Oldest Eagle Scout Honored At Annual Meeting

[RememberSchiff]

http://www.11alive.com/story/news/local/2015/05/22/atlanta-oldest-scout-honored/27811049/

 

Lamar Wallace is the oldest Eagle Scout at age 103.

 

Ever since he was small, Wallace aspired to Scout's Honor. He said it's kept him in good stead.

 

The mindset pushed Wallace to serve in Germany during World War II and, when he returned, to build his own Oklahoma home.

 

"Anything I wanted to do, anything I had in my mind to do, I could do," Wallace said.

 

Scout Salute

[skeptic]

Yes, a scout salute to Mr. Wallace.  I am still waiting to see National acknowledge Robert Dick Douglas Jr. of Greensboro, who is also an Eagle and will be 103 in July.  He also is one of the Eagle's that went to Africa in 1928, as well as having gone to Alaska twice.  He wrote books about the Alaska adventures, and co-authored Three Boy Scouts in Africa.

 

I have given the info to National a couple of times, after speaking with his son last year, who said he was still mentally active.  He sent me a copy of his auto-biography last year, and it is very interesting and includes a good deal related to Scouting.  He wrote it when he was 90.  It can be found in digital form on line; https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Best_90_Years_of_My_Life.html?id=H5o1F2AXTioC&hl=en .