Lifetime Achievement Award

The Legacy of Servant Leadership Lifetime Achievement Award was created by the National Order of the Arrow Committee in 2002 to recognize the Order's second and third generation "Founders" - Scouters who built an enduring legacy to Scouting and the Order of the Arrow through a lifetime of cheerful service to others.

The award was intended to recognize only those extraordinary Arrowmen who deeply influenced and significantly contributed to the vision, direction, and growth of the Order of the Arrow, faithfully demonstrated a lifetime of servant leadership, and, through their daily example, illuminated and reinforced the significance of the values found in the Scout Oath and Scout Law.

The prestige of the award required the criteria be general in nature to allow members of the National Committee to exercise wisdom, flexibility, and discretion in the evaluation and selection of a worthy recipient. Although any past or present member of the Order of the Arrow could be nominated, a nominee must have met these criteria:

• Vigil Honor member
• Distinguished Service Award recipient
• Continued to render outstanding and dedicated service to the Order of the Arrow on a sectional, regional, or national level, since receiving the DSA
• Member of the Order of the Arrow for a minimum of 25 years

Given the nature and prestige of the award, it was recommended that no more than one recipient be recognized at a NOAC. The award could not be presented posthumously. In keeping with the nature of the award, the recognition was not to be a uniform piece, pin, ribbon, or other device, but was a significant recognition suitable for display in the recipient's home or office.

Past Award Recipients