The Silver Beaver Award was introduced in 1931, and recognizes registered Scouters of exceptional character who have provided distinguished service within the council.
The Silver Beaver Award is the highest award a council can present to an adult volunteer. Honorees are nominated and selected by their peers.
Tidewater Council Silver Beaver Award Recipients
John Wayne Abernathy (2020)
William G. “Willie” Adams (1998)
Robert W. Allen (1964)
Karen E. Allgaier (2021)
Joyce D. Alston (1995)
Jerry E. Angus (1987)
Richard P. Anoia (2002)
Philip McC. “Cutch” Armstrong (2003)
Larry Asby (1987)
Lyne Wayne Aslett (2004)
Norman D. Aurland Jr. (2002)
Karen A. Austin (1982)
Sanford P. Aydlett (1957)
Pauline V. Bailey (1971)*
Joseph P. Baker (1943)
George G. Ball III (2021)
James W. Ball Jr. (1977)
Kirk T. Barley (2005)
P.D. Barlow (1954)
John C. Barnes Sr. (1964)
Ralph St. Ledger Barnes (1962)
Albert A. Barr (2020)
Barry B. Basnight (1999)
Audrey P. Beasley (1970)*
Robert O. Beauter Jr. (2011)
E. David Beedie Jr. (1984)
Arthur F. Beeler Sr. (1975)
Stanley M. Belback (1998)
Dora Belcher (1983)
Travis E. Belcher (1982)
David A. Berger Jr. (2017)
Clarence E. Betit (1972)
Ruth Wood Betts (1989)
Howard S. “Stan” Bialas Jr. (2006)
Adam A. Billet (2005)
Jeanne A. Blair (2011)
D. Ray Bland (2006)
Patricia Bland (2004)
Lee M. Bloxsom (1945)
William A. Boudouris (2017)
Harvey K. Bowden (1960)
George H. Bowers (1957)
Carl E. Boyer (1992)
Robert T. Bradford Sr. (1994)
Walter F. Bram (1968)
Joseph Branco (2010)
Aaron L. Braxton (1989)
James Brickley (1997)
Alton E. Bridger (1973)
E.S. Brinkley (1935)
Virgie F. Brown (1993)
Mason H. Buchanan (1975)
Albert G. Buckwater Sr. (1961)
Joseph S. “Scott” Buggey (2022)
Crystal Smith Bunch (2010)
Ruth Burgess (1976)
Webb L. Burgess Jr. (1979)
Franklin Burroughs (1979)
Paul A. Burton (1952)
A. David Bussiere (2018)
Anne L. Bussiere (2020)
J. Thomas Byrum Jr. (1998)
Nancy L. Caldwell (2011)
Thomas P. Callahan (2022)
Mark E. Campbell (2007)
William T. Campbell (2004)
H.A. Campen (1945)
Howard M. Cannon (1966)
Scott Cash (2003)
James A. Cates Sr. (1956)
Hugh Lynn Cayce (1958)
H.W. Chaffee (1948)
Roy R. Charles (1970)
Norman S. Chase (1980)
Purvis J. Chesson (1949)
Carl A. Clements (2007)
Claremont John “C.J.” Clifton (1979)
George T. Coker (2011)
Mike Coley (1983)
Raymond C. Collier (1949)
Robert G. Collier Jr. (1990)
Emory Atkins Connell (1950)
Alma R. Cooke (1971)*
Fred B. Cooke (1968)
Frederick C. Cooke (1951)
Christy S. Cooper (2015)
Jonathan Cooper (2019)
Elbert Hunter Copeland (1976)
Julian Copeland (1985)
Andrea Costanzo (1996)
Arthur J. Cousin (1978)
May A. Crace (1993)
John M. Craig Sr. (1985)
Roger Crane (2012)
Albert R. Crawford Jr. (1991)
Richard Crawford (1968)
Steven R. Crawford (2006)
Frances B. Creel (2002)
Lowell Wade Creel (1992)
Luther V. “Lou” Creel (1988)
Shirley M. Crook (1990)
William H. Crook (1990)
Helen P. Crowley (1970)*
C. Ramsey Cruett (1968)
John W.W. Cumming (1963)
Frank Curling (1977)
Eileen D’Andrea (2014)
Georg W. Dahl (2005)
Colgate W. Darden Jr. (1960)
Arthur R. Dauch (1996)
Joseph H. Davis II (1962)
Brian DesTroismaisons (2016)
G. William Detterman Jr. (1976)
David E. Diamond (1980)
Alice Dimick (1985)
Richard L. Dobie (1932)
John R. Donat (2013)
H. Larry Dougherty Jr. (1988)
Winston Douglas (1947)
