The Distinguished Service Award (DSA) is an award presented to Arrowmen who render outstanding service to the Order of the Arrow beyond the lodge level. It is one of the rarest awards in Scouting America, with just over 1,000 awardees in its eighty year history. The following is a list of DSA recipients.
Recipients 1940 - 11 Recipients
1942 - 3 Recipients - 14 Total
1946 - 6 Recipients - 20 Total
1948 - 3 Recipients - 23 Total
1950 - 3 Recipients - 26 Total
1952 - 10 Recipients - 36 Total
1954 - 8 Recipients - 44 Total
1956 - 11 Recipients - 55 Total
1958 - 12 Recipients - 67 Total
1961 - 16 Recipients - 83 Total
1963 - 14 Recipients - 97 Total
1965 - 16 Recipients - 113 Total
1967 - 15 Recipients - 128 Total
1969 - 16 Recipients - 144 Total
1971 - 21 Recipients - 165 Total
1973 - 24 Recipients - 189 Total
1975 - 24 Recipients - 213 Total
1977 - 29 Recipients - 242 Total
1979 - 30 Recipients - 272 Total
1981 - 39 Recipients - 311 Total
1983 - 43 Recipients - 354 Total
1986 - 49 Recipients - 403 Total
1988 - 48 Recipients - 451 Total
1990 - 37 Recipients - 488 Total
1992 - 37 Recipients - 525 Total
1994 - 36 Recipients - 561 Total
1996 - 37 Recipients - 598 Total
1998 - 37 Recipients - 635 Total
2000 - 36 Recipients - 671 Total
2002 - 38 Recipients - 709 Total
2004 - 42 Recipients - 751 Total
2006 - 39 Recipients - 790 Total
2009 - 49 Recipients - 839 Total
2012 - 69 Recipients - 908 Total
2015 - 57 Recipients - 965 Total
2018 - 54 Recipients - 1019 Total
2020 - 53 Recipients - 1072 Total
2022 - 53 Recipients - 1125 Total
2024 - 53 Recipients - 1178 Total
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