The National Council, Boy Scouts of America, presented Dr. David L. Briscoe, professor of sociology and Distinguished Teaching Fellow in UALR’s Department of Sociology and Anthropology, the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

Previous recipients of the national award include former President Gerald R. Ford, former astronaut Neil Armstrong; cartoonist Milton Caniff; late actor Ozzie Nelson; H. Ross Perot, founder of Electronic Data Systems and The Perot Group; United States Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld; retired General William C. Westmoreland; retired Admiral Elmo R. Zumwalt Jr.; Senator Richard G. Lugar; film director Steven Spielberg; former FBI Director William S. Sessions; former United States Representative J. J. Pickle; Donald F. Wright, senior vice president of the Times Mirror Co.; and former Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander.

Created in 1969, the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award is the only distinguished service recognition that depends on one’s association with Scouting as a youth. The recipient must have attained the Eagle Scout rank a minimum of 25 years before his nomination, and over those years he must have distinguished himself in his profession and rendered outstanding service to his community.