Rayetta Drew (1998)
Dennis N. DuBois (1991)
Harry R. Dudley Jr. (1973)
Daniel W. Duncan (1962)
David T. East (1994)
Thomas J. East (1974)
Lawrence Edwards (1978)
John L. Eley Jr. (1965)
George Holuier Elliott (1961)
Joseph L. Ellis (1992)
Thomas Escoe Jr. (1993)
Reginald E. Estes (1986)
George A. Etheridge Jr. (1976)
Dwight Eure (2008)
Frank W. Evans (1941)
Malcolm G. Evans (1962)
Robert I. Evans Jr. (1959)
H. Wayne Everett (1951)
Anna K. Faulkenberry (1973)*
Virgil Thomas Faulkenberry (1973)
Julia Fenno (1974)
Virginia Fenton (1986)
Clyde G. Fentress Sr. (1969)
Frank Firek (1976)
T.E. Fleming (1936)
John H. Foreman (1957)
F.M. Forsberg (1946)
Stewart T. Forster (1981)
Phillip M. Foster (1967)
Willie A. Freeman (2000)
H.E. “Eddie” Frizzel (1955)
Douglas T. Frydenlund (1988)
James E. Fulford (1944)
Howard George (1978)
Curtis H. Gibbs (1980)
Moses F. Gibson Sr. (1948)
Wesley Arthur Gibson (2001)
Betty Gillenwater (1986)
Charles L. Glanville (1971)
Fred Glanville (1989)
Jackson M. Glisson (1981)
Albert Kent Glover Jr. (2002)
Charles W. “Chuck” Gnilka (1984)
David H. Goodman (1935)
Julius Gostel (1977)
Dennis Craig Grabeel (2001)
Aubrey G. Graham (1958)
Lena Yow Grant (1991)
William S. Grant (1991)
Eugene L. Graves (1932)
Francis David Gray (1989)
Cecile G. “Ceil” Greene (1997)
David Greenfield (2005)
Leo D. Gregorczyk (2007)
Linda Gregorczyk (2000)
Charles Gregory (1985)
Finley H. Grigg (1933)
Joseph F. Grillo (2002)
Donald W. Grothendick (1983)
James A. Grumbles (2004)
Claudius L. Guynn III (1980)
Mary Helen Guynn (1973)*
Jimmy R. Gwin (2008)
Mary V. Hall (1972)*
Waldo A. Hall (1964)
Wesley Hall (1979)
William A. Halstead (1979)
John C. Harbuck (1966)
Fred C. Harper (1949)
Floyd M. Harris (1959)
Frank B. Harris (1948)
Clarence M. Harrison (1997)
Randolph H. Harry (1995)
Virgil M. Hart (2005)
James L. Haskett (1971)
Richard E. Hawks (1951)
Roy Haworth Jr. (1986)
Ronald L. Hayes (1981)
Fred Hazelwood IV (1996)
Dorcas T. Helfant-Browning (2004)
Robert A. Henderson Jr. (1990)
W.E. Henderson (1954)
Evan Hendrickson (1985
Paul F. Hennings (1963)
Clifford D. Henry (1961)
J. Donald “Buck” Hereford (1975)
A.B. Hill (1946)
Alonzo S. Hoard (1950)
Wesley B. Hockaday (1965)
John A. Holland (1961)
James W. Holley III (1967)
Robert L. Holley (1967)
Harry L. Howland (1945)
Harold C. “Hap” Hoy (1994)
Curtis R. Hudgins (1937)
L. Waverly Hudgins (1959)
Louis L. Hughes (1965)
Thomas M. Hughes Jr. (1984)
Donald Ray Hunt (1960)
Charles E. Hurd (1981)
Hartley J. Hurst (1956)
Cynthia Hussey (1988)
Rodney T. Hussey Sr. (1988)
Ralph M. Ingraham (2023)
Norma Irish (1976)
Jeffrey C. Irving (1979)
Thomas J. Ishom (2001)
Francis O. Jackson (1972)
Leon P. Jacobs (1947)
Peter M. Janson (1983)
Kenned L. Jard (1965)
Cynthia M. Jeanguenat (1990)
John H. Jeanguenat (1993)
Harvey N. Johnson Jr. (1953)
W.W. Johnson (1959)
William J. Jonak Jr. (1984)
Denny H. Jones Sr. (1972)
Norman St. C. Jones (1937)
Percy C. Jones Sr. (1969)
Marie B. Kane (2017)
Roger I. Keay (1941)
Charles R. Kelley (2021)
Eula C. Kennedy (1986)
Kevin M. Kennedy (2009)
Robert A. Kennedy (1970)
Timothy Kerr (1985)
Andrea M. Kilmer (2009)
Ronald Lee Kilmer (2001)
DeKoven King (1954)
Isaac W. King (1961)
John F. Klemenc (2015)
Joseph R. Klos Sr. (1997)
Charles H. Klugh (1969)
E.A. “Skip” Knewstep Jr. (1971)
Steven W. Kocurek (2010)
