Adolph Peschke
Adolph Peschke | |
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| Born | October 27, 1914 St Louis, MO |
| Died | November 23, 2012 (aged 98) Des Moines, Iowa |
| Nationality | American |
| Known for | Scout Pioneering, Boy Scouts of America, Author and designer |
Adolph E. Peschke was a veteran
Background
Adolph E. Peschke was born in St. Louis, MO, October 27, 1914, to Cecil and Adolph Peschke. When he was twenty years old, he got married and lived with his wife, Grace in Webster Groves, MO where they raised their children, Don and Jayne. Adolph Peschke joined the Boy Scouts as a youth and achieved the rank of
Scouting
Adolph Peschke served as a volunteer in the
- writing the founding charter for the National Eagle Scout Association[5]
- serving as a resource for Boys' Life, the BSA Fieldbook and Program Helps
- serving as the design engineer for five national Scout jamborees where he was responsible for the theme development, site layout, and staff training for the Action Center's pioneering areas [6]
Pioneering
Adolph Peschke was keenly attuned to providing the assurance that boys of Scouting age could successfully build pioneering structures themselves. He referred to these projects as "boy-sized," and has been credited with the design of thirty original "boy-size" pioneering projects.[7] Five of these are included in the pamphlet for Pioneering merit badge along with well-presented explanations and instructions:[8]
- Single Lock Bridge
- Single Trestle Bridge
- A-Frame Bridge
- 14' Double Ladder Signal Tower
- Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge
With the intention of making Pioneering more within the reach of those Scout units in geographic areas where access to natural spars was limited, he devised a design for making a pioneering kit consisting of laminated spars from materials readily available at a lumberyard.[9]
Adolph Peschke also developed the pioneering kit with its color-coded system to identify rope and spar lengths for building pioneering projects.[10]
References
- ^ Wilson, Suzanne (May–June 2006). "The Fun is Outdoors!". Scouting.
- ^ Halter, Jon (March 1988). "Scout Stave Pioneering". Boys' Life. Boy Scouts of America.
- ^ Peschke 1998.
- ^ "Adolph E. Peschke". Des Moines Register. November 30, 2012.
- ^ The Eagle Scout Association of Greater St Louis
- ^ Peschke 1998, p. 100.
- ^ Scout Pioneering: Adolph Peschke
- ^ Peschke 1998, pp. 80–95.
- ^ Pioneering with Laminated Spars
- ^ Peschke 1998, p. 96.
- Peschke, Adolph (1998). Pioneering. Boy Scouts of America. ISBN 0-8395-3377-2.