Hazen A. Dean was the first Kentuckian to receive the "70 Continuous Years of Service Award" from the Boy Scouts of America

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 in 1983. He was a Scoutmaster for over 50 years. He was Scoutmaster for Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...

's oldest troop, Troop 24, for 35 years, from 1949 till his death in January 1984. Hazen Dean was born in Michigan.

Among many honors, he received Scoutmaster's Key and Silver Beaver awards from the Boy Scouts of America

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. He was recognized for having mentored 86 Eagle Scouts

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, the most in nation at that time. He also received the Lt. Governor's Outstanding Kentuckian Award in 1982 from then Lt. Governor and later Governor

Governor

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 of Kentucky

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The Commonwealth of Kentucky is a state located in the East Central United States of America. As classified by the United States Census Bureau, Kentucky is a Southern state, more specifically in the East South Central region. Kentucky is one of four U.S. states constituted as a commonwealth...

 Martha Layne Collins

Martha Layne Collins

Martha Layne Collins is a politician from the US state of Kentucky. From 1983 to 1987 she was the 56th Governor of Kentucky, having served the previous four years as lieutenant governor. She was Kentucky's first and only female governor to date...

.

Kentucky

Kentucky

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 historical marker #1747 was erected in downtown Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro, Kentucky

Owensboro is the fourth largest city by population in the U.S. state of Kentucky. It is the county seat of Daviess County. It is located on U.S. Route 60 about southeast of Evansville, Indiana, and is the principal city of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's...

 and dedicated by a special public ceremony hosted by then U.S. Senator Wendell H. Ford

Wendell H. Ford

Wendell Hampton Ford is a retired politician from the U.S. state of Kentucky. He served for twenty-four years in the U.S. Senate and was the 53rd Governor of Kentucky. He was the first person to be successively elected lieutenant governor, governor, and U.S. senator in Kentucky history...

 and Owensboro Mayor

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 Jack C. Fisher and Bryan Smeathers; one of Dean's 86 Eagle Scouts who earned the award in 1975.

See also

• List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)