The Founder’s Award Honor Roll
The Founder’s Award
Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founder’s Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowmen who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen that he or she memorializes in his or her everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson.
The Award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likenesses of E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson, with wooden base and brass plate suitable for engraving. Also available is a special Founder’s Award arrow ribbon, with a gold colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon.
Lodges may petition the national Order of the Arrow Committee to present up to four awards annually, based on lodge membership. If the lodge presents more than one award, one must be to a youth under the age of 21. Nominations must be made on form No. 24-137.
In 1983, the O-Shot-Caw Lodge recognized Thomas Tatham with its first Founder’s Award. Since that time, many additional Arrowmen have been recognized as listed below.
| Year | Name |
| 1983 | Thomas Tatham |
| 1984 | Ken Wiedman |
| 1984 | Philip Engelmann |
| 1986 | Mike Weinthal |
| 1986 | Ron Bell |
| 1989 | Chris Miller |
| 1989 | Paul Anderson |
| 1990 | Marc Stewart |
| 1991 | Mike DeBellis |
| 1991 | Victor Suarez |
| 1992 | Aaron Stanton |
| 1992 | Kenneth Khouri |
| 1993 | Rick Duley |
| 1994 | Alex Holinko |
| 1994 | Devang Desai |
| 1995 | George Michna |
| 1995 | Stan Hoff |
| 1996 | Jason Wolz |
| 1996 | Larry Stanton |
| 1997 | Jerry Stencel |
| 1997 | Tony Licudine |
| 1998 | Roger Kunstman |
| 1998 | Trent Gilbert |
| 1999 | Ivan Lopez |
| 1999 | John Michna |
| 2000 | Alexander Rubin |
| 2000 | Glen Gilbert |
| 2001 | Jason Garcia |
| 2001 | Sean McKnight |
| 2002 | Josh Levenson |
| 2002 | Walker Ellis |
| 2003 | Greg Wiener |
| 2003 | Andre Cupas |
| 2004 | John Gundlach |
| 2004 | Wayne Tracy |
| 2005 | Anthony Ramirez |
| 2005 | Eric McAlpin |
| 2006 | Bill Gundlach |
| 2006 | Brian Sweeney |
| 2007 | Denison Weidman |
| 2007 | Geoff Landau |
| 2008 | Brian Polino |
| 2008 | Alex Gomez |
| 2009 | Chaz Pinna |
| 2009 | Steve Pinna |
| 2010 | Dean Kubler |
| 2010 | Brad Schmidt |
| 2011 | Bill Gilliland |
| 2011 | R.J. Hickman |
| 2012 | Moose Pederson |
| 2012 | Jon Yost |
| 2013 | William McKinley |
| 2013 | Glenn Gomez |
| 2014 | Kyle Senzig |
| 2014 | Gary Beerman |
| 2015 | Matt Crowe |
| 2015 | Jeff Robinson |
| 2016 | Cody Brown |
| 2016 | Jose Kudja |
| 2017 | Michael Brignola |
| 2017 | Charles Yost |
| 2018 | Tom Rottenberg |
| 2018 | Wyatt Engelmann |
| 2019 | David Blackard |
| 2019 | Jordan BakerRobinson |
| 2020 | Khalil Ayvar |
| 2020 | Keanu O. |
| 2021 | Fred Kimball |
| 2021 | Vincent C. |
| 2022 | Carson E. |
| 2022 | Cliff Freiwald |
| 2023 | Benjamin Jarrell |
| 2023 | Barry Schwartzman |
| 2024 | Kaden O. |
| 2024 | Chris Johnson |