[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 183 (Wednesday, December 16, 2015)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1807]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




RECOGNIZING ROBERT DICK DOUGLAS, JR. THE LONGEST SERVING EAGLE SCOUT IN 
                  BOY SCOUT HISTORY--90 YEARS AN EAGLE

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                           HON. PETE SESSIONS

                                of texas

                    in the house of representatives

                      Wednesday, December 16, 2015

  Mr. SESSIONS. Mr. Speaker, as a member of the Congressional Scouting 
Caucus, I rise today to honor Robert Dick Douglas, Jr., the longest 
serving Eagle Scout in Boy Scout History, who on December 8, 2015, 
celebrated 90 Years as an Eagle.
  Mr. Douglas joined the Boy Scouts July 23, 1923, on his 11th Birthday 
in Greensboro, NC, and earned his Eagle Award 2 years, 4 months and 15 
days later, on December 8, 1925, at the age of 13 and has been active 
in Scouting ever since.
  He was recently an honored guest at the History of Scouting Trail 
(HOST) Annual Congressional Gala and quoted from memory what he called 
``His Guiding Star'' almost 90 years after his Father, Judge Robert 
Dick Douglas, Sr., Chairman of the Greensboro Council Court of Honor, 
penned it as the winning essay for a local Community Chest Contest in 
1926, to describe Scouting's goals in 50 words or less.
  ``Scouting safeguards your boy by proper companionship, guides him by 
adult leadership and develops him with a well-considered program of 
activities for the purpose of making him more reverent to God, more 
loyal to his country, more helpful to his fellow man and more useful to 
himself.''
  Following these words, Robert Dick Douglas, Jr. has enjoyed 
unparalleled Scouting success and adventure traveling to the far 
reaches of Africa and Alaska in the late 1920's and early 1930's, 
writing three bestselling accounts, which helped pave the way for an 
exemplary life as an Attorney & Community Servant.
  As such, he recently received The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 
(September 24, 2015) and 16 of my fellow Representatives who are Eagle 
Scouts joined together and signed a Special Letter of Congratulation to 
Mr. Douglas.
  I know they would wholeheartedly join me again today in recognizing 
this Historic Achievement--90 Years an Eagle Scout and the Longest 
Serving Eagle Scout in Boy Scout History.

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