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Eagle Scout, Scouting Fundraiser, Executive Director of the United Nations World Food Program [33] Stephen Nicolaysen Distinguished Eagle Scout, BSA Foundation Trustee, Philmont Ranch Properties Committee, Key Leader in the National Camp Accreditation Program [33] Rev. Arties Phillips Jr. African Methodist Episcopal Church Leader [33]
Incorrectly noted as an Eagle Scout by his daughter. [373] Bill Gates; Life Scout and co-founder of Microsoft. [374] He is sometimes confused with his father, William H. Gates Sr. who is a Distinguished Eagle Scout. [53] He is often thought to be an Eagle Scout because of an advertisement he did for the BSA. [370]
In 1989, the Boy Scouts obtained a renewable special use permit to the Valle Vidal Unit of the Carson National Forest from the United States Forest Service. This allowed Scouts to hike and camp in the area. Philmont operates three staffed camps—Whiteman Vega, Seally Canyon, and Ring Place—and two trail camps in that area.
National Advanced Youth Leadership Experience (NAYLE) is a youth leadership training program of Boy Scouts of America. The format is a week-long, leadership development experience, providing young men and women aged 14 through 20 the environment to enhance their leadership skills.
The Scouting Museum of New Mexico, formerly run by Dennis Downing was located at 400 South First Street in Raton, New Mexico, is permanently closed.The museum was privately owned at a private facility, displays included Wood Badge, Philmont, Order of the Arrow, National Jamboree, international Scouting, Scout books and magazines, videos, reference library, and also rotated loaned exhibits.
Alvin Townley wrote in Legacy of Honor about the large positive impact of Eagle Scouts in America. Townley cited such examples as how Scouts, especially Eagle Scouts, were disproportionately represented among Hurricane Katrina's volunteer relief workers; just as they are disproportionately represented among members of the United States Senate.
In honor of Phillips, the Boy Scouts of America renamed the newly donated land Philturn Rocky Mountain Scout Camp. Later the property was renamed Philmont Scout Ranch. His son Chope visited frequently, until his passing in 2015 at age 97. Phillips died in 1964 and a primary beneficiary of his estate was the University of Southern California ...
Sea Base, formerly known as Florida National High Adventure Sea Base, is a high adventure program base run by Scouting America in the Florida Keys.Its counterparts are the Philmont Scout Ranch in northern New Mexico, the Northern Tier National High Adventure Bases in Ely, Minnesota as well as Manitoba and Ontario in Canada, and The Summit Bechtel Family National Scout Reserve near the New ...