Golden Gate Area Council District Award of Merit
The District Award of Merit is a council award presented by districts in the same manner that the Silver Beaver is a national award presented by councils.
The award is available to Scouters who render service of an outstanding nature at the district level.
* – Silver Beaver Recipient
– No District Awards of Merit awarded due to Covid-19 Pandemic.
| 1952 Warren Harding | 1953 Don Taylor | 1954 Joe Weber | 1955 |
| 1956 Rich Irby | 1957 Herb Di Grazia Virgil McIntosh* Casey McGoff* | 1958 James McFarland Ester McIntosh | 1959 Gerald Carling Jack Mano |
| 1960 Donald Butler Lester Close | 1961 Robert Horton Bruce Linkous | 1962 John Hitchock William Randall | 1963 Bob McFarland* Frank Beers |
| 1964 | 1965 Bert Hersevoort Bill Mills | 1966 Neil Houlding Ron Reno Gerhard Schwaegerle* Jerry Baumgartner | 1967 Joann Hallam Richard Hemming |
| 1968 Robert Fake Scott Buginas | 1969 Al Jense Ernie Wyld | 1970 Karl Kiraly Bill Rose | 1971 Jim Needels Joann Hallam |
| 1972 Ed Bettencourt* | 1973 Val Black Gerhard Schwaegerle* Jerry Baumgartner | 1974 Stan Black* Robert Horning John Rutter | 1975 Howard Neely Allan Susoeff* Ron Peterson* |
| 1976 Dick de la Mater Alvin Richards Marcia Ackley Daniel Sestak* | 1977 Len Whitbred* Barry Schrader Barney Maciolek Bill Bower* | 1978 Oscar Hall Don Washburn Joan Wells | 1979 Bob Blair Janet Cornell |
| 1980 Hal Wilson Fred Scholes Walter Arnold | 1981 Lee Locke Joan Blair | 1982 Don Frazer Ike Slabaugh Bruce Merrill | 1983 Roger Bates Ken Mano Judy Wooldridge |
| 1984 Arthur Kielty Floyd Shreeve* Charlie de Carli | 1985 Sue Spangler | 1986 Art Hinds John Korver Kathy Zollinger Robert Engel John Mathews | 1987 Trudy Frailey Jim Kohnen* |
| 1988 Ron Goodman* A Sherwood* Marshall Kamena* | 1989 Bill Miven Mike Hutchings Glenn Newman | 1990 Dale Hankins Gary Johnson Craig E. Leighty* | 1991 Doug Krutilek* Rosie Nave Robert Carling |
| 1992 Skip Hodsen Frank C. Ward* John Lewis Ron Sherburne | 1993 Karl W. Emrich* Mike Gillen* Russell Greenlaw* Zev Kahn* | 1994 Tim Kelly Karen Pahler* Mike Riley Larry Willson* | 1995 James Freeman* Ruth Huyske-McCall* Mike McCall* Paul Sanborn* |
| 1996 John Clark Chris Cammerer Jean Emrich | 1997 Joseph Stieber* Neil McLean Michelle McLean Bob Hrabe | 1998 Marty Loomis* Mike Carroll Mike Needham Bob Hunter* | 1999 Susan Gredell Calvin Masuda* Tim Rau Dan Walters* |
| 2000 Kathy Jones Jim Ferenz* Jan Loomis Arden Dougan* | 2001 Liz Brandon* Dave Franklin* Doug E. Olson* Sharrie Shreeve | 2002 Ralph Cole Lowell Hoxie* Mitch Treagan Joe Wester | 2003 Todd Decker* Rick Pickering* Jill Zollinger* |
| 2004 Dave Darlinton Buck Drake Cindy Koenig Dave Rodriguez* Dan Soyka | 2005 John Bellamy* Jeff Biehl* Roger DeSousa Rueben Orosco Rick Schempp* | 2006 Bob Culbertson* Penny Decker Lorraine Ferguson John Trundle Jim Wagner | 2007 Kristine Biehl* Tim Goodnow Geoff Neumayr Gary Visser Orinda Weiss* |
| 2008 Scott Brandon* Sam Bose Elliott Hutton Tom Kuznik* | 2009 Douglas Nakano Michael Ransom* Sam Steele* Phillip Weiss* | 2010 Robert Allen John Bird* Robert Evans John Walton | 2011 Jean Kuznik* Bill Potts Karalene Rasmussen Sheryl Riddell |
| 2012 Marvin Christensen Jay Johnson* Dean Miranda Jonathan Thomas | 2013 Michael Allison* Marc Barkdull David Carlson Kimberly Carlson | 2014 Jodi Benedict Trevor Bormann* Dean Buchenauer Michael Lennox | 2015 Greg Dyson Terri Dyson Doug Benedict Linda Ransom |
| 2016 Jim Kohnke Brent Thomas Melissa Berg Matt Feltz | 2017 Joey Cruz Keith Packard | 2018 Rich Fox Annette Simmons John Wiedemeier* | 2019 |
| 2020 | 2021 | 2022 Shannon Carroll Jeff Orthmann |
Last Updated: May 7, 2022