The Middle Tennessee Council Boy
Scouts of America recently recognized U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Terry M. “Max” Haston,
an MTSU alumnus, as its 2015 Class of Eagle Scouts honoree.
Since 2010, Haston has served as
Tennessee’s 75th adjutant general, making him responsible for supervising the Tennessee
Department of Military that includes the Army National Guard, Air National
Guard, Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and Tennessee State Guard.
The rank of Eagle Scout is the
highest achievement in the Boy Scouts and requires completion of 21 merit
badges and an in-depth project, which must be planned and carried out by the
scout. During 2015, the Middle Tennessee Council awarded 361 Eagle Scout ranks,
an award earned only by 4 percent of all scouts nationwide, according to a news
release from the Middle Tennessee Council.
“Haston represents the ideals of
being an Eagle Scout, in his work life and personal life as well,” the release
states.
After addressing this year’s Eagle Scout
class, the scouts stood and saluted Haston, who was in the Boy Scouts as a
youth in McMinnville, Tennessee. He attained the rank of Life Scout with Troops
120 and 37. He was an explorer scout and a member of the Order of the Arrow,
the release states. During his time in scouting, he earned the God and Country
and Good Turn Awards.
Haston graduated from MTSU (Class of
’79), where he also completed the university’s ROTC program, which led him into
his career with the National Guard.
As an adult, he provided assistance
to the Great Smoky Mountain Council of the Boy Scouts in Knoxville, Tennessee,
as a merit badge counselor and eagle board member. He also served as the chairman
of the 2010 100th anniversary of the Council Jamboree, which had
over 14,000 in attendance. He has also served as 2014 Council Jamboree chair.
He and his wife, Anne, have a son, Travis, who is an Eagle Scout.
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