Troop 3’s Oldest Living Eagle Scout, Grandson of Derby’s first Mayor, to attend 95th Celebration

DERBY - At age 92, Boy Scout Troop 3 Derby’s oldest living Eagle Scout James O’Sullivan, of Stratford, will lead all Eagle Scouts present in reciting the Eagle Scout Oath at Troop 3’s 95^th anniversary celebration on June 7 at the Inn at Villa Bianca in Seymour.

O’Sullivan was presented with Eagle Scout Rank on Oct 6, 1933 and was the 7^th Troop 3 Derby Scout to attain that honor. Troop 3 was founded at the Derby 2^nd Congregational Chuch in 1914 and it was not until 1928 that Manual Pearson became the troop’s first Eagle Scout. Alexander Neundorf recently became Troop 3’s 265^th Eagle Scout Scout.

James O’Sullivan spent 30 years in the Foreign Service and then 15 years at the University of Louisville, where he chaired the Political Science Department. He is the son of the late Connecticut Chief Justice Patrick B. O’Sullivan and he is the grandson of the late Dr. Thomas Jefferson O’Sullivan, the first Mayor of Derby.

O’Sullivan fondly remembers growing up in Derby, being a member of Boy Scout Troop 3 with Ed Strang, and attending Housatonic Council’s Camp Irving, which was located on the Housatonic River near Indian Well State Park.  "Our current scouts will be fortunate to have the opportunity to meet such a distinguished Troop 3 alumnus as Mr. O'Sullivan" stated John Anglace, chairman of the 95th anniversary celebration.

Tickets to the Troop 3 95^th Anniversary Celebration are available for $25 by contacting Cyndi Poppa at 736-0419.

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[Jimi Boy Scout Troop 172 Lawton Mi]

im a boy scout and i love it i wore my uniform to school and i loved it lawton was not around for awhile so i did not get to be in forever but i join when i first could right now im qurtermaster 2ed class i hope lawton scouts goes on forever and ever because me and my friends have been in it and were having a recruit campout and were going to teach these new scouts how to do boy scout boy scouts is funner then cub scouts i hope lawton stays forever