T.W. Cook

GROWING UP IN rural Arkansas, T.W. Cook spent only a year in Cub Scouting. But adult involvement was pretty much inevitable once he joined a Scouting family — his father-in-law, Verl Underwood, was a 70-year veteran — and had two sons.

Cook served as Scoutmaster for five years, producing 21 Eagle Scouts during that time, and spent a year as a crew Advisor. When his older son, Cory, decided he wanted to try Sea Scouts, Cook helped launch Ship 911, which is still going strong.