""He was named after his father's Scoutmaster , Alden Perry Gleason .  Both of his sons also carry that middle name &  were also able to become  Gleason extended family members .

Joined Pack 2  Bronxville in  1952

Joined Troop 4  as  Tenderfoot Scout=   1955

"Old Camp Waubeeka"  Staff = 1958 - 1963  { Camp Bugler, Junior & Senior Staff  , &  final summer as Messhall Steward" ]

Earned Eagle Scout in 1958

In 1960 he initiated the Troop 4 Drum & Bugle Corps

Joined Troop 4 Committee in 1962  & served as  Advancement Chairman = 1965 & 1966

Became Troop 4 Scoutmaster in 1966  &  still serves in that role  to this day. {NB:  Prior to this,  when  the Troop 4 Committee could not find

               a 21+  year old  adult to assume the role of Scoutmaster ,  in 1958  Howard was selected as "unofficial Scoutmaster" & led  Troop 4

               in that role until going off to Cornell .   [ One  father was in charge on camping trips during those years ]

Awarded Bronxville  Scout Committee's "Scouter of the Year Award"= 1977

Awarded National BSA Silver Beaver Award "for service to youth"=  1990

Awarded (as first recipient) Four Rivers District Leroy Nanton Award= 1999

Father , brother &  both sons are Eagle Scouts as well .    [ Unique family tradition == All 5  Eagle Awards were presented by the same

                       Professional Scout Executive,  Mr. Phil Wagner,   over about an 80 year period  -- first in Brooklyn & then in Westchester. ]

First attended  old Camp Waubeeka in 1955

As Scoutmaster he has taken the Troop annually to old & new Waubeeka since  1967.

Took Troop 4 on canoe trips at Maine High Adventure Area for 3 summers

Attended 1957 & 1960 National Scout Jamborees-----1960  as Staff member at the Jamboree with the Order of the Arrow Service Troop.

Attended Philmont National Scout Ranch as Council Staff in 1960

In  1969 he & Senior Patrol Leader Ralph Babcock founded Troop 4 newspaper, "The Bugle"

Founding Board Member of the Bronxville Scout Committee

One of a committee of three adult leaders to purchase the Bronxville Scout Cabin  from the Siwanoy-Bronx Valley Council in the 1970's

Awarded the William E. Kelly Camping Award by the WP Council

Elected  Chairman  of the Bronxville Scout Committee in 2018

Have had the pleasure of a few former Scouts' sons and nephews following

 in their family footsteps as Scouts for a second generation in Troop 4 

1967 to 2022... Howard has been rewarded by 52 of his Scouts achieving  Eagle Scout Rank

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