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Awards & Recognition

Scouts work hard to achieve their goals. And we recognize that dedication with a series of awards. While the benefits of rewarding our Scout and volunteers is vast, these are the top three.

CELEBRATION

Awards show the value in setting and achieving individual goals, a fundamental lesson of Scouting. And this extends beyond the members of our troops: we celebrate the achievement of adult leaders as well. We all strive to be better and we all work as hard as we can. The validation of the time invested is a powerful tool.

MOTIVATION

A by-product of receiving an award is the motivation to set even higher goals as a way to continue to be awarded for achievements. Recognition amongst your peers is a powerful motivator for everyone, not just the award recipient. Scouts push themselves and each other equally.

SKILL DEVELOPMENT

Scouts are never complacent. That’s even more true when there is the motivation for ongoing recognition. Perhaps it’s learning how to take on a larger leadership role, mentoring a fellow Scout or developing a risk-taking mindset that allows Scouts to better serve their communities in times of crisis. It can even be as simple as identifying and overcoming blockers an adult leader routinely faces. Scouts never settle.

Special awards & Recognition

for distinguished service

Silver Beaver Award

To recognize registered Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within a council.

The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931 and is a council-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. Recipients of this award are registered Scouters who have made an impact on the lives of youth through service given at the council level.

Mail To:
Montana Council Service Center
820 17th Avenue South
Great Falls, Montana 59405-5939

Listed in the adjacent links are the Silver Beaver recipients since the inception of the Montana Council in 1974. We are grateful for the contributions of these men and women and all the lives they have impacted.

Montana Council Silver Beavers

2024
Wayne Thares
Beth Mazanec
Tom Sward

2023
Alan Lohoff
Fabie Wavrant
Bill Rutten

2022
Mike O’Donnell
Mike Walz
Doug Wheeler

2021
William “Brad” Isbell
Anthony “Tony” Pecarina
Diane Stovall

2020
Travis Deaton
David Eubanks
Tom Lynch
Kyle Roberts
Mike Wade
John Yeager

2019
Drew Burkenpas
Josey Quinones
Billy Andrews
Brad Weaver
Chris Servheen
Sue Olinger

2018
Kory Bortz
Libby Brindley
Cammie Edgar
David V. Gray
Jeff Green
Frances Heppler
Lynn Heppler
Andrew Liebmann
Kelly Schmidt

2017
Earlene Carney
Lee Holmer
Rex Jewitt
Robert (Bob) Keiser
Mike Lukas
Walt McIntosh
Robert (Bob) Morefield
Randle Ockey

2016
Melanie Best
Peter Gray
Paul Grosvold
Joe Goss
Todd Malone
Jim Morin
Bill Otto
Gregory Raymond

2015
Kim Bortz
Robert Edgar
Charles Jennings
Tina O’Donnell
Cordell Olson
Caroline (Kee) Ostler
Patti Scanlan
Spencer Zaugg

2014
Greg Beach
Loren Brown
Ellis Hawks
Tony Higuera
Larry Johnson
Garth Kallevig
Thomas Loch
Fritz Snyder
Frank Votapka

2013
Kathi Schweigert
Steve Liebmann
Scott Jourdonnais
Patrick Claytor
Jerry Blythe
Aaron Wiseman
Kurt Krueger
Albert Grobe
Deb Kemper

2012
Lance Ercanbrack
Lora Ercanbrack
Elizabeth “Betsy” Eubanks
Craig Haynes
Sam Montayne
Michael Richards
Ray Wahlert
John Wiegand

2011
David Fleming
Arnold Foust  
Karla Larsen
Raymond Leopold
Tim Locke
Robert Moore
John Slaugh
Susanne Vining

2010
Jim Atkinson
Mike Costle
Mary Jo Cramer
Tony Etherington
Kenneth Dale Getz
Eric Larsen
Lori Wilkinson

2009
Stuart Beagles
Ellen Bumgarner
Mark Bumgarner
Robert Dowdy
Susie Maris
Dale Olinger
Claudia Schwandt
Mary Westover

2008
Kevin Brooks
Dann Crist
John Flynn
Keith Head
Tony Lehner
Jon Marshall
Flo Parmelee
Thomas Russell
Ralph Shirts

2007
Cheri Cusson
Lyle Cusson
Bea Eder
Donna Flynn
Cory Keith
Frank Kisselbach
Jeff Kouba
Dan Riddle
Scott Woodland

2006
Richard Ellwein
Steven Gardner
Dave Lauwers
Mary Matelich
Fr. Leo McDowell
Ronald Parmelee
Earl “Mel” Rauch
Libby Stanhope
Mary Ellen Szafranski

