History
Royal Ambassadors began as an organization in 1908. Since then, over 2.5 million boys and their leaders have participated in RAs and learned how to help others in Jesus’ name. Throughout the years, countless lives have been changed as boys and their leaders have prayed for, given to and participated in missions projects.
The skills learned in Royal Ambassadors fueled many of TBM's early disaster relief efforts. The program teaches knot tying and other practical outdoor skills that help the first disaster relief volunteers deliver help, hope and healing in the wake of Hurriane Beulah in the Rio Grande Valley in 1967.
The Legion of Honor Award is the highest honor that can be bestowed on an individual in the area of Royal Ambassador and Challenger work. It is for men who have dedicated themselves the task of bringing boys and young men to God through Christ by fostering programs of mission education and mission action along with special emphasis upon personal involvement of the individual.
The Legion of Honor award began in 1973, and the complete list of winners is below. To Nominate an individual for the award, download a PDF to fill out and mail in.
Please return any paper Nomination Forms to the TBM office or complete the online nomination form by Sept. 1 each year. Selection is made annually by the Royal Ambassadors and Challengers Committees for the individuals to receive the Legion of Honor Award.
PREVIOUS AWARD RECIPIENTS
First Name | Last Name | Year | Gone to Glory |
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Dr. Jimmy | Allen | 1973 | 👑 |
Cameron | Byler | 1973 | 👑 |
Bob | Chapman | 1973 | |
Bob | Dixon | 1973 | 👑 |
Russel | Pogue | 1973 | 👑 |
Dewey | Baldwin | 1974 | 👑 |
Douglas | Beggs | 1974 | |
Ivaloy | Bishop | 1974 | |
Charles | Eliot | 1974 | 👑 |
Damon | Hollingsworth | 1974 |
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Joe | Lenamon | 1974 | |
Ernie | Liebig | 1974 | 👑 |
John | Overton | 1974 | |
Bill | Brewer | 1975 | |
Marion "Cotton" | Bridges | 1975 | 👑 |
W. L. "Red" | Colquit | 1975 | |
Roy | Motley | 1975 | 👑 |
Bob | Rowell | 1975 | |
Leo | Smith | 1975 | 👑 |
Jerry Bob | Taylor | 1975 | 👑 |
Darrel | Vanderford | 1975 | 👑 |
Bill | Arnold | 1976 | |
George | Arnold | 1976 | 👑 |
Raymond | Hollabaugn | 1976 | 👑 |
Bill | Ibos | 1976 | |
Herb | Weaver | 1976 | 👑 |
Jim | Witten | 1976 | |
Larry | Blanchard | 1977 | |
E.M. "Bosie" | Boswell | 1977 | 👑 |
Dudley | Bristow | 1977 | |
Bill | Brown | 1977 | |
Rusty | Griffin | 1977 | |
Bill | Ming | 1977 | 👑 |
W. L. | Baxter | 1978 | |
Pierce | McCartney | 1978 | |
Jamie D. | Smith | 1978 | |
Charles | Ayres | 1979 | |
Lynn | Majors | 1979 | 👑 |
Odell | Wade | 1979 | |
Pete | Born | 1980 | 👑 |
George | Brown | 1980 | |
Leslie | Brown | 1980 | |
C. H. | Ford Jr. | 1980 | |
Glenn | Hedgpeth | 1980 | |
Dick | Jenkins | 1980 | |
Jerry | Kersey | 1980 | |
Bob | Meaker | 1980 | 👑 |
Olen | Miles | 1980 | 👑 |
Milton | Schmidt | 1980 | |
Robert W. | Webb | 1980 | |
Bob | Fitzhugh | 1981 | 👑 |
Chuck | Stevenson | 1981 | |
Dewayne | Williams | 1981 | |
B. R. | Wilson | 1981 | |
Karl | Bozeman | 1982 | |
Ray | Bratcher | 1982 | |
Jerry | Cain | 1982 | |
Don | Kobe Jr. | 1982 | |
Fred | Roach | 1982 | |
Monroe | Shrimpton | 1982 | |
Wes | Brossard | 1983 | |
Robert | Estrada | 1983 | |
John | LaNoue | 1983 | |
Eli | Reyna | 1983 | |
Jim | Bruner | 1984 | 👑 |
