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The Young American Award is a prestigious award of the Boy Scouts Of America for outstanding college students ages 19 through 25 who have achieved excellence in the fields of art, athletics, business, community service, education, government, humanities, literature, music, religion, and/or science; and have given service to their community, state, or country. There are two distinct levels of the award: the national and the local (council) levels. Only five national awards are presented annually, while local awards are unlimited. Recipients of the national award also receive a $7,500 collegiate scholarship that is primarily funded by Exploring. Membership within the BSA is not obligatory.12 AWARD The national award consists of a silver medallion suspended from a red, white and blue ribbon worn around the neck. The medallion bears the images of young man and a young woman above a wreath. Local recipients receive the medallion affixed to a wooden plaque. HISTORY The award was first presented in 1954 by the United States Department Of Justice as the Young American Award for Service and the Young American Award for Bravery. Each of these awards were to be presented to two young people from each state and territory annually. The Justice Department had trouble promoting the award and approached the BSA for assistance in 1966. With the launch of coed Exploring in 1968, the BSA took on the role of soliciting and receiving nominations, and assumed the program in 1971. The awards were originally available to youth ages 15 through 25; in 2005, it was changed to college students ages 19 through 25. The original medals were suspended from neck ribbons, but the BSA soon changed them to a table medal, with the medallion placed in a block of Acrylic Glass . The ribbon version of the medal was restored for the national award after the introduction of Venturing . RECIPIENTS The following young men are the most recent recipients of the National Young American Award who have not yet been listed on the National Venturing Youth Cabinet list. 3 4 2007 REFERENCES |
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