The Silver Beaver is the highest honor that any Boy Scout Council can bestow on an adult volunteer. Instituted in 1931, it is awarded “for noteworthy service of exceptional character to youth by registered Cub Scouters, Scouters, Varsity Scouters, and Venturing Leaders within the territory under the jurisdiction of a local council.” Candidates are nominated by other Scouters, selected by a committee of previous recipients, and approved by the National Council, Boy Scouts of America. The Awards are presented each January at the Council’s Annual Awards Dinner.
Nominations for future recipients on a standard form are due at the Council Office on or about December 1 each year. The form should be completed with examples of leadership and service to youth that meets the criteria for selection. The nominee should not be told of his/her nomination as the Council can only select a limited number (currently 4) annually based on the number of registered units within the Council. After the Selection Committee has met and the National Office has approved the nomination, the Council will make an announcement of selected individuals.
Silver Beaver Recipients of Los Padres Council (1995 – present)
| Year | Name(s) | ||
| 1995 | Ed Allan | Terry H. Downard | Hans Duus |
| Andrea E. Mesko | Miguel Velasquez | ||
| 1996 | Ted Fox | Lina Fryckman * | Kenneth Gouff |
| John Murray | Jack Shively | Rodger Sorro | |
| 1997 | Karen Cirincione | Roy W. Jennings | Martin Johnson |
| Steve Jordan | Sue Snowdy | ||
| 1998 | Craig Beebe | Lars Jungheim * | Robert McNall |
| Virginia Stillman * | Harold Wells | ||
| 1999 | George Hains, Jr. * | Gary R. Ricks | Janice Somers |
| 2000 | Susan DeLeon | Robin Haeuser | Bob Herd |
| Laurie Tamura | Tom Turner | ||
| 2001 | Milton Batson | Dennis Iden | Gary Johnson |
| Greg Somers | |||
| 2002 | Alan Courtney | Harvey Lynn | John Silva |
| 2003 | Lynn H. Johnson | Lester Sloane | Terry Pew |
| Rick Graff | |||
| 2004 | Wayne M. Rascati | Richard E. Toczek | Stephen Record |
| Randolph A. Newton | Jay E. McCord | Jac A. Crawford | |
| Brad Ross | |||
| 2005 | Rosemary Zea Bauer | Paul Ladwig | J Johnson |
| Kathryn McClure | Robin Dee Thompson | Joseph M. Bauer | |
| Howard McMasters | Robert A. Burtness | ||
| 2006 | Larry Boice | Vance Matzke | Kenneth Thompson |
| Mark Sands | Helen Wells | Dwight Morey | |
| Ralph Moore | |||
| 2007 | Bob Floyd | Eve Giroux | Mark Johnston |
| Scott Matthew | Carl Pabst | Mary Padilla | |
| Kenneth Smith | Kent Vining | ||
| 2008 | Dennis Collins * | Reese Davies | James Gaskell |
| David Kudija | Charles (Chuck) Sorensen | ||
| 2009 | Larry Basham | David Brown | Jay DeCou |
| George Michaels | Lee Wise | ||
| 2010 | David Athey | Deborah DalZuffo | Max Haws |
| Bruce Porter | |||
| 2011 | Cynthia Beaudette | Alan Munch | Robert J. Murray |
| Steven D. von Dohlen | |||
| 2012 | Edward DeBruin | John DeLeon | James Gutierrez |
| Ashley Wayne White | |||
| 2013 | James Bartlett | Harry Holden | Wm. “Trey” Pinner |
| John Zuchelli | |||
| 2014 | George Brown | Lani Collins | Brian Hascall |
| Nick Yost | |||
| 2015 | Ann Ladwig | Donald Luce | Tom Parsons |
| 2016 | Randal Moos | Robert Putney | |
| 2017 | Trent Benedetti | James Brown | David Hix |
| William Holden | |||
| 2018 | |||
* = deceased; Please let the Council Office know when any prior recipient has passed away.
