The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States,with over 1 million youth,including 176,000 female participants. The BSA was founded in 1910;about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs. Served by 477,000 adult volunteers. BSA became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
John Phillip Jumper is a retired United States Air Force (USAF) general,who served as 17th Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force from September 6,2001 to September 2,2005. He retired from the USAF on November 1,2005. Jumper was succeeded as Chief of Staff by General T. Michael Moseley.
Harry Curtis Stonecipher is an American business executive who was president and chief executive officer of American aerospace companies:Sundstrand,McDonnell Douglas,and The Boeing Company. Stonecipher was widely credited with the seeming resurgence of Boeing after government procurement scandals. However,his tenure also included major decisions to change Boeing's design and sourcing process for the new 787 airliner. These decisions later proved to be organizationally and financially disastrous for the company. Stonecipher was forced to resign from Boeing following the disclosure of an affair with a subordinate,in violation of the Boeing Code of Conduct.
Philip Murray Condit is an American engineer and businessman who was Chair and Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Boeing company from 1996 to 2003. He dramatically reshaped the company by its merger with McDonnell Douglas and relocating Boeing's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. He resigned to take symbolic responsibility for a military procurement scandal,although he was not accused of any ethical breaches.
The Chief Scout Executive is the top professional of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In most similar non-profit organizations,this is equivalent to the position of CEO,national executive director or secretary general.
The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on a national basis,either as part of,or independent of the Scouting program. The award is made by the National Court of Honor and the recipient need not be a registered member of the BSA.
Lone Scouts of America (LSA) was a Scouting organization for American boys that operated from 1915 until it merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1924. The LSA was founded by W. D. Boyce,publisher of the Chicago Ledger and the Saturday Blade and one of the founders of the BSA. Boyce felt that the program of the BSA did not help the rural boy who could not find enough other boys to form a troop or a patrol. James E. West,the first Chief Scout Executive of the BSA,disagreed with Boyce's concept,believing that the 4-H program was fulfilling the role. After Boyce left the BSA,he started the Lone Scouts of America and incorporated it on January 9,1915. Boyce became the executive officer or Chief Totem and Frank Allan Morgan became the editor of The Lone Scout. In October 1915,Boyce appointed all of his paperboys as members of the LSA and published the first issue of The Lone Scout magazine.
John Watson Creighton Jr. was an American executive who served for nine years,from 1988 to 1997,as president and chief executive officer of Weyerhaeuser,a $7 billion,publicly traded timber company. In addition to Weyerhaeuser,he also served in senior management and executive positions with United Airlines,the University of Puget Sound,the U.S. Department of the Army,and the Boy Scouts of America.
David Sloan Lewis Jr. was an aeronautical engineer who led aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics for 14 years.
Alan Roger Mulally is an American aerospace engineer and manufacturing executive. He served as the CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1998 to 2006,and later as president and chief executive officer of the Ford Motor Company from 2006 to 2014.
Randall Lynn Stephenson is a retired American telecommunications executive. He served as chairman and chief executive officer (CEO) of AT&T Inc. from May 9,2007 until June 30,2020 and as executive chairman of AT&T Inc. from July 1 until December 31,2020. He served as National President of the Boy Scouts of America from 2016 to 2018. In April 2020,Stephenson announced he would step down as CEO of AT&T effective July 1,2020,replaced by John Stankey. In November 2020,Stephenson announced he would step down as executive chairman of AT&T effective January 2021,replaced by William Kennard.
James F. Albaugh is the former executive vice president of The Boeing Company and chief executive officer of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes business unit. He served in these capacities for Boeing Commercial Airplanes from September 1,2009,until his retirement on June 26,2012. He retired from the company on October 1,2012. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of the Boeing Defense,Space &Security business unit. Albaugh oversaw a $30.8 billion budget while managing over 70,000 personnel in that position. Albaugh earned $1,499,923 in 2005,making him one of the highest-paid managers in the defense sector.
Malcolm Stamper was the longest serving president in Boeing's history and was best known for leading 50,000 people in the race to build the 747 jetliner.
The Silver Antelope Award is a distinguished service award presented by the Boy Scouts of America for outstanding service to young people. From 1942 to 2021 it recognized service within one of the geographical regions of the BSA. Beginning in 2022,with a reorganization of the BSA,it is presented for service in a Council Service Territory
Wayne M. Perry is a retired American businessman and former national president of the Boy Scouts of America (2012–2014).
Triumph Group,Inc. is an American supplier of aerospace services,structures,systems and support. Based in Radnor,Pennsylvania,United States,Triumph engineers,designs,and manufactures aircraft components,systems,and accessories. Several services and products are offered through three of their operating organizations,Integrated Systems,Aerospace Structures,and Product Support.
Sanford "Sandy" Noyes McDonnell was an American engineer,businessman and philanthropist. Former chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell Douglas Corporation,he also served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America and as chairman of Character Education Partnership. He was "Man of the Year" in St. Louis in 1984.
Dennis A. Muilenburg is an American engineer,business executive and a former president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Boeing,a multinational aerospace and defense company. He was CEO from 2015 to 2019,when he was fired in the aftermath of two crashes of the 737 MAX and its subsequent groundings.
John J. Tracy is the retired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of The Boeing Company,the world's largest aerospace company. At Boeing,he held the dual roles of CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering,Operations &Technology from June 2006 to mid 2016.
Roger C. Mosby is the former President,CEO,and 14th Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He was previously Vice President of Human Resources for Kinder Morgan. Born in Cape Girardeau,Missouri,his parents and family moved to Union County,Illinois where he attended elementary and high school. He graduated from Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake,Illinois,going on to Southeast Missouri State University earning a Bachelor of Science in 1973. He was succeeded by Roger Krone,the former CEO of Leidos,on November 8,2023,months after announcing his intent to retire.
