HOME  BIOGRAPHY  CONFERENCE  EVENTS  HOURS  LOCATION  LINKS  CONTACT  ADMIN Dick Burdick PROFESSION Past Chairman (and founder) of the Board and Past Chief Executive Officer, Thermon Industries, Inc. CIVIC AFFILIATION Past Member of Advisory Council, Southwest Texas State University Director, Hays Memorial Hospital President, Greater San Marcos Economic Development Council, 1986-87 President, South Texas Chamber of Commerce, 1982-83 President, Rotary Club of San Marcos, 1979 District Governor, Rotary District 5840, 1989-90 Chairman, Texas Manufacturing Institute Trustee, Southwest Research Institute SCOUTING AFFILIATION WITH BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA (BSA) AND WORLD SCOUTING Past: Reached the rank of Life Scout in his youth in BSA President and Vice President of the Capital Area Council, BSA headquartered in Austin President of BSA's Area I, covering the south-central portion of Texas Various BSA National Scout Jamboree leadership positions (nation-wide event attended by over 45,000 Scouts) Various World Scout Jamboree leadership positions (world-wide event attended by over 35,000 Scouts) Past BSA International Commissioner (represented BSA to 220 countries/territories around the world… logging over 3 million airline miles in his 10-years of service in this position) Current: National Officer of Boy Scouts of America (BSA) Member of BSA National Executive Board Member of BSA National Presidents Advisory Board Member of BSA International Committee, Resolutions Committee and Budget Committee Member of BSA National Court of Honor SCOUTING RECOGNITIONS Silver Beaver Award (BSA's highest honor on a local level) Silver Antelope Award (BSA's highest honor on a regional level) Silver Buffalo Award (BSA's highest honor on a national level) Youth in Americas Award (World Scouting highest honor for service in the Americas) Bronze Wolf Award (World Scouting's highest honor on a world level) PERSONAL Spouse: Johnnie Burdick Children: Sandy (Spouse Danny Rodriguez), Mark (Spouse Carolyn Burdick), Michelle (Spouse Carlos Russo), David (Spouse Lisa Burdick), Amy (Spouse Richard Golden), Nikki (Spouse Richard Skidmore) Grand Children: Melanie Stewart, Richard Burdick, Mark Burdick Jr., Ryan Burdick, Sebastian Russo, Isabella Russo, Lauren Burdick, Kristin Burdick, Katya Burdick Great Grand Children: Madeline and Evan Stewart SIGNIFICANT NOTES Member of the World Scout Foundation, working with HM the King of Sweden raising funds for World Scouting Active in reorganizing Scouting in the former Soviet Union countries following the fall of the Soviet Union Has a Regional Scout Camp named after him, "Camp Richard L. Burdick" near Yalta, Ukraine… honoring his service to the former Soviet Union block of countries Has been honored with the first-ever "bronze" on display at the World Scout Center in Kandersteg, Switzerland for his contributions to World Scouting Copyright ©2009 Dicks Classic Garage