Silver Beaver Recipients of Mission Council (1931 – 1994)
| Year | Name(s) | ||
| 1931 | Taylor McDougal * | ||
| 1935 | Henry P. Lincoln * | J. Defray Silva * | |
| 1936 | Harold A. Foster * | L. D. Waller * | |
| 1937 | J. J. Eisenberg * | M. Stewart Fullerton * | |
| 1939 | Otto Kramer * | George W. Smith | |
| 1941 | Laurence Heiges * | R. F. MacFarland * | |
| 1943 | Ross McCabe * | F. A. McKenzie * | |
| 1945 | J. A. Jacques * | O. B. Westmont * | |
| 1946 | Ed Savary * | ||
| 1947 | A. D. Everett * | Morris Gaver * | |
| 1949 | Ralph McNall * | David H. Schauer * | |
| 1950 | Robert R. Lee * | Clarence Phelps * | |
| 1951 | Roscoe Masonheimer * | Harley Towsley * | |
| 1952 | Alfred E. Skinner | Herman Swartz * | |
| 1953 | Basil Gilmour * | Harvey Holt * | |
| 1954 | Gene M. Harris * | Harry Lamb * | |
| 1955 | George Gunterman * | William S. Porter * | |
| 1956 | John Adams * | Burton S. Minish * | |
| 1957 | B. A. Burkard * | Ralph Nair | |
| 1958 | Richard Arbagey | Horace Coshow * | |
| 1959 | Neilo Dal Porto | Ernest C. Ruiz | |
| 1960 | Earl Calvert | Eugene Dueber | |
| 1961 | Charles Benedetto * | Robert Petersen | |
| 1962 | Salvatre D’Andrea * | H. I. Dick Williams | |
| 1963 | Elmer L. Jones, Sr. * | Lester Tognazzini | |
| 1964 | Fred Farlow | Marius D. Westcott | |
| 1965 | Edgar Hall, Jr. * | John L. Locke * | Donald Stillman * |
| 1966 | Oliver L. Alcorn | Joseph C. Harris * | Niels F. “Slim” Larsen * |
| 1967 | Wesley B. Harrison * | Carden Silva | Charles Stearns * |
| 1968 | Leroy J. Begg | Charles Hurlbut | Robert Pierce |
| 1969 | Donald C. Becker, Jr. | Walter Livingston | Glenn Trussell |
| 1970 | David Bickmore | Dwight Copley | Roscoe Low |
| 1971 | Bonnie Baldwin * + | Shirley Korwalkik * + | |
| 1972 | Clair O. Harding * | William Praus | James Spencer * |
| 1973 | Kenneth Baldwin * | Ralph H. Good, Jr. * | Donald Jacques * |
| Ellie Overbo + | |||
| 1974 | D. Darlene Brocksmith + | James R. Chappel | James Davis * |
| Mardel Pratt + | Larry Viegas | ||
| 1975 | Walter Barrows | James Dewey | Arthur Grossman * |
| Seward Heckaman | Eleanor Jolly * | Kenny Pratt | |
| 1976 | Stanley U. Bartlett * | David Coleman | Donald Fuller |
| Jess Jolly | |||
| 1977 | Clayton K. Call * | Larry Miller | Robert D. Sloan |
| William Weber | |||
| 1978 | E. R. Jim Blakley | Robert Heiduk | Henry L. Matter |
| Robert Skeen * | |||
| 1979 | A. Spaulding Birss | David E. Cherry * | Robert A. McFarland |
| George H. Wehnau * | |||
| 1980 | Henry S. Antolini | Noreen Englebert * | Henry Korczak * |
| Shirley Shaw * | |||
| 1981 | Pastoria Anadon * | Michael Simmons, Sr. | Ron Smith |
| John E. Snyder | |||
| 1982 | Karl N. Haws | Kent C.Humpherys | Frank J. Johnston, Jr. |
| William Knoieczny | |||
| 1983 | Fred Griffith | William Long | Ihsan Saib |
| Edward Seidel | |||
| 1984 | Paul Anadon | John Shellabarger | Ron Simms |
| Lynn Spear * | |||
| 1985 | Mal Dohrman | Paul Ferenz | H. William Lunt |
| Norm Rigby | |||
| 1986 | Edmund A. Barbeau | Sheila Braithwaite | Elmer L. Jones, Jr. |
| Jack Watkins | |||
| 1987 | Donald L. Anderson | Richard Collett * | Rock Kirkham * |
| Linda Marlett * | |||
| 1988 | Allan Braithwaite * | William N. Gully * | James D. Moon |
| John W. Wideman * | |||
| 1989 | Hershel Brewer | Mike Espino * | William McAndrew |
| Sam Soga | |||
| 1990 | George A. Howe | Vicki Sorensen | William Whitehouse |
| Claude Worsham | |||
| 1991 | Jerry Bowman | Ortwin Holdt * | C. Richard James, Jr. |
| Sue Schuyler | |||
| 1992 | Margaret Bowman | Barbara Ferenz | James May * |
| Garry “Pops” Sheley * | |||
| 1993 | Diane R. Jones * | Carla Luchetti | Paul Marlett |
| Phil Mosier | |||
| 1994 | Charles Bailey | William E. Gordon, Jr. | John S. Rathbone |
| Harry Vizzolini* | |||
Note: Recipients which have a “+” next to their name received the Silver Fawn Award, the female equivalent during much of the 1970’s.