2005
Dr. Gerald Diettert, M.D.
Kellie Gardner
Alan Godfrey
Howard Haslam
Vicki Hasler
Randy Keith
Kerry Ketchum
Wayne McMichael
Mark Riffey

2004
Steve Bernbaum
Kyle Boyce
Kevin Katzenberger
Col. John J. Keefe
Earl Koester
David Nash
William Rich
Charles Wilson

2003
Scott Allred
Raymond “Tom” Burkhart
Jory A. Dellinger
Charles Eubank
Cora Nadeau
Andrew Olson
Joyce Parsons
Mack D. Williams

2002
Elanor Bartholomew
Daniel Ferguson
Daniel J. Korn Jr.
Randy Mineer
Lawrence E. “Larry” Mires
Brett F. Parmenter
Marc M. Spratt
Roger Wihlborg

2001
Michael Carney
Randall C. Collins
George Felsch
Bill Goodridge
Jack Hihnala
Raymond Schwandt
Robert D. Stubbs
Herb Waltermire

2000
Don Brown
Bill Forrester
Shelby Goodman
Nicholas Gray
Tessa M. Hill
Alan Leech
Joe O’Berg
David Pals
Steve Schumacher

1999
Paul Ames
David S. Brown
Gregg Holt
Steve Johnston
Bill Norsby
George Schmidt
Jack Schmidt
Diane Sherick
Gus Wilkins

1998
Frederick A. Flint
Maria A. Hall
Garett Johnson
Rod Parker
Fred Parson
David Roy
Tracie A. Stahl
William Wise

1997
Lynn Bunch
Jerry Dietrich
Paul Faulhaber
William D. Hurd
William McBrearty
Cheryl McCann
Stuart Nicholson
Judith O’Boyle
William Weber

1996
Lee Cannon
Larry Epstein
Robert C. Frost
Ron Gebhardt
Fred Gloshat
Carla Hanson
Dan Moore
Sharlene Oltrogge
Samuel T. Pappas
Eugene R. Thomas

1995
John Crough
David Gray
Bill Harp
Alvin Maddler
Tom Mazanec
Vanona F. Olsen
Stephen Smith
Louise VanNice

1994
Earl “Butch” Crowder
Allen Hollingshead
Kathy Holmer
Richard Kracht
Richard Larsen
Scott Olsen
Keith Stokes
Ron Tewalt

1993
Edward Arensmeyer
Roger Bardsley
Woody Germany
Steve A. McCann
David Mikulecky
David Miller
Jean Musselman
Allen Rustad
Ann Sears

1992
Terri Crough
Albert “Ross” R. Cunningham
Victor L. Douglas
John Morgan
William Morgan
Blake Richardson
Fred Shauer
Merlon Tolman
Bill Wallace

1991
Opal Borske
Michael Brown
Fred Kazmierski
William Kickert
Sam Marshall
Wayne Maughan
Patricia Miller
Raymond Shearer

1990
Cheryl Bolton
Clarence Borske
Ernest B. Corrick
Thomas E. Hendricks
William Hoffman
Joseph Maheras
Jerry Mehus
James H. Peterson
Randle R. Romney
Gail Tesarek

1999
Paul Ames
David S. Brown
Gregg Holt
Steve Johnston
Bill Norsby
George Schmidt
Jack Schmidt
Diane Sherick
Gus Wilkins

1998
Frederick A. Flint
Maria A. Hall
Garett Johnson
Rod Parker
Fred Parson
David Roy
Tracie A. Stahl
William Wise

1997
Lynn Bunch
Jerry Dietrich
Paul Faulhaber
William D. Hurd
William McBrearty
Cheryl McCann
Stuart Nicholson
Judith O’Boyle
William Weber

