridge, Howie Perlman
  • 2017: Charles Hall, Bryan Martin Firvida, Wahbe Tamari
  • 2018: Rhonda Gray, William Hemsley, Thomas Scofield
  • 2019: Clifton Corry, Jim Ferstl, Susan Hall
  • 2020: Gloria Bell, Larry Kamon, Bill Morgan
  • 2021: Aaron Marrs, Bill Pzedpelski
  • 2022: Joseph Bastian, Max Behrens
  • 2023: Chad Heflin, Brian Nielsen
  • 2024: John Feeley, Jr., Sonja Kueppers 
  • Year Unknown: James Ingrim, Dennis McCall, Marinda Pinkney, Brad Thomas, Ken Barksdale, Dan Mullin, Shirley Cooley, Ernest Gardner, Hannah Hall, Earl Holsendorff, Curtis McCrae, Joan Sharkey, Jim Tompkins, Bill Wilson, Angela Woodland, Earl Simpson, Joe Witherspoon, Betty Jo Pryor, John Pryor, Robert Sanders, Yvette Johnson, Barbara Askew, Samuel Robinson, Pam Harding, Pat Lewis, Art Campbell, Fay Cowan, Braun Cameron, John Evans, Robert Jones
 

Washington, DC District Fire Starter Award

  • 2023:  Octavia Shaw (Troop 98), Charlene Kannankeril (Pack 100), Aaliyah Alim (Pack 1517 & Troop 1517), Phyllis Tarver-Kashif (Pack 1517 & Troop 1517), Michael Roessner (Pack 230), Kimberly Acquaviva (District Committee), Drew Bausher (District Committee), and Jim Scarazzo (District Committee)

 

National Capital Area Council Awards

Silver Beaver Award

  • 1963: Nollie Stowers
  • 1967: Edgar Wilson
  • 1968: Gil Dickinson
  • 1972: Ray Diggs. Robert Faulkner
  • 1979: Walter Fauntroy
  • 1981: Alberta Faulkner
  • 1982: G.F. Bingham
  • 1987: Ralph Wooden
  • 1988: Stanley Scofield
  • 1990: Herbert Wood, Larry Pinkney
  • 1992: Jim Tompkins
  • 1993: Milton Coleman
  • 1998: Tony Quinn
  • 2001: Julius Washington
  • 2003: Togo West
  • 2004: Paul Byers
  • 2005: Richard Tilley
  • 2006: John Higgins, James Ingrim
  • 2007: John LeMon
  • 2008: John Cates
  • 2009: Ernie Green, Marinda Pinkney
  • 2011: George Farris
  • 2012: John Maxwell
  • 2016: Peter Bielak
  • 2020: William Hemsley
  • 2021: Hank Brothers
  • 2022: Phil Jackson
  • 2023: Melvin Horne, Bryan Martin Firvida
  • 2024: Jai Evans, Vicki Burns, Aaron Marrs
  • Year Unknown: Dan Tyrell, Earl Holsendorff, Bill Wilson

 

Arrowhead Honor Award for Commissioners

  • 1963: Nollie Stowers
  • 2023: Aaron Marrs, Mikko McFeely

 

NCAC Outstanding Commissioner Award Council Shoulder Patch

  • Ralph Wooden, CSP #70
  • Melvin Horne, CSP #99
  • Earl Holsendorff, CSP #100
  • Larry Pinkney, CSP #193
  • Melvin Horne, CSP #194
  • Stephen Ansari, CSP #370
  • Aaron Marrs, CSP #400
  • Greg Fairbanks, CSP #TBD
  • Bryan Martin Firvida, CSP #TBD

 

BSA National Awards

Whitney M. Young Jr. Service Award

  • 1963: Nollie Stowers
  • 2023: Melvin Horne
  • 2024: Phil Jackson

 

Individual and Unit Awards

Unit Leader Award of Merit

  • 2023: Ted Brady (Troop 500), Greg Fairbanks (Pack 98), Bryan Martin Firvida (Troop 98), Lawrence Lewis (Troop 24)

 

Scouter’s Training Awards

  • 2023: Scouter’s Training Award for Cub Scouting: David Cranor (Pack 230) and Matthew Oskam (Pack 230); Den Leader Training Award: Christian Linton (Pack 230) and Steve Sorrell (Pack 98); Scouter’s Training Award for District Committee Members: James Shambley (District Committee).