Bradley Haddock - Scouting

Scouting

Haddock has been heavily involved with the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) during his life and served as Chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee from 2000 to 2009. He served as the Program Chairman for the 2010 National Jamboree and the Chairman of the Second Century Camping Task Force. He became the Chairman of the Outdoor Adventures Committee in February 2012 and was elected to the National Executive Board of the BSA on May 31, 2012. He is an Eagle Scout and earned the God & Country Award. Brad is a recipient of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award and is a 2006 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award. As a youth, Haddock was both the national chief of the Order of the Arrow (OA), Scouting's national honor society, and a member of the National Executive Board of the BSA. He has also been honored with the Vigil Honor, Founder's Award, Silver Beaver, Silver Antelope, and OA National Distinguished Service Awards. He is a James E. West Fellow. Brad and Terri are also members of the 1910 Society. He is a life member of the National Eagle Scout Association and the Philmont Staff Association. He has served as a district chairman, council commissioner, and president of Quivira Council. He has also served as a lodge adviser, co-chairman (with his wife, Terri) of the National Report to the Nation program from 1983 through 1986, North Central Region OA chairman, and as a vice chairman of the national OA Committee. Haddock is the only person in the history of the OA and Scouting to be elected as National Chief by his peers and to later become the volunteer chairman of the national OA committee. He is also the only person to serve as a youth member of the BSA's National Executive Board and as an elected member of the National Executive Board as an adult volunteer. He is only the sixth scouter from Kansas to receive the prestigious Silver Buffalo Award from the national council of the BSA since the award was introduced in 1926.