1996
Lee Cannon
Larry Epstein
Robert C. Frost
Ron Gebhardt
Fred Gloshat
Carla Hanson
Dan Moore
Sharlene Oltrogge
Samuel T. Pappas
Eugene R. Thomas

1995
John Crough
David Gray
Bill Harp
Alvin Maddler
Tom Mazanec
Vanona F. Olsen
Stephen Smith
Louise VanNice

1994
Earl “Butch” Crowder
Allen Hollingshead
Kathy Holmer
Richard Kracht
Richard Larsen
Scott Olsen
Keith Stokes
Ron Tewalt

1993
Edward Arensmeyer
Roger Bardsley
Woody Germany
Steve A. McCann
David Mikulecky
David Miller
Jean Musselman
Allen Rustad
Ann Sears

1992
Terri Crough
Albert “Ross” R. Cunningham
Victor L. Douglas
John Morgan
William Morgan
Blake Richardson
Fred Shauer
Merlon Tolman
Bill Wallace

1991
Opal Borske
Michael Brown
Fred Kazmierski
William Kickert
Sam Marshall
Wayne Maughan
Patricia Miller
Raymond Shearer

1990
Cheryl Bolton
Clarence Borske
Ernest B. Corrick
Thomas E. Hendricks
William Hoffman
Joseph Maheras
Jerry Mehus
James H. Peterson
Randle R. Romney
Gail Tesarek

1989
Bob Deschamps III
Jerry Groesbeck
Edward L. Hanson
Mary Jane Reece
Ron Rice
Jan Sigismond
Charles Timothy
Robert H. Trinder
Dorothy Wishard

1988
Ronald M. Bolton
Richard Brumley
Eugene W. Elliott
Jack C. Fay
Robert Goff
Quinten R. Larsen
Vangie McConnell
Robin Sparboe
Millard L. Stevens

1987
Richard Berg
Betty Brinkman
Larry D. Geske
Gary Heaston
Dick R. LaSalle
Karen Michaels
Florence Murray
Rickard Ross
Barbara Shearer

1986
Ben Evans
John Fassler
Alfred “Bud” Hansen
Arle Lohof
Nancy Lutke
Art Perry
Anita Rossing
Teresa Smith
Richard E. Lund

1985
Ted Dawson
John Dea
Leah Galloway
Jim Mershon
Roscoe Montgomery
John. P. Shevlin
Mark O. Sullivan
George Thompson

1984
Robert L. Hoffman
Austin E. Madeen
Leon M. Pack
Gene F. Payne
L. Dean Priestly
Dale K. Sell

1983
Richard J. Barney
L. “Ozzie” O. Black
Robert Briggs
Ronald W. Engdahl
Louis J. Kuennen
Dale I. Nelson
Sharon K. Sell

1982
Keith W. Belnap
Alvin L. Donner
Louise V. Evenson
Lawrence B. Talgo
Minnie Taylor
Albin H. Martinson
William L. Wheeler

1981
Roxie J. Curtis
Charles M. Hauptman
Roberta “Bobbie” Henry
Patrick “Pat” C. King
Jerry Murray
Ingvard Svarre
Bob Thornton

1980
Jack Dugan
Bob Johnson
Patricia MacDonald
Otto Lemm
Earl O. Skogley
Dick Starks
Elmer Hausken

1979
Howard C. Anderson
Shirley Cole
Leonard E. Dahl
John W. Goebel
Jean Lau
Richard Newman
John W. Ratliff
Donald Topp
Roy Wendt

1978
Frederick K. Holbrook
Kenneth Marcotte
Ed Marks
Neil “Whitey” McGill
Skulason “Skuli” Moe
Leo L. Pierre
Ralph Tobol
Bobby Wilson
Don Wolford

1977
Laurel Burnham
Katie M. French
John V. Ginnaty
John C. Harrison
George Newell
Wallace Prigmore
Bernice Waldron
Robert Weimer
Carolyn O’Neil

1976
Robert Burrows
Dexter Flynn
Glenna Holbrook
Darrel Johnson
Gail Rader
Leon Saylor
Lester Stepper
Andrew “Andy” Van Teylingen
Harold Wenaas

1975
Don Aadsen
Dale Elletson
W. “Hoot” D. Evers
Harry Farrington
George Freemole
Kenneth Lawrence
Edward Leland Sr.
Betty Newell
Greyson Phipps
Mary Robertson
Frank Ward
Ester Williams