Samuel M. Kroll (2010)
Charles “Chuck” Kubic (2017)
Mark E. Lamb (2007)
David W. Lannetti (2016)
William J. Lannon (1977)
Francis J. LaRock (1984)
William A. Lassiter (1964)
Jesse B. Latham (1996)
Joseph L. Lawrence (1953)
Maywood O. Lawrence (1940)
Thaddeus J. Lawrence (1969)
Mark A. Ledger (1999)
B. George “B.G.” Lee (2019)
R. Dean Lee (1974)
W.T. Lee (1954)
Edward Leon (1977)
George H. Lewis (1931)
Norman Oakley Lewis (1960)
Robert B. Liberman (2002)
E.L. “Ted” Lieland Jr. (1975)
Cessar H. Liggins (1964)
J. Gordon Lindsay (1933)
M.W. Llewellyn (1957)
Charles Lloyd (1994)
Albert G. “Bud” Loew Jr. (1975)
William S. Long (1966)
James O. Lowe (1950)
Rush Loving (1940)
Kathryn N. Lull (2011)
Scott M. Lull (2000)
Stanley D. Maletz (2008)
Charles E. Mann (2001)
Herbert A. Marshall (1966)
James P. Martin (2010)
John Martin (1995)
Mordecai F. Mason (1963)
Winnie T. Mason (1975)
John O. Matroni (1973)
William R. Maul (1963)
E.W. Maupin Jr. (1938)
Charles D. “Chuck” Mayer Jr. (1992)
J. Burnie Mayfield (1963)
Bryant E. Mays (1982)
Diana Mays (1984)
M.H. McArdle (1931)
Harrison McCann (1974)
William McClung (1986)
John B. McCormick (1989)
W.D. “Dan” McFarland (2014)
Phillip C. McGinnis (1996)
Jonathan T. McGlothian Sr. (2018)
Ray E. McGrady (1972)
Frederick S. “Rick” McIlrath (2007)
Byron A. McKinney (1952)
Kenneth L. McLeod Jr. (1963)
Phillip S. McMullan Sr. (1956)
Lemuel McMurren (1972)
Byron K. McPherson (2003)
John T. McReynolds (1982)
Dennis Michele (1986)
Harold Miley (1974)
Betty Miller (1980)
Corky Miller (1981)
Harold W. Miller (1983)
Lisa M. Miller (2019)
Jimmie W. Mims (1994)
Henry J. Moehring (1964)
Douglas M. Montgomery (1971)
Douglas W. Montgomery (2012)
Georgina M. Montour (2014)
William F. Moore Jr. (1975)
William R. Moore (1953)
Ida Morgan (1975)
Betty Mosley (1977)
John C. Mueller (1978)
Douglas S. Murray (1978)
John E. Muth Sr. (1992)
Fred Mutter (1974)
Gage T. Myers (1983)
H.G. Myers (1984)
Steven E. Myers (1987)
Vernon T. Myers (1938)
Edward I. Nagourney (1980)
Douglas Neece (1993)
Guy H. Newcomb (1956)
Robert L. Nichols (1975)
Daniel A. Norville (2011)
William P. Nothnagel (1955)
James M. Oglesby (1973)
Roland T. Orr (1958)
Roland T. Orr (1958)
Charles W. Overman (1952)
James A. Overton (1961)
Albert B. Owens Jr. (1973)
Albert H. Owens (1934)
William Roy Page (1967)
John Palomares (1999)
Theodore N. Papafil (2000)
Charles W. Parker (1974)
Eunice Parker (1973)*
J. Edgar Parker (1971)
Wesley Michael Parker (2009)
L. Shields Parsons Jr. (1967)
Percy Robert Patterson (1979)
William McC. Paxton (1940)
David F. Peckens (1982)
James H. Peery (1970)
Paul B. Peter (2015)
M. Powell Peters (2012)
William N. Peters (1968)
Thomas C. Petersen (1990)
Gene R. Phelps (1990)
Charles H. Pittman Sr. (1968)
Grace H. Pittman (1978)
Aloma S. “Patsy” Powell (1987)
Robert C. Poyner III (2006)
Hansel M. Price (1978)
Michael D. Qualls (2018)
Brian M. Rafferty (2008)
Sam W. Ray Jr. (1971)
Robert L. Reid (1969)
James R. Revell Sr. (1988)
Sylvester G. Richardson (1981)
Samuel T. Riddick (1980)
John R. Riediger (1969)
Debra A. Rife (2010)
Benjamin G. Roberts Sr. (2001)
Dewitt Roberts (2014)
Raymond Roenker Jr. (1997)
Erich P. Röetz (2016)
Susan Rogers (1992)
William K. Romoser (1965)
George J. Romulus (1970)
Forrest U. Ross (1944)
Richard C. “Dick” Roten (1999)
