Boy Scout council presents Palatine man with award

Posted December 14, 2011 11:00 pm

Submitted by Northwest Suburban Council Boy Scouts of America

Alfred J. Knox, a member of the Palatine Rotary Club and active executive board member of the Northwest Suburban Council, Boy Scouts of America was presented with the Cliff Dochterman Award in a ceremony conducted at the Palatine Rotary Club.

Knox was honored for his 25 plus years of distinguished volunteer leadership in the delivery of the Scouting program. The award was presented by Bill Buchta of the Palatine Rotary Club and Stephen Taylor, Scout executive for the Northwest Suburban Council.

Knox’s service to scouting consists of volunteer scouting leadership at the Cub Scout Pack, Boy Scout Troop, Signal Hill District, and NWSC executive board level, including multiple years of service as the council treasurer and an upcoming term of office as a Council vice president for Resource Development.

To the community, Knox’s service includes his volunteer service as a trustee of the Palatine Public Library and service as president of the Palatine Rotary Club.

The award is the highest award for service to youth presented by the International Fellowship of Scouting Rotarians through the World Organization of the Scouting Movement (of which the Boy Scouts of America is a member organization) and the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts. The presentation is made by the Northwest Suburban Council, Boy Scouts of America to recognize members who perform outstanding service to youth as volunteer Scouting leaders.

Only 592 other Cliff Dochterman Awards have ever been presented worldwide among Scouting’s 40 million members in 161 different countries. Other notable award recipients include former chief scout executive Jim Tarr and Charles W. Dahlquist, II, general president of the Young Men’s Organization of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

This award was a first for the Palatine Rotary Club and the Northwest Suburban Council. It consists of a medal with the Rotary International logo and world crest for Scouting suspended on a royal blue and gold ribbon accompanied by a framed certificate.

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