Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

Medal

Eagle knot with device
Owner Boy Scouts of America
Country United States
Created 2011
Awarded for Attaining eminence at the local, state or regional level through distinguished service to an Eagle Scout's profession and community
Recipients 582 (2013)[1]

The NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) is a distinguished service award of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). It is awarded to an Eagle Scout by the National Eagle Scout Association for distinguished service to his profession and community upon the recommendation of his local BSA council NESA committee, Scout executive and council president.

The number of NOESA medals a council may present each calendar year is based upon the number of Eagle Scouts certified by the national office during the previous calendar year. Each council may present two awards if there were between one and 100 new Eagle Scouts from that council the previous year, plus one additional award for every additional 100 Eagle Scouts or portion thereof. A council is not permitted to carry unused nominations into the next calendar year, nor to "borrow" from the next year's allotment.[2] The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA) is a similar distinguished award, but requires a tenure of twenty-five years as an Eagle Scout. NOESA is not required for the DESA award, but DESA recipients may not subsequently receive the NOESA.

Award

The award consists of a round gold pendant with the NOESA emblem in silver and is suspended from a blue ribbon. The NOESA emblem is in the shape of the NESA logo—round with a descending knot—with a depiction of an eagle in flight and the word NOESA. A smaller pin-on version of the NOESA emblem may be worn as a device on the Eagle Scout square knot on the Scout uniform. A lapel pin version of the NOESA emblem may be worn on the lapel of civilian clothing. The recipient is also presented with a certificate.[3]

History

The NOESA was introduced during BSA's 100th Anniversary year with the first 152 awards being made in 2011 by the National Eagle Scout Association upon the recommendation of local council NESA Committees. In 2012, an additional 179 awards were conferred and in 2013 there were 251 recipients of the award, bringing the total to 582. The award was created to recognize notable Eagle Scouts who had either performed their distinguished service closer to home (at the local, state, or regional level) or who were known nationally, but had not yet met the 25-year tenure as an Eagle requirement for the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.

Recipients

For more details on this topic, see List of Eagle Scouts.

References

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  1. ↑ "Master NOESA List" (XLS). Retrieved January 19, 2015.
  2. ↑ "NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award" (PDF). Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved August 30, 2014.
  3. ↑ "NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award". Boy Scouts of America. Retrieved October 9, 2011.