The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is presented to those Arrowmen who have rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the Order on a sectional, regional, or national basis. The following were presented the DSA at the 1979 National Order of the Arrow Conference - Albert E. Bender Jr., Jeffrey Bevan Sr., Gerald J. Bisson, Gary H. Bonas Jr., Chris Boswell, William J. Breland, William R. Bryant, Rick Burton, Carroll J. Carbonneau, Charles Clabots, Lawrence J. Ewaska, Bryce J. Fairbanks, Bradley K. Harris, Eric Helgemoe, Michael H. Holmes, William F. Ketron, Ben Lindsay, Richard MacDonald, Paul Roy Martinez, E. Ray Mueller, Tommy E. Nelson, Sheridan U. Nunn, C. Timothy Osborn, Jay E. Schnapp, Virgil L. Smith, Charles S. Sullivan, Gilson M. Talmadge, James L. Tarr, Edward Trust and David Worland.