Robert Ray Rainwater Sr. (1934 – 2024)

Also known as: Bobby Rainwater

Scouting Service

• Lodge Adviser, Wiatava Lodge # 13
• Associate Section Adviser, Section W4B
• Section Adviser, Section W4B
• Area Adviser, Area 4, OA Western Region
• Western Region Order of the Arrow Committee
• National Order of the Arrow Committee
• Committee Chairman, Wood Badge, Orange County Council, Course WE4-39-89
• Assistant Scoutmaster, Wood Badge, Orange County Council, Course WE4-39-90
• Scoutmaster, Wood Badge, Orange County Council, Course WE4-39-91
• Founding Adviser, NOAC The Outdoor Adventure Place (TOAP)¹

Awards

• Vigil Honor, Wiatava Lodge # 13 (1981)
• Silver Beaver, Orange County Council (1982)
• OA Distinguished Service Award (DSA) (1990)

Education

Career

• Telecommunications

Additional

1982 Silver Beaver Citation

Bobby is a Manager with Pacific Telephone and is currently serving as Order of the Arrow Lodge Adviser (sic), and Scoutmaster for his own troop and one of the Council’s World Jamboree Troops. Over the past eighteen years Bobby has been active in a variety of positions, including Webelos Leader, Cubmaster, Assistant Cubmaster, Scoutmaster, Troop and Pack Committee Member, Unit Commissioner, Assistant District Commissioner, Roundtable Staff Member, District Program Chairman, Training Team Member, High Adventure Chairman, Order of the Arrow Associate Advisor(sic), Unit S.M.E. Chairman, Training Team Member and Camporee Coordinator. Bobby is fully trained as a Cub Scout and Boy Scout Leader, has attended Wood Badge, Commissioner Training, Philmont, Backpack Awareness courses, and National Leadership seminars. Bobby is a veteran of the U.S. Army, and is active with the Capistrano Valley Baptist Church. He has served the Community in the Boys’ Club, Junior Achievement, Rotary Club, Homeowners Association, and Pacific Telephone’s Pioneers of America. He and his wife Beverly Sue²live in San Juan Capistrano and have three sons, all active in Scouting, Bobby, Bruce and Byron, both Eagle Scouts.