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Silver Beaver Award

Council-level service award of Scouting America

Field	Value
type	award
name	Silver Beaver Award
image	Silver Beaver Award.png
caption	Silver Beaver medal and square knot
f-date	1931
owner	Scouting America
country	United States
members	50,000+
award-for	Distinguished service to youth in a council
next	Silver Antelope Award
prev	District Award of Merit

|f-date=1931 |award-for=Distinguished service to youth in a council

The Silver Beaver Award is the council-level distinguished service award of Scouting America. Recipients of the award are registered adult leaders who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given to the council.

Those deemed worthy of the award by their local council must be approved by the National Court of Honor. Upon their approval, recipients are presented with a silver beaver pendant suspended from a blue and white ribbon, as well as the corresponding square knot.

History

The Silver Beaver was introduced in 1931 as a pin-on medal, but due to the heavy weight of the medallion it was switched over to a neck ribbon in mid-1932. A blue-white-blue ribbon bar was introduced in 1934 for informal uniform wear. In 1946, ribbon bars were replaced by the current knot insignia.

The Silver Beaver was initially awarded only to men. The Silver Fawn Award, an equivalent for women, was awarded starting in 1971. It used the same knot insignia, but on a blue background, as women were mostly involved in Cub Scouting during this period. The Silver Fawn was discontinued and the Silver Beaver began to be awarded to women in 1974. A total of 2,455 Silver Fawns were awarded to outstanding women for support of Cub Scouting before the award was discontinued in 1974.

Using the United States Military as the model, silver awards are the highest awards in Scouting America. Scouting America currently awards three silver awards, the Silver Beaver, the Silver Antelope and the Silver Buffalo.

Notable recipients

Elliot Quincy Adams
Dean Alford
Thomas D. Allen
Marvin J. Ashton
Brent F. Ashworth
Charles August
Ellsworth Hunt Augustus
Mark Evans Austad
Béla H. Bánáthy
Curtis H. Barnette
Harold Roe Bartle
Charles J. Bates
Charles E. Bayless
Kevin Beary
Julius W. Becton Jr.
Ezra Taft Benson
Richard J. Berry
Lester E. Bond
Howard P. Boyd
Pat Boyd
John F. Brady
Rodney H. Brady
Holly Broadbent Sr.
Carl W. Buehner
Hal Bunderson
Allen M. Burdett Jr.
Harris Burgoyne
M. Anthony Burns
Ross Erin Butler Sr.
Chris Buttars
Matt Cartwright
Bernard A. Clarey
Richard A. Compton
Hazen A. Dean
Albert W. Dent
John Randolph Donnell
Gordon R. England
Bob Etheridge
David C. Evans
Michael D. Fascitelli
Abraham J. Feldman
George Fischbeck
Craig Fitzhugh
Mike Fitzpatrick
Karen Fraser
Ronald Alan Fritzsche
Ken Garff
Sandy Garrett
Lloyd D. George
John Gottschalk
Francis A. Gregory
Terry L. Grove
Robert E. Guglielmone
Wayne B. Hales
Lee Heider
Francisco Joglar Herrero
Lewis Blaine Hershey
George R. Hill III
James G. Howes
Peter W. Hummel
Brad Hutto
Paul Ilyinsky
Peter Johnsen
John C. Keegan
William H. Keeler
Walter Kidde
Edgar J. Lauer
Walter Livingston
David M. Lockton
Charles L. Mader
Thomas P. Mahammitt
François E. Matthes
Morton D. May
James M. McCoy
Joseph Melrose
Robert Mitchell
Keith Monroe
Thomas S. Monson
Ellie Morrison
Roger Mosby
Horace A. Moses
Wendell Nedderman
Leonard Niederlehner
Dan Ownby
Ephraim Laurence Palmer
Edward A. Pease
Hector Perez
Wayne M. Perry
Hollie Pihl
Skip Priest
Ben Reifel
Mark Ricks
Brooks Robinson
Emanuel A. Romero
Edward L. Rowan
Dan Rusanowsky
Marvin Scott
Robert H. Shaffer
Mark Shurtleff
Max I. Silber
Delford M. Smith
George Albert Smith
Robert Hall Smith
Vaughn Soffe
Carl E. Stewart
Raymond H. Stockard
Thomas L. Tatham
John R. Taylor III
Dick Vermeil
Frank H. Wadsworth
Walter Washington
Laurence Hawley Watres
Lance B. Wickman
Lester B. Wikoff
Cardis Cardell Willis
Jack Zink
Peter Zug

References

"Distinguished Service Awards". Boy Scouts of America.
"Silver Beaver Award". Boy Scouts of America.
Reis, Mitch. "Silver Beaver Medals". Boy Scout Memorabilia, Patches And Collectibles Home Page.
"Illustrated History of BSA Square Knot Evolution and Private Issues". SageVenture.
"The Silver Fawn Medal". The Virtual Cub Leader's Handbook.
"Silver Outranks Gold". SageVenture.
Wendell, Bryan. (2011-04-14). "Ask the Expert: Why does silver outrank gold in Scouting awards?". Bryan on Scouting.

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