The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is an award presented to Arrowmen who render outstanding service to the

Order of the Arrow The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of Scouting America, composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Promise, Scout Oath and Scout Law, Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. It was founded as a camp fr ...

beyond the lodge level. It is one of the rarest awards in

Scouting America Scouting America is the largest scouting organization and one of the largest List of youth organizations, youth organizations in the United States, with over 1 million youth, including nearly 200,000 female participants. Founded as the Boy Sco ...

, with just over 1,000 awardees in its eighty year history. The following is a list of DSA recipients.

Recipients

* 1940 - 11 Recipients * 1942 - 3 Recipients - 14 Total * 1946 - 6 Recipients - 20 Total * 1948 - 3 Recipients - 23 Total * 1950 - 3 Recipients - 26 Total * 1952 - 10 Recipients - 36 Total * 1954 - 8 Recipients - 44 Total * 1956 - 11 Recipients - 55 Total * 1958 - 12 Recipients - 67 Total * 1961 - 16 Recipients - 83 Total * 1963 - 14 Recipients - 97 Total * 1965 - 16 Recipients - 113 Total * 1967 - 15 Recipients - 128 Total * 1969 - 16 Recipients - 144 Total * 1971 - 21 Recipients - 165 Total * 1973 - 24 Recipients - 189 Total * 1975 - 24 Recipients - 213 Total * 1977 - 29 Recipients - 242 Total * 1979 - 30 Recipients - 272 Total * 1981 - 39 Recipients - 311 Total * 1983 - 43 Recipients - 354 Total * 1986 - 49 Recipients - 403 Total * 1988 - 48 Recipients - 451 Total * 1990 - 37 Recipients - 488 Total * 1992 - 37 Recipients - 525 Total * 1994 - 36 Recipients - 561 Total * 1996 - 37 Recipients - 598 Total * 1998 - 37 Recipients - 635 Total * 2000 - 36 Recipients - 671 Total * 2002 - 38 Recipients - 709 Total * 2004 - 42 Recipients - 751 Total * 2006 - 39 Recipients - 790 Total * 2009 - 49 Recipients - 839 Total * 2012 - 69 Recipients - 908 Total * 2015 - 57 Recipients - 965 Total * 2018 - 54 Recipients - 1019 Total * 2020 - 53 Recipients - 1072 Total * 2022 - 53 Recipients - 1125 Total * 2024 - 53 Recipients - 1178 Total

References

{{reflist Order of the Arrow Advancement and recognition in the Boy Scouts of America Distinguished service awards