Introduced at the 1981 National Order of the Arrow Conference, the Founders' Award was created to honor and recognize those Arrowmen who have given outstanding service to their lodge. The award is reserved for an Arrowmen who demonstrates to fellow Arrowmen that they memorialize the spirit of achievement as described by founder E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson in their everyday life.
The Award is a handsome bronze medallion bearing the likenesses of E. Urner Goodman and cofounder Carroll A. Edson, with wooden base and brass plate suitable for engraving. The reverse of the medallion reads "For he who serves his fellows, is of all his fellows, greatest" which was Goodman's prime reason for starting the Order of the Arrow. Also available is a special Founder's Award arrow ribbon, with a gold colored arrow suspended from a red ribbon.
