Order_of_Solo_Hiker - Council History

Order of the Solo Hikers (OSH) - Alameda Council Honor Society

Order of the Solo Hikers:

Founded in 1941 in the Alameda Council at Camp Stephens. The group formerly met three times a year for social and business meetings. There have been no inductions since the 191st Solo Hiker. The council last held its own summer camp at Camp Cedarbrook in 1998, but continued to hold weekend camps there until 2004. Camp Cedarbrook was sold by the foundation that owned it in 2006.

The Order of Solo Hikers still exists as an alumni association of its previous OSH inductees, but only holds reunions on major anniversaries. Approximately two-thirds of the recipients are still living. Since 1941 they inducted a total of 191 regular members and 14 honorary members.

The Quest:

The quest (ordeal) was a performance of scouting skills and hiking stamina. The actual quest that had to be completed was quite emotional and somewhat challenging. Professional scouters were made ex Officio members. The group was founded by Council Executive Don Barley who learned about it from the then Council Executive of the Phoenix Council (a Mr. Young) where it apparently also existed in the 1930’s. The first Solo Hiker was Jack Greig (July 9, 1941) who they refer to as “The Trail Blazer”. There is no membership patch but their society symbol is a bear which appears on their neckerchief. Each member is given a bear claw which they make into a necklace to wear. Each member also receives a hat & T-shirt with the group logo. To become a member you had to attend their camp at least five years with two of them on staff or as a unit leader. The minimum age requirement varied through the years but was last set at 18 because of National Health and Safety factors. They had by-laws and elected officers.

