The current Los Alamos District Distinguished Serice Awards had its origin in 1982. At that time, the Los Alamos District could only present one District Award of Merit and there were many Scouters that deserved recognition. Doug O'Dell and Bill Erickson proposed that a series of awards be made to the Cubmaster of the Year, Den Leader of the Year, Scoutmaster of the Year, etc., and presentations and recognitions were made at the District Banquet in November 1982. In 1983, there was not a selection committee, but rather each unit recognized deserving individuals in their unit.
In 1984, a District Awards Committee consisting of Swede Lindstorm (Chair), Bill Erickson and Marion Pack recommended that "..the Los Alamos District establish a 'Distinguished Service Award' to be awarded each year. The number of Distinguished Service Awards presented each year should be at the discretion of the Awards Committee, but should be about 5. The actual number presented may vary depending on the number of deserving candidates; it could be 3, 7 or 0."
There have been references made to a similar set of awards made by the district in the early 1960's. Does anyone have information about these?
A list of known recipients follows.
| LOS ALAMOS / NORTHERN NEW MEXICO DISTRICT DISTINGUISHED SERVICE AWARD RECIPIENTS | |
|---|---|
| YEAR | |
| 1982 | Bill Erickson, Don Hofmann, Chuck Mader, Marion Pack |
| 1984 | Kirk Binning, John Gustafson, John O'Brien, Bart Olinger, Harry Reisch, Casey Stevens, Keith Taggart |
| 1985 | Bob Bartholomew, Bill Bradley, Gregg Giesler, Don Marshall, Relf Price III, Frank Seurer |
| 1986 | Tom Adams, Candice Borduin, Lee Borduin, Dennis Gill, Paul Lisowski, Jeff Torrez, Ron Walters |
| 1987 | Stan Brown, John Craig, Linda Craig, Wayne DeMill, Bob Holder, Janice Parker, Wayne Smith |
| 1988 | Steve Harmony, Chester Painter, Herman Ramsey, Bob Springer, Ruth Springer, Tom Turner, Cuba Wilmarth |
| 1989 | Dean Burns, Joe Donahue, Dick Martin, Keith McDowellCarol Neal, Rob Oakes, Phil Schofield, Gene Walter, Brad Wright |
| 1990 | Stephen Agnew, Roger Gartz, Raleigh Michel, Janet Phillips, Howard Rice, Doyle Simes, Joseph Skalski |
| 1991 | Bruce Bingham, Dave Ewing, Donna Ewing, Margaret Gibson, Kathy Johnson, Brad Kemp, Barbara Murray, Matthew Murray, Jim Holt, Dave Powell, Elena Guerra |
| 1992 | Dana Christensen, Terry Jones, Stan Marsh, Wendy Skidmore, Ken Thomas, Bob Thomnsen |
| 1993 | Dale Burns, Marilyn Burns, Wayne DeMill, Joe Donahue, Ross Lemons, Carol Neal, Tim Neal, Rich Oldenborg, Stephen Tefteller |
| 1994 | Karen Fortson, John Goodrich, Pam Hornsby, Jennifer Johnson, Terrell Johnson, Kermit Johnson, Karen Schramm, Chuck Wingate |
| 1995 | Ron Barber, Tom Blair, Jim Cobble, Ken Horton, Norman Hunter, Al Medendrop, Teresa Price, Shane Wisehart |
| 1996 | Jim Camp, Francis Guavara, George Havrilla, Cecilia Johnson, Ruben Martinez, Len Scheel, David Scudder, Marcie Stup |
| 1997 | Robert Baer, Liz Bird, Leigh House, Rick Light, Judy Nikemken, Gary Robinson, Valerie Schultz, Jim Sussman, Mike Ziemn |
| 1998 | William Blumenthal, Rick Kelley, Shari Kelley, Ed Kettering, Joseph Matthews, Dave Phillips, Don Taylor, Giulia Venneri |
| 1999 | Robert Dryja, Susan Dryja, Cheri Jensen, Jack Killeen, Eunice Naranjo |
| 2000 | Chris Fresquez, Mahavir Jain, Richard Keyser, Craig Martin, Richard Mason, Jean Picard, Greg Rand, John Ricci, Don Siebe |
| 2001 | Judy Fife, Joe Graf, James Kampershroer, Sandy Keyser, Tom Murphy, James Rabold, Rebekah Schofield, Linda Walter |
| 2002 | Bill Archer, Margo Batha, Bruce Caristen, Wayne Christensen, Sandy Jennings, Pam Hill, Beth Lee, Howard Patton, Bob White |
| 2003 | Steve Batha, Mark Byers, Jay Elson, Lisa Gonzales, Chris Lovejoy, Carl Stone, Delores Vigil |