* = deceased
Silver Beaver Recipients of Santa Lucia Council (1935 – 1994)
| Year | Name(s) | ||
| 1935 | Howard W. Kirtland * | Lyle F. Carpenter * | |
| 1936 | A. E. Ruda * | ||
| 1941 | Cecil M. Carpenter * | J. Franz Wagner * | |
| 1942 | A. L. Chapman | ||
| 1943 | Henry T. Bull * | William A. Turner * | |
| 1944 | W. B. Howes * | R. E. D. Hoyle * | |
| 1945 | Henry Minetti * | ||
| 1946 | M. S. Willard | D. R. DeChaine * | Malcolm Sears |
| 1947 | Harold C. Goodale * | William T. Smith * | |
| 1948 | Wes Baker * | Vern Loyd * | |
| 1949 | L. L. Stanley * | Don Wright * | |
| 1951 | Ray B. Lyon * | ||
| 1952 | Eugene Reese * | ||
| 1953 | Cliff Boswell * | ||
| 1954 | Clive Remund, Sr. * | ||
| 1955 | Arthur J. Godfrey | ||
| 1956 | Bryant R. Kitzman | ||
| 1957 | J. Vard Loomis * | ||
| 1958 | Gus Appulin * | Jack Gooding * | |
| 1959 | Jim Dewar * | ||
| 1960 | George Andre * | ||
| 1961 | Orville M. Schultz | ||
| 1962 | Marvin Hartwig * | ||
| 1963 | Harold Bragg * | Raymond Willis Buck * | |
| 1964 | Arthur J. Madson * | ||
| 1965 | Archie R. McCormick | ||
| 1966 | George Wofford | ||
| 1967 | Robert E. Smeltzer * | ||
| 1968 | Norman F. Jensen * | James E. Sverchek * | |
| 1969 | Edison A. French * | Harry L. Ovitt | |
| 1970 | William R. Fredman * | D. G. Porter * | |
| 1971 | Carl T. Dubuy | Fred E. Lowe | |
| 1972 | John E. Dryden * | Kenneth E. Heinsohn * | Patricia Jean Phillips * + |
| 1973 | William E. Murphy | Frank R. Peterson * | |
| 1974 | Joan Compton * + | Donald J. Kahn, Sr. | Theo C. Maino * |
| 1975 | Walter J. Galloway | Eugene J. Medzyk | |
| 1976 | James W. Tabb IV | ||
| 1977 | Walter P. Schroeder * | ||
| 1978 | William E. Compton | R. Dean Robinson | |
| 1979 | Vincent L. Ray | ||
| 1980 | Lois Ann Greenall | Larry E. Nunes * | |
| 1981 | Myra Oldham | ||
| 1982 | Helen Herrera | Wesley Hiltbrand | |
| 1983 | Albert E. Davis | Howard D. Mankins | |
| 1984 | Rosemary Fryer * | Warren Sinsheimer | |
| 1985 | Jackie Lee Leverenz | Meredith Sanford | |
| 1986 | Robert Dourson | Emil L. Mesko | |
| 1987 | Bob Gaster * | Kent Wetzel | |
| 1988 | Roger Keep | Richard Ochs | |
| 1989 | Frank T. Lebens | Ole K. Viborg | |
| 1990 | J. Dennis Ahearn * | Richard Ochs | |
| 1991 | Fred Athey | Michael J. Sanders | |
| 1992 | Randy Genske | William McLane | |
| 1993 | Lee Neidengard | Michael M. Salmon | James M. Snowdy |
| 1994 | David K. Anderson | James E. Brightwell * | Lani Chillingsworth |
| Nancy Evers | Ira “Jack” Hughes * | Thomas L. Richards | |
| Katheleen Warfield | |||
Note: Recipients which have a “+” next to their name received the Silver Fawn Award, the female equivalent during much of the 1970’s.
* = deceased
Silver Beaver Recipients from Other Councils Active in our Council
| Name | Year | Council |
| Richard Burckmann | Buttes Area Council | |
| Robert Carmichael | ||
| Glenn Carroll | ||
| Donald Cone * | 1973 | Stanford Area Council |
| Theron Freese | ||
| Edward “Bud” Girard | Old Baldy Council | |
| David Harris * | ||
| Herman Hendrickson | ||
| Arthur Z. Hirsch * | ||
| William Larrson * | ||
| Hal Lowery * | ||
| Charles Murray | ||
| John K. Northrop * | ||
| E. J. O’Brien | ||
| E. F. “Bud” Reid * | ||
| Cleland C. Ross * | ||
| Bill Sawyer | ||
| Dale Smith | 1976 | |
| Robert V. Spencer | ||
| Charles Stevens | ||
| Lester R. (Rick) TerBorch | 1987 | Ventura County Council |
| Mario Viscovi | 1970 | Southern Sierra Council |
| Winthrop Vittum * | ||
| Joseph Wardlaw | ||
| John Wood | 1991 | Alamo Area Council |
| Richard Wright * |