1974
Herman Hulsenga
Lois Jungst
Raymond Lau
Charlie Lelek
Don Leuschen
William Linninger
Maureen Mercier
Edwin Mitchell Jr.
Bruce Nelson Sr.
Pauline Nielsen
Joe O’Leary
Max Oliver
Suzanne Parini
George Pike
Ada Powell
Raymond Tudor
R. Grant Ungerman

1973
Robert Damon
Al Perkins
Bob Phileb

1972
Grant Hogge
Williams Witts
Herman Wittman

1971
Calvin Galloway
Robert Crowe
Walter Scherbaum

1970
Richard Carter
Stanley Dahlstrom
Jack Allison

1969
Miles “Pat” Harbin
Lyle Heath
Ray Emmett
John E. Van

1968
Lowry “Tiny” Risdahl
Donald Hatton
Francis “Dick” Martin

1967
Grant Higgins
Charles Mason
Elwyn A. Sward

1966
Robert W. Coonrod
Larry Burlingame
Charles Stanley

1965
John E. Nash
John Sorensen

1964
E. Arnold Hanson
Arnold Aklestad

1963
Paul Blomgren
Paul Applegate

1962
Frank Baldik
Jeremy Thane
Paul Evans

1961
Fred Parker
Gareth C. Moon

1960
Lawrence J. Reed
R.H. “Ty” Robinson

 

1959
Ivan Hodges
Lewis Downing

1958
Les Jourdonnais
K. B. Frye

1957
Archer Taylor
Art Pine

1956
William Royer
Sidney McLaughlin

1955
J. T. Walford
Gordon Rognlien

1954
Walter E. Staves
G.M. Dejarnette

1953
Elmore S.  Smith

1952
Harry Campbell
Lloyd Gillespie
Wayne W. Jones
C.C. Strong

1949
Victor Croskry
Paul Gillespie
Ralph Sheneman
T.H. Van Meter

1948
Rial Cummings
R.H. Jesse
Harry Keith
John McCoy
R.H. McKay

1947
Walter McLeod
J. W. Winninghoff

1946
Charles Haynes
Morris Hankins
Eldon Myrick

1945
Daniel J. Korn

1944
Merle Sandon

1943
Thomas Skelton

1942
Dwight N. Mason

1940
Ira B. Lee
John T. Holmes

1938
Tom Elliot

1937
J.H Peterson

1935
Arthur Lamb
R.H. Nelson

1933
David Hope

1932
John E. Maier
C.H. Clapp

1931
Thomas Layfield

1930

Montana Council Recognition

Eagle Scout

Since 1912, the Eagle Scout rank has represented a milestone of accomplishment—perhaps without equal—that is recognized across the country and even the world. Those who have earned the Eagle Scout rank count it among their most treasured achievements. “Eagle Scout” is not just an award; it is a state of being. Those who earned it as youth continue to earn it every day as adults. That is why an Eagle Scout IS an Eagle Scout—not was.

Montana Council Recognition

Summit Rank

The Summit Rank represents Venturing’s highest honor. To achieve this ultimate recognition, you will serve the crew as a leader— both formally and informally— and you will be a mentor to others. In addition, you will strengthen your community be designing and leading a service project to benefit others. The experience gained in earning this rank will help you mature as a member of a team and as an individual.

Summit Award recipients

2023
• Zachary Wolf

2022
• Harley Benoit

2020
• Andrew Fischer
• Kougar Lanier
• Rudy Whitney

2019
• Eva Isbell
• Klara Isbell

If we are missing a recipient, please email lido.vizzutti@scouting.org

Montana Council Recognition

100 Degrees of Frost

The 100 Degrees of Frost Award is awarded to any Scout or Adult Scouter who earns 100 or more below-freezing points between September 1 and May 31.

One hundred degrees of frost are required to earn this aw­ard in each qualifying period. For example, one night of camping, with a low temperature of 10° Fahrenheit, will net each camper with 22 degrees of frost. (32 degrees minus 10 degrees equals 22 degrees of frost points.) This will apply to only the youth and adults camping, not the troop or patrol as a whole.

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