From our good friend and New Jersey collector Randy Holden we heard that Dave Wolverton passed away. Here is what Randy passed on to us:

A Brief Bio on David Alan Wolverton:

David was born June 14, 1962 in Pasadena, California to Margaret and Frank Wolverton.

As a youth he was involved with the Indian Guides at the YMCA. He then joined the Boy Scouts in Troop 305, Middletown, New Jersey. He advanced to the Rank of Eagle Scout on 10/24/1979. He went on to earn both Bronze and Gold Eagle Palms. He was active in the Na Tsi Hi Lodge 71 Order of the Arrow (the Boy Scout Honor Society) as a member of the Dance Team. He received his Ordeal Honor September 1975, his Brotherhood Honor September 1976 and his Vigil Honor in June 1979. His Vigil Name was Tachen Gentgeen Tulpe, translated as Little Dancing Turtle. He attended the National Jamborees in 1977. He served on Forestburg Scout Reservation Camp Staff and the FSR Staff Alumni Association.

David was an outstanding student in High School. He was a National Merit Scholar, Presidential Scholar and winner of the National Elks Scholarship. He was accepted at University of California at Irvine where he earned his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and received the Phi Beta Kappa honor, the nation’s oldest and most widely known Academic Honor. He later returned to graduate school at Stanford University where he earned his Masters of Science in Computer Engineering. He was employed for many years at Alcatel-Lucent and its predecessors Lucent Technology and AT&T Bell Laboratories as a Lead Software Engineer. He received the distinguished Bell Labs Fellow designation.

He was just completing his sixth year as the Na Tsi Hi Lodge 71 Lodge Adviser and was active as a member of the Order of the Arrow NE-2A Section as Native American Affairs Adviser.

He was the founder of the New Jersey Scout Museum, Morganville, New Jersey and was its first Curator. He authored the first book detailing the pictorial history of a Boy Scout Council in the Arcadia/Tempus Publishing Series “Images of America” entitled Monmouth Council Boy Scouts copyrighted 2003. He was a life member of the International Scout Collectors Association and a frequent contributor of well researched articles. David was the Monmouth Council and Na Tsi Hi Historian and maintained the “Master List” of every Scout collectible ever issued in Monmouth Council.

His other hobbies in which he made many friends included Woodworking and Blacksmithing including organizations at “The Historic Village at Allaire.”

He has received further honors and recognitions in the Boy Scouts of America including the Silver Beaver 1997, Scouters Key, Scouters Training Award, Wood Badge Beads, Wood Badge Staff, District Award of Merit, Twin Lights Volunteer of the Year 2006, OA National Lodge Advisors Training seminar (NLATS) at Philmont Scout Ranch, NM 2002, OA National Leadership Seminar 2000, Twin Lights Good Scout Award 2002, Twin Lights Silver Scout Award 1986, and the George Engledrum Award 1991.

He was Scoutmaster of Troop 60 in Lincroft, NJ, ran the Twin Lights Winterburg for ten years, was re-founding Committee Chairman for Troop 125 Fair Haven in 1997. He was also Camping Chairman and Camporee Chairman for Twin Lights District for many years. He was a regular Campmaster at Quail Hill Scout Reservation donating many dozens of weekends assisting Scout units camping there. Also a regular fixture at Forestburgh Scout Reservation.

Heart failure has been recorded as the COD. He was two weeks shy of what would have been his 45th birthday.

He will be missed by many, including those in our hobby.

Randy

As I just told Randy, this should make you appreciate how precious each day is.