Scoutmasters

Bill Lange (1937)

Appointed Scoutmaster at the Rotary Club meeting, December 15, 1937. Troop chartered under the Rotary Club.

Gordon Lovejoy (1941)

ASMs - Kingsley Elder Jr (Eagle 1939), John Young, B S Bales

Robert Varley (1942)

ASMs - John Young, Dan Hamilton, Ernest Pittman

S. Young Tyree (1946-1947)

Troop chartered under the Layman's League of the Chapel of the Cross.

ASM - Burton Myers

Harold Jeter Jr (1948-1949)

ASMs - Charles Bartlett Jr, Glenn Wilson

James Westbrook (1950-1951)

ASM - Charles Bartlett Jr

James Wallace (1952-1955)

ASMs - Charles Bartlett Jr, Jack Bright (Eagle 1948), George Esser Jr, Ronald Shearin, Charles Robertson Roberts, R B Fitch, Mark Burnham, Norwood Bryan Jr, Coleman Gentry, Clyde Walter Burleson, H L Teague

Explorer Advisors - George Esser Jr, Mark Burnham

James Ford (1957)

ASM - A A Selby Jr

William Bibb (1958-1959)

ASMs - Barry Winston, Peter Vanstory, Charles Spell

Galen Frysinger (1960-1961)

SM at the National Jamboree at Colorado Springs in 1960. (His personal web site)

ASMs - Harry Jensen, A Frank Ambrosic, C R Spell, W F Pendergraft, Randolf Thrasher, Spencer Tucker, John Jennrich

Spencer Tucker (1962-1965)

ASM for Troop 53, Section 20, National Jamboree at Valley Forge, 1964.

Served as a captain in Army Intelligence during 1965-67 and was professor of history at Texas Christian University from 1967 to 1997, and chair of the department from 1992 to 1997. During 1969-1970 was a visiting research associate at the Smithsonian Institute. Holds the John Biggs Chair of Military History and has been at VMI since 1997.

Has published the following books: Arming the Fleet: U.S. Naval Ordnance in the Muzzle-Loading Era (Naval Institute Press, 1989); The Jeffersonian Gunboat Navy (University of South Carolina Press, 1993); The European Powers in the First World War, An Encyclopedia, Editor (Garland, 1996); Raphael Semmes and the Alabama (Ryan Place, 1996); Injured Honor: The Chesapeake-Leopard Affair of June 22, 1807 with Frank Reuter (Naval Institute Press, 1996); and The Great War, 1914-18 (University College of London Press and Indiana University Press, 1998); The Big Guns, Civil War Siege, Seacoast and Naval Cannon, with Edwin Olmstead and Wayne Stark (Museum Restoration Service, 1998); Encyclopedia of the Vietnam War, 3 vols., Editor (ABC- CLIO, 1998); and Vietnam (University College of London Press and University of Kentucky Press, 1998); Andrew Foote, Civil War Admiral on Western Waters (Naval Institute Press, 2000); Encyclopedia of the Korean War, 3 Vols., (ABC-CLIO, 2000); Handbook of 19th Century Naval Warfare (Sutton Publishers and Naval Institute Press, 2000); "Unconstitutional Surrender." The Capture of Forts Henry and Donelson, February 1862 (McWhiney Foundation Press, 2001); Who's Who in Twentieth-Century Warfare (Routledge, 2001); A Short History of the Civil War at Sea (Scholarly Resources, 2001).

ASMs - Harry Jensen, John Jennrich, John Fernald, Thomas Kehayes, Joseph Nelson, Daniel Hanchey, Robert Leggett, Jonathon Commander, John Kirkland, John Garris Jr, Robert Simmons Jr, Richard Saunders III, Scott Bradly, Jennings Ruffin Jr

Jack Winslow (1965-1966)

ASM - Scott Bradley

John P. Filley (1967-1968)

ASMs - Tom Cassidy, Paul Ingle, James Pressly, Spencer Tucker, Edward Cassidy Jr, Harry Diffendal, Ira Ingle Jr

Walter Cheever (1968-1971)

Troop chartered under the Chapel of the Cross.

ASMs - Douglas Brown, Tom Cassidy, Harry Diffendal, Paul Ingle, Jack Winslow, Thomas Land Jr, Dr Mario Peres-Reyes, Dr Robert Wicksman, Paul Hounshell, Jeffrey Simpson, H W Wright Jr

Mel Mohr (1970-1971)

 ASM - James Coke

James Coke (1971-1972)

Wood Badge, May 1971.

ASMs - Mel Mohr, Tony Owen, Thomas Yocum, Steve Walston, John Dunlap, Fred Defriess (Eagle 1972)

Lyman Ripperton (1973-1982)

Silver Beaver, 1982. St. George Award (Episcopalian Adult Religious Award).

ASMs - Scott Patterson, Mark Ayer (Eagle 1972), George Best, John Noble, Jack Spitznagel,Jan Tax, John Dennison, James Coke, Fred Defriess (Eagle 1972), William Doberstein, Steve Walston.

Explorer Advisor - Gloria Ripperton

George Best  (1982-1983)

Roger Conner  (1983-1988)

Sankey Blanton (1989-1990)

Trek to Northern Tier, 1966. Eagle Scout.

ASM - Andrew S Harris.

Tom Proctor (1990-1992)

Troop takes its first Caving Trip (lead by future scoutmaster Ernie Patterson, and Bill Mattocks).

Ernie Patterson (1992-1994)

Troop transitions to a backpacking Troop. Troop participates in  ABC sale resuming a previous tradition. This was the 1st year on the parking lot patrol. Orange District Scoutmaster of the Year 1993.

ASM- Lyman Ripperton

Lyman Ripperton (1994-2000)

Scouting Coordinator, 1984-5. Institutional Representative for the Chapel of the Cross, 1982-1994. Den Leader at Pack 835, 1988 -1994. Orange District Assistant Scoutmaster of the Year 1994.

Trek to Philmont with Troop 9, 1997. Died from a heart attack, September 2000. A memorial web page is maintained by the Troop and another memorial web page is maintained by his wife, Lisa Ripperton.

ASMs - Ray Garlington, Dave Scocca, Ryan Turncliff, Edward Marshall, Dave Filpus, Nathan Ripperton (Eagle 2000)

David Filpus (2000-2003)

Trek to Philmont, 1966. Pro Deo Et Patria (Lutheran Youth Religious Award), 1967. Eagle Scout, 1967. Vigil O/A, 1970.

Den Leader at Pack 835, 1994-2000.

Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 9, 1998-2000. Became Scoutmaster on the death of Lyman Ripperton, September 2000.

ASMs - Ray Garlington, Dave Scocca, Tom Hock, Nathan Ripperton (Eagle 2000)

Tom Hock (2003-2006)

Trek to Northern Tier, 2002. 

Den Leader at Pack 821.

Assistant Scoutmaster Troop 9, 1999-2003.

ASMs - George Painter, Wayne Vanderburg

Gregg Gerdau (2006-)