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dsnoek@terapin.com (Daniel Snoek) writes:

> I received my Eagle May last year and on the gold credit card sized Eagle Scout
> card it has George Bush's signature as Honorary President of the Boy Scouts of
> America.  When my older brother received his Eagle over 4 years ago, his card
> said Ronald Reagan for Honorary President.  My question is, will Bill Clinton,
> the current president be the Honorary President like his predecessors? Or will
> he not do that else he will piss off the special interest groups that he
> represents?  I have a friend who is going to get his Eagle shortly I like
> joking about who is going to be on his Eagle Card. :-)

One of the last actions that Chief Scout Executive Ben Love did was
to go to Little Rock, and present William Clinton with a Scout Shirt,
complete with gold shoulder loops, a World Crest emblem, and the
emblem of the National President.  At that time, Bill Clinton signed
his name to several BSA documents, among them the Silver Buffalo,
Beaver, World and Antelope Awards, the Distinguished Eagle Scout
Award, the Eagle Scout Award, and the heroism awards.  Bill Clinton
also received a complete Scout uniform, presented by the National
Youth Representative, copies of the Official Scout Handbook and the
Fieldbook by the incoming National OA Chief, and a copy of the annual 
report of the BSA, presented by John Clendendin, the National
President of the BSA.   Clendendin also presented Clinton with the
certificate that all Council Presidents receive, because he is also
the "president" of the National Council, BSA.

This is an honor accorded to each President of the United States. 

Be assured, that if you receive a 1993 version of the Eagle Scout
Certificate (and the card) will bear Bill Clinton's signature along
with the signature of the new Chief Scout Executive (I forgot his
name) and National President. 

BTW, I posted back in November that Bill Clinton, as far as we know,
has never been involved in Scouting, though he was a member of several
Council Executive Boards.  _Scouting_ is supposed to have something on 
his background in the coming month's edition. 

Settummanque!

Mike L. Walton
Greenwood, Kentucky