William L. Rowe (1970)
Jack B. Rowland (1976)
Pamela A. Samples (2023)
James R. “Sandy” Sanderson (1993)
Donald H. Sandie (1966)
James W. Sands (1962)
Thomas E. Sare Jr. (2009)
Edward Sawyer (1978)
William M. Sawyer (1963)
John A. Scanelli (2011)
R.F. Schaefer (1943)
John M. Scheib (2019)
James T. Schermerhorn (1966)
Walter A. Schmidt (1970)
Larry Schmidtmann (1995)
Mark T. Schreiber (2011)
Donald C. Schultz (2011)
Henry C. “Hal” Scott V (2016)
John E. Scott (1958)
Michael Dennis Scott (1987)
James L. Sebrell Sr. (1993)
J. Frank Sellew (1991)
James K. Shannon (2007)
Norman K. Shannonhouse (1948)
Tommie Rae Sheffield (1981)
John Shepherd (1974)
Lester S. Sherrick (1936)
Don Shirey (1982)
Dennis I. “Bear” Short (2011)
Diana H. Short (2013)
David T. Shufflebargar (1976)
Emma Shuler (1994)
L. Blair Siefferman (2015)
C.J. “Joe” Simmers (1983)
Annie Mae Simon (1977)
Donald W. “Si” Simons (1959)
Paul J. Singleton Sr. (1965)
Raymond F. Singletary (1967)
Kerry W. Sipe (1996)
Charles M. Smith (1960)
Frederick L. Smith (1995)
Lester Smith (1983)
Phillip T. Smith (1960)
Richard Irvine Smith (1971)
William E. “Bill” Smith (2006)
Robert H. Snowden (1967)
S. L. Sparrow Jr. (1973)
J. Wayne Sprinkle (2003)
Franklin Stafford (1988)
Albert Ray Stegner (2009)
Charles E. “Chuck” Stein (1971)
Edward W. Stephens (1975)
Dennis L. Stewart (2003)
William “Bill” Stine (2004)
Rue O. Stuteville (1980)
Lorene K. Sybrandt (2008)
Billie J. “B.J.” Taylor (1999)
L.J. Taylor (1946)
R.F. Taylor (1942)
Winthrop C. Taylor (1955)
William D. Tetterton (1994)
Eugene C. Thompson (1977)
William A. Thompson Jr. (1985)
Kelly Thorp (2018)
Donald R. “Doc” Thrush (1992)
E. Wallace Timmons (1975)
J. Theron “Tim” Timmons (1958)
William G. Tuck (2000)
Lucy J. Tucker (2009)
William Joe Tucker (1959)
William T. “Terry” Tucker (1998)
Harry Tugwell (1974)
T. Troupe Turner (1965)
Christopher A. Vallas (1995)
George William Valos (1999)
Alfio J. “A.J.” Vasta (2022)
Hugh Livius Vaughan (1991)
Otis D. Vick (1953)
William H. Vidal (1969)
Michael B. Wagenheim (1939)
Orville P. Walker (1981)
Jeffrey Scott Waller (2006)
M. Daily Walsh (1934)
Edward Joseph Walton (1982)
Alice Mary Wamsley (1972)*
Russell Gard Wamsley (1977)
Byron D. “Dale” Ward Jr. (1991)
H.H. Ward (1942)
John W. Ward (1989)
Donald J. Warden (1974)
Martin L. Ware (1972)
Jeff R. Warren Jr. (1986)
James W. “J.W.” Washington (2003)
Virginia Waters (1973)*
Nelson P. Watkins (1964)
Nathaniel Watson Jr. (1962)
Alpheus “Buck” Weaver (1962)
Joseph A. Webb (1958)
Manley S. Webb (1968)
Kent J. “Curly” Weber (1978)
Judy Weissner (2000)
Wendell Welcome (1973)
Dewey W. Wells (1973)
B.C. West Jr. (1980)
Joann C. “Westy” West (1987)
Robert W. “Bill” West (1976)
Hamiel White Jr. (1957)
John T. White (1956)
Charles B. Whitehurst (2008)
William H. “Billy” Whitehurst (1955)
Benjamin F. Whitten (1976)
Granville O. Wiggins (1970)
Burnley M. Williams Sr. (1987)
Julian A. Williams (1947)
T.V. Williamson (1935)
Burton W. Wilt (1955)
Brian P. Winfield (1997)
Peter “Eddie” Winters (1995)
Dan N. Wood (2003)
Kermit C. Wood (2002)
Edwin C. Woodard (1961)
Carter N. Wright (2004)
David Shaw Wright (1998)
George W. Wyatt Sr. (1957)
Richard D. Younkman (1979)
Jacques S. Zaneveld (1966)
Michael J. Zemienieuski (2023)
Channing M. Zucker (2005)
*Indicates Silver Fawn Award recipient
