Horseshoe Award
“…for special service rendered to the Horseshoe Scout Reservation.”

Silver Beaver
“Young people…have looked to men and women for inspiration and leadership.  As time marches on, this challenge to provide guidance, character and a sense of moral direction has caused man’s response.  It has motivated them to respond and give of themselves and their sources in the service of youth.  The Chester County Council bestows its highest award

1934 Edward F. Richardson †
1958 Isaac H. Whyte, Jr. †
1970 James E. Meadowcroft †
1971 Herbert F. Jewson, Jr. †
1972 Thomas C. Stilwell †
1973 John B. Rettew, III
1974 Joseph B. Knipe, Jr.
1982 William E. Moffet
1985 David Jones
1988 William E. Iorio
1991 Grahame P. Richards, Jr.
1993 Kenneth Tunnell
1994 William F. Lenker (former D50)
(former D50)
1996 Neil Chippendale

1983 Earle I. Ellson  Scouter – California Inland Empire Council
1986 James L. Everett, III    President – Philadelphia Council

Highest Post Held

1981–88 John B. Rettew, III Council Commissioner
1981–88 Richard C. Bennett Council Scout Executive
1983–85 David Jones Council President
1988–90 John B. Rettew, III Council President – 
1990–93 Grahame P. Richards, Jr. Council Commissioner – 
1993-95 William E. Iorio Council Commissioner – 

Extraordinary Service
Recognition by the Council given that adult who, in the estimation of the Troop Committee and/or Chester County Council, has given extraordinary service to the unit or Council during the year

1983 Thomas J. Lane and Edmund J. Purdy, Jr.
1984 Grahame P. Richards, Jr.
1985 David V. Barry
1986 William E. Iorio
1987 Mark Graham
1988 John H. Ansley
1993 Robert Lammer and Alan Ridd
1994 Lawrence J. Norton, Sr.
1995 Eleanor Rettew*
1996 Gerald Jonak
1997 Patricia Uberti
1999 David and Terri Scheidel
1999 John B. and Eleanor Rettew*
2000 John and Felice Roxby

Woodbadge Course Director

Award of Merit
Presented by the District for exemplary service to youth in the District and the Scouter’s unit

1955 Isaac H. Whyte, Jr. †
1959 Herbert F. Jewson, Jr. †
1960 Thomas C. Stilwell †
1963 James E. Meadowcroft †
1964 Edward T. Burghart
1965 Joseph B. Knipe, Jr. †
1966 Wesley Perkins
1971 John B. Rettew, III
1972 Charles E. Weir
1974 Frank L. Thorne
1976 William E. Moffet
1978 Russell J. Medkeff
1984 William F. Lenker *
1986 William E. Iorio
1987 Grahame P. Richards, Jr.
1993 James A. Dunn
1996 Brian Maloney
1997 Gerald Cavanaugh
1999 Bard Haerland

† Deceased