Honoring the visionaries...



Stephen D. Bechtel, Jr.

Paul R. Christen

Jack D. Furst

James & Jim Justice, Jr.

Sen. Joe Manchin

Robert "Bob" Mazzuca

Wayne Perry

J.W. & Hazel Ruby

Walter Scott, Jr.

"My first Boy Scout hike was on Dec. 7, 1941," Paul R. Christen recalls.  He has been an avid supporter of Scouting ever since, and earned the Eagle Scout rank as a youth. 

 In 1968, Christen was a passen­ger in a small plane that crashed on takeoff.  He and the pilot survived, but were badly injured.  Laying in the wreckage, he realized his foot had been severed and hand severely cut.

 In a dazed vision, "I saw the old Boy Scout blue handbook from a long time ago," he recalls  "…the page where it talked about tourniquets.  I took my tie off and made a tourniquet around my arm (and one) with my belt around my thigh." Doctors believe his improvised first aid saved his life.

 Christen's pledge of $25 million to Scouting supports the Christen High Adventure Base at "The Summit."

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Mr. Christen as photographed in 2011 standing next to the eigh-foot monumental clay that became the bronze mold;  Close-ups show the detail of the Boy Scout Handbook and tourniquet page that saved his life in 1968.
Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin
Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin, BSA handbook Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin, BSA handbook Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin, BSA handbook Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin, BSA handbook Paul Christen, donor of Christen High Adventure Base to the Boy Scouts of America, Greenbrier Resort owner Jim Justice, Jr. and father hunting scene bronze sculpture with grouse, hunting dog, Stephen Bechtel commissioned monumental portrait bronze sculpture, BSA Summit, Boy Scouts of America, Summit Bechtel National Family Scout Reserve, SBR, West Virginia, high adventure base camp scouting, memorial portrait sculptor Tom White, of Prescott, Arizona, 2013 Jamboree dedication of statues, commission a bronze sculpture monument, portrait sculptures of, Walter Scott, J.W. and Hazel Ruby, Wayne Perry, Jack Furst, Bob Mazzuca, Senator Joe Manchin, BSA handbook