David | Hindman | 1984 | |
Dan | Hogan | 1984 | 👑 |
Jimmy | Price | 1984 | |
Larry | Thompson | 1984 | |
Dick | Brown | 1985 | |
W. J. | Isbell | 1985 | 👑 |
Butch | McDaniel | 1985 | 👑 |
Jerry | Brentham | 1986 | |
Truman | Brooks | 1986 | |
Joe | Byrne | 1986 | |
John | McClanahan | 1986 | |
Bill | Gresso | 1987 | |
E. Earl | Jackson | 1987 | |
James | Lewis | 1987 | |
Ben | Rogers | 1987 | |
Pete | Tracy | 1987 | |
Milton | Windler | 1987 | |
James | Corliss | 1988 | 👑 |
Friday | Couch | 1988 | |
John | Gray | 1988 | |
Grover | Jones | 1988 | |
Jose | Leal | 1988 | 👑 |
Mack | Cook | 1989 | |
D. C. | Mangum | 1989 | 👑 |
Phil | Portillo | 1989 | |
Alvis | Bell | 1990 | |
Larry | White | 1990 | |
Al | Wise | 1990 | |
Jesse | Garcia | 1991 | 👑 |
Keith | Mack | 1991 | |
Ron | Steffen | 1991 | 👑 |
Wayne | Gerhardt | 1992 | |
Delwin | Marrow | 1992 | 👑 |
Pot | Mercer | 1992 | 👑 |
Joe | Mosely | 1992 | |
Ralph | Hoeting | 1993 | |
Ray | King | 1993 | 👑 |
Ray | Walker | 1993 | 👑 |
Jack | Calk | 1994 | |
Alan | Huesing | 1994 | |
Jerry | Smith | 1994 | |
Kenneth | King | 1995 | 👑 |
Don | Roman | 1995 | |
James | Sowell | 1995 | 👑 |
Bill | Bice | 1996 | 👑 |
Steve | Darilek | 1996 | |
Warren | Hart | 1996 | |
Clarence | Albertson | 1997 | 👑 |
Charles | Miller | 1997 | |
Mike | Adams | 1998 | |
Bob | Adams (Gruver, TX) | 1998 | |
Sam | Dunkin | 1998 | |
Don | Reel | 1998 | |
Rooster | Smith | 1998 | |
David | Trotter | 1998 | |
Carl | Ansley | 1999 | |
Henry | CardJr. | 1999 | 👑 |
Frank W. | Carnes | 1999 | 👑 |
Doug | Gallion | 1999 | 👑 |
Henry | Klingemann | 1999 | |
Al C. | Smith Jr | 1999 | |
W. R. | Chenault | 2000 | 👑 |
Tony | Hernandez | 2000 | 👑 |
Mumbaji | Johnson | 2000 | |
Harold | Douglas | 2001 | |
George | Garza | 2001 | |
John | Norris | 2001 | |
Noel | Rameriz | 2001 | |
Carl | Buckner | 2002 | 👑 |
Butch | Durham | 2002 | |
Norman | Ellis | 2002 | 👑 |
Troy | Martin | 2002 | 👑 |
Elgin | Taylor | 2002 | |
Bill | Black | 2003 | |
Jim | Gamble | 2003 | |
Robert | Goynes Jr. | 2003 | 👑 |
Bob | Mayfield | 2003 | |
John | Bullock | 2004 | |
Frank | Brown | 2005 | |
Robert | Hinojos | 2005 | 👑 |
Marshall | Hunt | 2005 | |
Ron | Zimmerman | 2005 | |
Mark | Becker | 2006 | |
Rolan "Pop" | Swank | 2006 | 👑 |
Murrie | Wainscott | 2006 | |
Larry | Robinson | 2007 | 👑 |
Kevin | Thompson | 2007 | |
Dan | Wilbanks | 2007 | |
Charlie | Jones | 2008 | |
Don | Bumpass | 2009 | |
Raymond | Cardenas | 2009 | |
Perry | Clark | 2009 | 👑 |
Anderson | Evans | 2009 | |
Roland | Harvey | 2009 | |
Jim | Mason | 2009 | 👑 |
Danny | Murphy | 2009 | |
Jeff | Palmer | 2009 | 👑 |
John | Clayton | 2010 | |
Bryan | Davis | 2010 | |
David | Sandlin | 2010 | |
Thomas | Renfro | 2011 | 👑 |
Dwight | Bridges | 2012 | |
John Travis | Smith | 2012 | |
Mike | Wade | 2012 | |
Mark | Rains | 2013 | |
James | Tucker | 2013 | |
Robert Spence | Van | 2013 | 👑 |
Buddy | Beger | 2014 | |
Mark | Forester | 2014 | |
Fred | Morris | 2014 | |
Sam | Nance | 2014 | |
Dale | Peña | 2014 | |
Bill | Adams | 2015 | |
Jim | Densmore | 2015 | |
Roy | Norman | 2015 | 👑 |
Gary | Shouse | 2015 | 👑 |
Bob | Adams (Burleson, TX) | 2015 | |
James | Bransom | 2017 | |
Eddie | Goodner | 2017 | |
Jim | Newman | 2017 | |
Chris | Black | 2018 | |
David | Rodriguez | 2018 | |
Brad | Blanchard | 2019 | |
Mark | Boucher | 2019 | |
Rick | Hilliard | 2019 | |
Timothy | Smith | 2020 |