Eagle Ceremony

The following are intended as general guidelines for the planning of a Troop 39 Eagle Scout Court of Honor. In having the Scout, and his family, take an active roll in the process it allows him to personalize the event and assume a leadership role. Please plan on at least a 3 month planning schedule. Although many of the following items are the responsibility of the new Eagle Scout and his family, the uniformed leaders and Troop Committee are available for guidance and as resources. If you have questions, please contact the Scoutmaster and/or the Troop Committee Chairperson.

Scout

Troop

Weeks before

Item

X

 

12

Schedule event with the Church (through Committee Church Liaison)

 

X

12

Send out letters to public officials and dignitaries requesting a congratulatory letter for letter book. Purchase and assembly costs, postage. Eagle Scout: Please let the Troop know if there are any special people in your life you would like to get a letter from (clergy, coach, teacher, etc.)

X

 

6-8

Send out personal invitations to the event including all members of the Troop, family members, friends, officials and dignitaries.

Purchase Eagle invitations, postage. Sample here and here

X

 

5

Assignment of key components of the event (i.e. Trail to Eagle, What is an Eagle, etc.); Notify speakers and ask if they will speak.

 

X

4

Get Eagle award kit from council (generic kit with pins, medal, etc.)

Also, get the Eagle certificate/ID Card from BSA

X

 

3

Creation of a Bio by the new Eagle for his Court of Honor program. This should reflect on his Scouting career and share insights into his development as a Scout and a leader, and the high points along the journey.  Sample here

X

 

2

Create and print program. Sample here and here. Purchase Eagle covers for the program from Council.

X

 

2

Sheet cake and/or other refreshments (1)

 X

 

3

Paper supplies, beverages, ice.

X

 

3

Enlargement of pictures to be displayed. (see Scoutmaster for photos)

 

 X

3

Engraving of current Eagle Scout's name on Troop Eagle trophy (2)

Note: this is done by the last Eagle Scout, who is currently holding the Trophy.  He will present the trophy to the new Eagle Scout at the COH

 

X

0

Flowers for the Mother.

 

X

0

Set up and tear down of room.

horizontal rule

 

[1] A stencil for the eagle medal is here – your bakery can copy it onto the cake; Stop & Shop does a nice job

[2] We have used the trophy shop on Salem Street in Dover for this (Salem St. is off Route 10 West, by Kmart); please use consistent font and size

 

Illustration by Bill Basso

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In Honor of Our Scouts Who Have Attained the Rank of Eagle

TROOP 39

MORRIS PLAINS, N.J.

 

1

1/29/1937

William J. Harris
2

1/31/1937

Raymond G. Dickinson
3

9/08/1947

Lewis E. Zarr / B.P.
4

11/11/1949

John R. Keating
5

5/19/1957

Carl Moore
6

2/03/1958

Alan M. Alvarez
7

2/03/1958

Jon Allen Edwards
8

1/03/1961

Jeffery R. Bilton
9

1/03/1961

Jonathan Weiner
10

9/19/1961

Kenneth Quintana
11

9/11/1963

Richard W. Freeman
12

9/17/1963

Karl A. Kler
13

8/18/1964

John A. Drechsler
14

10/28/1964

Gregory B. Paxton
15

1/27/1965

David K. Welle
16

5/12/1965

James L. Kenyon
17

6/02/1967

Mark G. Smith
18

9/20/1967

William N. Cramer
19

9/20/1967

Michael Cramer
20

9/20/1967

Mark Hashizume
21

6/12/1969

Charles H. Distler
22

6/12/1969

James E. Huselton
23

6/12/1969

Ralph G. Maines, Jr.
24

6/12/1969

Vincent J. Romano, Jr.
25

12/17/1969

Richard J. Tocher
26

11/26/1973

Andrew Goldstein
27

2/28/1977

Frederick L. Reimer
28

12/13/1978

Clark F. Bow
29

7/23/1979

Kenneth Walsh
30

1/30/1980

David W. Reimer
31

7/04/1980

Thomas M. Elam / B.P.
32

3/08/1982

Charles W. Bergmann
33

8/23/1982

Donald M. Olson / B.P.
34

9/11/1983

Glenn T. Visscher
35

12/4/1983

Scott D. Carpenter
36

1/22/1984

Charles S. Aaron Jr. / B.P.
37

3/11/1984

Jay Stasny
38

1/6/1985

David R. Loutzenheiser
39

2/23/1986

Byron C. Crump
40

7/7/1987

Christopher B. Freilich/Fox
41

11/8/1989

Carey K. Kloss
42

5/20/1991

Timothy M. Apgar
43

7/25/1991

Mark J. Risko
44

8/8/1992

James C. Lasher
45

4/22/1993

Niraj R. Patel
46

8/10/1993

Princy C. Mehta
47

2/13/1995

Jason M. Altschul
48

11/10/1995

Eric J. Jeannette
49

4/9/1996

Martin Stephen Radicsh, Jr.
50

3/4/1997

Kevin C. Mehta
51

11/17/1997

Justin Altschul
52

1/10/1998

Brian Lucas Kaczmarek
53

8/4/1998

Andrew J. Greenlees
54

11/20/1999

Jonathan Dunning Gault
55

7/18/2000

Scott John Kaczmarek
56

10/7/2000

Ravi Renjen
57

1/30/2001

Thomas George Kaczmarek
58

4/26/2001

Michael D. Mauro
59

3/12/2003

Adam P. Dioguardi
60 1/22/2003 Michael D. Murphy
61 3/27/2003 Frederick Louis Meyer
62 8/24/2003 William Henry Meyer
63 4/23/04 Trevor Van Eeuwen
64 9/28/04 Brendan T. Nestor
65 11/5/04 Jonathan Gill
66 6/15/05 Matt Nelson
67 3/18/05

Joseph Pawelczyk
68 5/13/05 Eric Wilkens
69   Andy Cattano
70 1/10/06 Nick Dioguardi