Congrats to my son the Eagle Scout!

[Jim_75Sahara]

Many of you have met my son, Alec, at Vintage, John Bryan State Park, Watkins Glen or Windy City, etc. He had his Eagle Scout Court of Honor yesterday. We're very proud of him and he gave a speech thanking every single person who'd ever taught, inspired, guided, befriended, or loved him. His Eagle project had nothing to do with vintage BMW's which was odd, don't ya think?? Oh, and fellow '02 owner, Mike Self, was there for the ceremony, which was very good.

[schwarz75]

Good job Alec! Congratulations.

[eurotrash]

Nice. Good work Alec! (and you, proud papa.)

[Harv]

Hot Dog!

john

[MarkC]

Congrats to both of you!

[mesapioneer2]

Congratulations to the whole family. They give those Mom's and Dad's pins for a reason.

What a good start for a young man going in to the rest of his life.

[gwb72tii]

it really is an honor and takes lots of hard work

congratulations to your son for sticking with it.

isn't this #2 in the family if i recall correctly?

[roadhog0]

Congrats! Hopefully if all stays on track I will earn mine in June!!

[pureaudio]

Congrats!

[Jim_75Sahara]

gwb72tii: Depends on how you're counting it up... my brother & I are Eagle Scouts, so is my nephew, Scott, that makes Alec Eagle no. 4 in the extended family.

[gwb72tii]

gwb72tii: Depends on how you're counting it up... my brother & I are Eagle Scouts, so is my nephew, Scott, that makes Alec Eagle no. 4 in the extended family.

amazing

i read somewhere that 4% of scouts make eagle

and it is still a big deal on a resume

good job dad!

[skipsfcr]

That's fantastic Jim! Tell Alec congratulations for me. I'll tell him myself next time I see him in person. As others have said, that's quite an achievement.

[Jim_75Sahara]

Thanks everyone for the positive comments. According to Wikipedia: since the 1st Eagle Scout in 1911, a total of 1,880,905 have been awarded out of 83,486,083 total scouts. (approx. 2%)

[RIMSPOKE]

FANTASTIC !

NOT MANY KIDS STICK WITH IT TO REACH THIS MILESTONE .

MY BROTHER AND I WERE BOTH EAGLES .

WE SHARED THE SAME COURT OF HONOR BACK IN 1974

EVEN THOUGH HE IS A YEAR AN 1/2 OLDER THAN ME .

ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO , OUR TROOP 214 CELEBRATED THEIR 100th EAGLE SINCE IT WAS STARTED IN 1966 .

ALL OF THE PAST EAGLES THEY COULD FIND WERE INVITED .

( I WAS #21 & MY BROTHER WAS #22 )

IT WAS AMAZING TO GO BACK AND SEE THE OLD TROOP AND EVERY SCOUTMASTER SINCE THE FIRST ONE WAS THERE !

THIS MAY BE SOMETHING YOUR SON HAS TO LOOK FORWARD TO IF

HE HAS AN ACTIVE TROOP .

UNFORTUNATELY , BOTH OF MY SONS DECIDED TO DROP OUT OF SCOUTS

AND NOW BOTH OF THEM SAY THAT THEY REGRET THAT DECISION .

YOU HAVE A LOT TO BE PROUD OF THERE .

[Jim_75Sahara]

Thanks, RIM! I certainly value it more than I did back in Nov. '73 when I became an Eagle. I would love to go to such a reunion. I was in Troop 10 in Alexandria, LA for most of my scouting years and then I was in Troop 616 in Madeira, OH. My brother got his Eagle in '67. I can't remember his Troop # in Greenhills, OH. One of my coworkers is an Eagle, and he came to Alec's ceremony, which was very good of him.