The Boy Scouts of America is one of the largest scouting organizations and one of the largest youth organizations in the United States,with over 1 million youth,including 176,000 female participants. The BSA was founded in 1910;about 130 million Americans have participated in its programs. Served by 477,000 adult volunteers. BSA became a founding member organization of the World Organization of the Scout Movement in 1922.
McDonnell Douglas Corporation was a major American aerospace manufacturing corporation and defense contractor,formed by the merger of McDonnell Aircraft and the Douglas Aircraft Company in 1967. Between then and its own merger with Boeing in 1997,it produced well-known commercial and military aircraft,such as the DC-10 and the MD-80 airliners,the F-15 Eagle air superiority fighter,and the F/A-18 Hornet multirole fighter.
Leidos Holdings,Inc.,formerly known as Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC),is an American defense,aviation,information technology,and biomedical research company headquartered in Reston,Virginia,that provides scientific,engineering,systems integration,and technical services. Leidos merged with Lockheed Martin's IT sector,Information Systems &Global Solutions,in August 2016 to create the defense industry’s largest IT services provider. The Leidos-Lockheed Martin merger is one of the biggest transactions thus far in the consolidation of the defense sector. Leidos contracts extensively with the Department of Defense,the Department of Homeland Security,and the Intelligence Community,as well as other U.S. government agencies and select commercial markets.
Norman Ralph "Norm" Augustine is a U.S. aerospace businessman who served as United States Under Secretary of the Army from 1975 to 1977. Augustine served as chairman and CEO of the Lockheed Martin Corporation. He was chairman of the Review of United States Human Space Flight Plans Committee.
Harry Curtis Stonecipher is an American business executive who was president and chief executive officer of American aerospace companies:Sundstrand,McDonnell Douglas,and The Boeing Company. Stonecipher was widely credited with the seeming resurgence of Boeing after government procurement scandals. However,his tenure also included major decisions to change Boeing's design and sourcing process for the new 787 airliner. These decisions later proved to be organizationally and financially disastrous for the company. Stonecipher was forced to resign from Boeing following the disclosure of an affair with a subordinate,in violation of the Boeing Code of Conduct.
Philip Murray Condit is an American engineer and businessman who was Chair and Chief executive officer (CEO) of the Boeing company from 1996 to 2003. He dramatically reshaped the company by its merger with McDonnell Douglas and relocating Boeing's headquarters from Seattle to Chicago. He resigned to take symbolic responsibility for a military procurement scandal,although he was not accused of any ethical breaches.
The Chief Scout Executive is the top professional of the National Council of the Boy Scouts of America. In most similar non-profit organizations,this is equivalent to the position of CEO,national executive director or secretary general.
The Silver Buffalo Award is the national-level distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America. It is presented for noteworthy and extraordinary service to youth on a national basis,either as part of,or independent of the Scouting program. The award is made by the National Court of Honor and the recipient need not be a registered member of the BSA.
Lone Scouts of America (LSA) was a Scouting organization for American boys that operated from 1915 until it merged with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) in 1924. The LSA was founded by W. D. Boyce,publisher of the Chicago Ledger and the Saturday Blade and one of the founders of the BSA. Boyce felt that the program of the BSA did not help the rural boy who could not find enough other boys to form a troop or a patrol. James E. West,the first Chief Scout Executive of the BSA,disagreed with Boyce's concept,believing that the 4-H program was fulfilling the role. After Boyce left the BSA,he started the Lone Scouts of America and incorporated it on January 9,1915. Boyce became the executive officer or Chief Totem and Frank Allan Morgan became the editor of The Lone Scout. In October 1915,Boyce appointed all of his paperboys as members of the LSA and published the first issue of The Lone Scout magazine.
David Sloan Lewis Jr. was an aeronautical engineer who led aerospace and defense giant General Dynamics for 14 years.
Hill Aerospace Museum is a military aviation museum located at Hill Air Force Base in Roy,Utah. It is dedicated to the history of the base and aviation in Utah.
James F. Albaugh is the former executive vice president of The Boeing Company and chief executive officer of the Boeing Commercial Airplanes business unit. He served in these capacities for Boeing Commercial Airplanes from September 1,2009,until his retirement on June 26,2012. He retired from the company on October 1,2012. He previously served as president and chief executive officer of the Boeing Defense,Space &Security business unit. Albaugh oversaw a $30.8 billion budget while managing over 70,000 personnel in that position. Albaugh earned $1,499,923 in 2005,making him one of the highest-paid managers in the defense sector.
The Silver Antelope Award is a distinguished service award presented by the Boy Scouts of America for outstanding service to young people. From 1942 to 2021 it recognized service within one of the geographical regions of the BSA. Beginning in 2022,with a reorganization of the BSA,it is presented for service in a Council Service Territory
Wayne M. Perry is a retired American businessman and former national president of the Boy Scouts of America (2012–2014).
Sanford "Sandy" Noyes McDonnell was an American engineer,businessman and philanthropist. Former chairman and chief executive officer of McDonnell Douglas Corporation,he also served as national president of the Boy Scouts of America and as chairman of Character Education Partnership. He was "Man of the Year" in St. Louis in 1984.
John J. Tracy is the retired Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of The Boeing Company,the world's largest aerospace company. At Boeing,he held the dual roles of CTO and Senior Vice President of Engineering,Operations &Technology from June 2006 to mid 2016.
Patrick Michael Shanahan is an American businessman and the president and chief executive officer of Spirit AeroSystems. He is a former United States federal government official who served as the acting United States Secretary of Defense in 2019. President Donald Trump appointed Shanahan to the role after the resignation of Jim Mattis. Prior to that,Shanahan served as Deputy Secretary of Defense from 2017 to 2019. Before his government service,he previously spent 30 years at Boeing in a variety of roles.
Nelda Lee was a Boeing design and flight test engineer. Lee was the first woman to log one and a half hours of flight time in the F-15 eagle. She has been “recognized as a trailblazer in aerospace engineering and aviation”.
Roger C. Mosby is the former President,CEO,and 14th Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). He was previously Vice President of Human Resources for Kinder Morgan. Born in Cape Girardeau,Missouri,his parents and family moved to Union County,Illinois where he attended elementary and high school. He graduated from Shawnee High School in Wolf Lake,Illinois,going on to Southeast Missouri State University earning a Bachelor of Science in 1973. He was succeeded by Roger Krone,the former CEO of Leidos,on November 8,2023,months after announcing his intent to retire.
