The Founder's Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowman who demonstrates to his fellow Arrowmen that he memorialized in his everyday life the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman. The award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likeness of E. Urner Goodman and Carroll A. Edson, with a wooden base and brass plate suitable for engraving. Award recipients can also wear the Founder's Award ribbon, similar to the universal arrow ribbon, except that it is a gold colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon. Lodges may petition the National Order of the Arrow Committee to present up to four awards annually, based on lodge membership. If the lodge presents more than one award, one must be to a youth under the age of 21.

Founder's Award Recipients

2005- Jerrod Day - Rex Banter

2004 - Alex Donathen - Denny Unger

2003 -Dewayne Pirtle - Andrew Gust

2002 -Daniel Carbaugh - Debbie Ingersoll-Nease

2001 -Brian Killingbeck - Roger Woodworth

2000 -Andy Campbell - Charles Lehman

1999 - Philip Drake

1998 - Ed Myers

1997 - Andy Morris - Tim Miller

1996 - David Yoder - Bob Sorensen

1995 - Kevin Doty

1994 - Nick Miller - Michael Plageman

1993 - Adam Morris - George Nelson

1992 - Eric Biggs - David Fernung

1991 - Eric Korchnak - Lee Tweedie

1990 - Jeff Holliday - Chris Birk

1989 - Robbie Carr - Francis Lee

1988 - Phillip Deardorff