The James E. West Fellowship Award is a recognition authorized by the National Council, Scouting America. and presented on behalf of Mitigwa Lodge to the Mid-Iowa Council with a donation of $1,000 in the recipients name. The award is named after the first Chief Scout Executive of the Scouting America (Formally Boy Scouts of America) who exemplified Ralph Waldo Emerson’s observation that “an institution is the lengthened shadow of one man.”
Each James E. West Fellow is recognized with a personalized certificate, a lapel pin and the James E. West square knot to wear on the official Scouting America uniform. While it is a national recognition, the James E. West Fellowship Award is authorized and presented by the local council.
James E. West Award Recipients
| Year | Nme |
|---|---|
| 2005 | Dan Dixon |
| 2006 | Brad Miller |
| 2006 | Jim DeHoet |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | |
| 2008 | Bob Trusty |
| 2009 | |
| 2010 | Katie Davis |
| 2010 | Sara Roustio |
| 2010 | Rose Mary Hicks |
| 2011 | John Risse |
| 2011 | Harvey Blaisdell |
| 2012 | David Meisinger |
| 2012 | Roger Bryant |
| 2013 | Jim Shumaker |
| 2013 | Tim Baldon |
| 2014 | John Gulbbranson |
| 2014 | Mike Weber |
| 2014 | Josh Young |
| 2015 | Wayne Mast |
| 2015 | Ron Repp |
| 2016 | Jim Danks |
| 2016 | Scott Robinson |
| 2017 | Bob Moss |
| 2017 | Joe Roe |
| 2018 | Mark Weber |
| 2018 | Tim York |
| 2019 | Greg Jones |
| 2019 | Lynn Kramer |
| 2020 | Andy DeBoard |
| 2021 | Dana Danks |
| 2021 | Troy Rutter |
| 2022 | Rick Romeo |
| 2022 | Renee Maloney |
| 2023 | Kim Hammen |
| 2023 | Pat Norton |
| 2024 | Whit Johnson |
| 2024 | Mike Sokol |