Order of the Solo Hikers - Memorabilia

Order of the Solo Hikers - Members and Induction Date

OSH#	Full Name	OSH Date	OSH#	Full Name	OSH Date	OSH#	Full Name	OSH Date
1	Jack R. Greig	07/09/41	74	Charles Quinn	08/08/64	147	Rich Lytle	07/24/84
2	Dr. Victor Garfinkle	07/11/41	75	Alan B. Furbush	08/12/64	148	Robert L. Luebker	07/26/84
3	Roland Goggin	07/14/41	76	Bill Rhodes	08/13/64	149	Eddie Fuentes	07/30/84
4	Arthur R. Pierce	07/12/42	77	Jim Kurtz	08/14/65	150	Jeffrey K. Oh	08/01/84
5	Henry F. Watty	07/15/42	78	Ed Slaymaker	08/17/65	151	Ray Natac	08/01/85
6	Delbert Lemos	07/19/42	79	John W. Kidder	08/21/65	152	Greg Falkner	08/06/85
7	Jack C. Turner	07/20/42	80	Sam Gardner	08/26/65	153	Robert Connolly	08/07/85
8	Kenneth T. Hargreaves	07/22/42	81	Tom Parodi	08/16/66	154	Richard Collins	08/08/85
9	Albert W. Teakle	07/24/42	82	Leroy Stringer	08/17/66	155	Thorsten Anderson	07/21/86
10	Bill Cooper	07/26/42	83	James Albright	08/20/66	156	Matthew Peddecord	07/23/86
11	Don Capling	08/07/42	84	Roger Pryor	08/25/66	157	Eric Kayler	07/24/86
12	Harold W. Arnold	07/18/43	85	Richard Green	08/01/67	158	Greg Manfre	07/31/86
13	Harry O. Tenney	08/01/43	86	Mark Lantz	08/17/68	159	Jason R. Donald	07/28/87
14	George Skells	08/07/43	87	Brian Toole	08/17/70	160	Floyd C. Van Dyke	07/30/87
15	Buzz Thompson	07/08/45	88	William G. Cooper	08/18/70	161	Toby Anderson	08/07/87
16	Bill Wadsworth	07/10/45	89	Howard Brownson	08/19/70	162	Scott Gaddis	08/01/88
17	Stanley Miller	07/25/45	90	John Mc Kie	08/20/70	163	Greg Boller	08/02/88
18	Dave Cox	07/06/45	91	Jeff Britton	08/14/71	164	Jack R. Mathieson	08/03/88
19	Denis Smith	08/01/45	92	Dennis Maggiora	08/15/71	165	Brandon J. Mc Clenahan	08/05/88
20	Bill Mc Glinn	08/06/45	93	Morrie Viola	08/16/71	166	Ron Parodi	08/15/89
21	Earl W. Shriber	08/07/45	94	Harold L. Zecher	08/17/71	167	Ian Anderson	08/17/89
22	Fred E. Bryant	08/11/45	95	Steve Cranston	08/18/71	168	Frank Rinella	07/30/90
23	William R. Simpson, Md.	07/04/46	96	Kevin Bailey	08/23/71	169	Atis V. Zikmanis	07/31/90
24	John R. Wendt	07/09/46	97	David A. Dewey	08/24/71	170	Douglas E. Bermudez	08/01/90
25	Fred E. Darch	07/17/46	98	James N. Walton	08/12/72	171	Moe Suleiman	08/02/90
26	Larry Wynne	07/23/46	99	Kenneth J. Cooper	08/13/72	172	Ralph Lauzon	08/08/90
27	Brad Wyatt, Jr.	07/01/46	100	Arthur A. Kurrasch	08/19/72	173	Randy D. Pope	08/01/91
28	Larry V. Avery	07/08/47	101	William D. Shulke	08/20/72	174	Richard Mann	08/02/91
29	Fred Rodda	07/15/47	102	Robert T Veale	08/21/72	175	Geoffrey Manfre	08/05/92
30	Maurice C. Couchot	06/30/48	103	Edgar Miller	08/13/74	176	Keith M. Slauson	08/06/92
31	Randal F. Dickey, Jr.	07/09/48	104	Mark Cronenwett	08/17/74	177	Brendan Kelly	08/13/92
32	Bob Hill	07/18/48	105	Yukio Yamawaki	08/18/74	178	Dean E. Dilger	07/22/93
33	Frank R. Musso	06/29/49	106	Scott Hofmann	08/27/74	179	Steven R. Heimans	07/28/93
34	Howard F. Cumming	07/13/49	107	Steve Freitas	08/11/75	180	Brian Parodi	07/21/94
35	Robert L. Swift	07/20/49	108	Harold J. Zecher	08/16/75	181	Rafael Ebron	07/26/94
36	Dr. Stan Mueller, Jr.	07/08/50	109	Jack R. Greig	07/09/41	182	Matt Frisch	07/27/94
37	Bill R. Cook	07/17/50	110	Michael A. Hawks	08/06/76	183	Martin Kelly	07/28/94
38	Tom Collins	07/19/50	111	Thomas Mc Kee	08/10/76	184	Rick Lewis	08/04/94
39	Daniel Brinkman	07/21/50	112	Richard R. Anderson	08/11/76	185	Ken Haslam	08/09/95
40	Robert E. Lundberg	07/06/51	113	Bob Lewis, Sr.	08/08/77	186	Andy Odell	07/29/96
41	James S. Miller Md	07/14/52	114	Brett Powell	08/11/77	187	Aaron Morrison	07/30/96
42	William P. Rice	08/01/52	115	Michael L. Mc Kee	08/12/77	188	Josh Appezatto	08/01/96
43	Hank Wessling	08/03/52	116	David F. Kastning	08/14/77	189	Darren Haslam	08/02/96
44	Ed Garrison	08/06/52	117	Larry Hawks	08/16/77	190	Stephen Texeira	07/28/98
45	Dick Singleton	08/03/53	118	James F. Blewer	08/18/77	191	Timothy C. Wilcock	07/30/98
46	Dr. Paul H. Cronenwett	07/10/54	119	Lou Steele	08/10/78
47	Joe Hegeman	07/24/54	120	Pat Kenney	08/11/78		Honorary Members	Date
48	Wilfred Garfinkle	07/31/54	121	Alex Miller	08/13/78	HON	H. Gordon Miller (Hononary)	08/07/43
49	Len Gillispie	07/09/55	122	Jeff Silverman	08/15/78	HON	Don L. Barley (Hononary)
50	Charles A. Hovey	06/30/56	123	J. Richard Hipskind	08/17/78	HON	William H. Cox (Hononary)	08/07/43
51	Robert E. Cooper	07/10/56	124	Jose Galvan	08/18/78	HON	O. George Lake (Hononary)	01/01/44
52	Al Pryor, Jr.	07/13/56	125	Jerry Perata	07/12/79	HON	Vernor E. Thorp (Hononary)	01/01/44
53	Warren Teeter	07/24/56	126	Jim Egerman	07/16/79	HON	W. Barclay Stephens (Hon)	10/11/48
54	Chet E. Wilson	08/03/56	127	Bill Whitton	07/17/79	HON	Harry T. Davis (Hononary)	10/20/55
55	Doug Clerk	07/14/58	128	Joe Galvan	07/19/79	HON	Ralph E. Lane (Hononary)	04/30/59
56	Thomas F. Straughen	07/16/58	129	Paul Pottgeiser	08/28/80	HON	Dean Ramsden (Hononary)	04/30/59
57	Robert Willson	07/24/58	130	Ivar Anderson	07/31/80	HON	Bill Nations (Hononary)	08/06/60
58	Fred C. Paul	07/25/58	131	Steve Spaulding	07/20/81	HON	Clinton Howey (Hononary)	08/05/61
59	Gary Farwell	07/31/58	132	Mark Pottgeiser	07/23/81	HON	Donald J. Bell (Hononary)	07/28/62
60	Glenn Orren	08/03/59	133	Anthony Gentile	07/24/81	HON	James A. Quinn (Hononary)	07/25/63
61	Dick L. Lear	08/07/59	134	Dick Freitas	07/26/81	HON	Robert B. Major (Hononary)	10/29/64
62	Bob Sweet	08/09/60	135	Don Roza	07/29/81	HON	William Kirkland (Hononary)	10/31/73
63	Dennis Kain	08/08/61	136	Steve Zecher	07/26/82	HON	Sid Jenkins (Hononary)	04/25/75
64	Dean S. Lambert	08/09/61	137	Jack Farren	07/27/82	HON	Richard S. Diament (Hon)	02/25/93
65	David Gillispie	06/10/62	138	Eric Reaney	07/28/82	HON	Scott Bridges (Hononary)	08/05/95
66	Shell Burton	07/16/62	139	Barton Bolmen	07/29/82
67	James W. Walton	07/21/62	140	Forrest Leonard	07/30/82
68	James O’connell	07/25/62	141	Ray Ortner	08/04/82
69	Dave Lane	07/26/62	142	Peter Manfre	07/25/83
70	Walter G. Smith, Sr.	08/02/62	143	Ross Leonard	07/26/83
71	Stanley Jackson	08/08/63	144	Dale Wright	07/27/83
72	Neil Stratton	08/09/63	145	Robert Ballou	07/29/83
73	Alvin Kidder	08/10/63	146	Tom Peddecord	08/03/83

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