E. Urner Goodman

Edward Urner Goodman was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America. He was the national program director from 1931 until 1951. Goodman is best remembered today for having created the Order of the Arrow. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 2013.

About E. Urner Goodman in brief

Edward Urner Goodman was an influential leader in the Boy Scouts of America. He was the national program director from 1931 until 1951. Goodman is best remembered today for having created the Order of the Arrow. The Order has grown to become a nationwide program having thousands of members. Goodman was a member of Kiwanis, Rotary International, and a Freemason. He served as a Scout executive in Philadelphia and Chicago until his death. He is survived by his wife, Louise Wynkoop Waygood, a Presbyterian minister and a 1918 honors graduate of Swarthmore College. He also leaves behind a son, Theodore, and two daughters, Lydia Ann and Lydia Ann. He died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on November 25, 2013. He will be buried in Philadelphia. He has been awarded the following awards:Silver Buffalo Award, Distinguished Service Award, Vigil Honor, Honorary Doctorate in Humanics, and Alpha Phi Omega brother. The award recognizes those Scouts who best exemplify the virtues of cheerful service, camping, and leadership by membership in BSA’s honor society. The honor society has more than 183,000 members and is based in Washington, D.C. It was founded in 1915 to honor Scouts who exemplify cheerful service and camping. It is the largest Scout honor society in the U.S. and the second largest in the world after the Girl Scouts of the United States.

For more information on these awards, go to: http://www.bsa.org/awards/silver-buffalo-award.html. For the full list of awards, visit: http:www.cnn.com/2013/01/25/boy-scouts/Edward-Urner-goodman-honorary-awards-list-list.html#storylink=cpy&storylink cpy. For the list of honorees, visit http: www.cbn.com/. For the complete list, visit the BSA website:http:www/www.boyscouts.org/. For more on the award, visit www.bSA.org or go to www.scouting.org. In the 1950s, Goodman was Executive Director of Men’s Work for the National Council of Churches in New York City and active in church work. He wrote the Leaders Handbook used by Scout leaders in the 1930s and 1940s. He became involved in Boy Scouting in 1911 when only 20 years old, as a volunteer Scoutmaster of Troop 1, the first Scout troop in Philadelphia,. In his four years as Scoutmaster, the troop grew to more than 100 Scouts. Goodman’s professional Scouting career was interrupted during World War I, when he was drafted into the infantry as a lieutenant. He resumed his professional career as Scout executive and served as Scout Scout leader in Chicago Area Council. During his four-year tenure in the Scout City Council, he reversed a decline in finances and increased membership from 11,806 to 11806. He later became a Scout Scout chief.

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