ABOUT THE AUTHOR
JOHN BARTON RETTEW, III
66 OLD EAGLE SCHOOL ROAD
STRAFFORD, WAYNE, PENNSYLVANIA 19087
EDUCATIONAL AND BUSINESS BACKGROUND
Education:
Episcopal Academy 1950 - College Preparatory
Football, Track, Squash Manager, Tabula, various clubs
Haverford College 1954 - BA Psychology
Football (Co-Captain 1953 team), Track, Varsity Club, Beta Rho Sigma
Business:
Curtis Publishing Company - Division of Detail 1954 - 1968. Manager 1965 - 68
TV Guide Division Triangle Publications 1968 - 72 Assistant to Advertising Director; 1973 - 1988 Manager, Advertising Services
TV Guide Division of News America Publications, Inc. 1988 - 1996 Advertising Services Department Manager, Finance Department
Recognition:
1986 - 87 Marquis’ "Who’s Who in the East"
1992 - TV Guide Advertising Sales Support Award
FAMILY
Two Children by prior marriage - Christopher R. Rettew; Elizabeth Cavendar (Rettew) Bauer
1984 - married to Eleanor R. Crowley at St. Davids Church, Wayne, PA
ACTIVITIES
Boy Scouts of America:
1942 - 43 - Cub Scouts, Wayne, PA Cub Pack.
1944 - 52 - Troop 50, Devon, PA, Assistant Scoutmaster 1949 - 52.
1955 - 56 - Troop 100, Paoli, PA, Troop Committee Chairman 1956.
1958 - 60 - Troop 50, Devon, PA, Troop Committee Merit Badge Counselor
1962 - 66 - Cub Pack 47, Strafford, PA, Committee
1966 - 68 - Troop 50, Devon, PA, Assistant Scoutmaster
1968 - 81 - Troop 50, Devon, PA, Scoutmaster
1981 - 88 - Chester County Council, BSA, Council Commissioner and Executive Board
1988 - 90 - Chester County Council, BSA, Council President
1990 - 96 - Representative to National Council Boy Scouts of America
1993 - 96 - Devon 50, Inc., Chairman Board of Trustees
1990 - present - Chester County Council Executive Board, Council Finance Committee, Council Investment Committee, Council Marketing Committee et al.; 1997 - Chairman Heritage Fund Endowment Committee.
BSA Related:
1988 - Council President for Chester County Council Service Team for International Jamboree for Polish Scouts in Exile. 1200 Polish Scouts from 11 countries encamped at Camp Horseshoe, Rising Sun, MD.
1991 - 94 - Northeast Region Camp Inspection team
1992 - et al - Silver Beaver Selection Committee Chairman
1993 - 94 - Northeast Region Eagle Scout Scholarship Committee
1988, 90, 92, 94, 96 and 98 - Wood Badge Courses and Staff Leader; 96 Assistant Course Director, 98 Advisor and Wood Badge Dinner Committees
1988 - 98 - Council Gala and Auction Committees; Chaired or Co-chaired five events
Scouting Books Authored:
1977 - Wrote and published "Fifty Years of Fifty" history of Troop 50, Devon, PA
1987 - Wrote and published " Sixty Years of Fifty" history of Troop 50, Devon, PA
1994 - Wrote and Published " The Spirit of the Horseshoe" - the 75 year history of the Chester County Council, BSA
Scouting Recognition and Awards:
1945 - Order of the Arrow Ordeal Member, Octoraro Lodge 22
1947 - Eagle Scout (Devon 50 - #29)
1972 - Order of Merit Award by Conestoga District
1972 - Vigil Honor, Order of the Arrow, Octoraro Lodge 22
1974 - Silver Beaver Award, Chester County Council
1979 - Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Member Recognition
1979 - Hall of Fame Troop 50, Devon, PA
1986 - Council Commissioner Award
1987 - ‘Home Town Hero’ from United Way of Southeast Pennsylvania
1989 - Wood Badge ‘Beads’
1990 - "The ‘JB’ Rettew Award established (in recognition of the special level of dedication to Camp Horseshoe which had been demonstrated by John Rettew) by the Chester County Council, BSA to honor a member of the Camp Horseshoe Staff each year."
1996 - Allouchsit Allogan (The Mighty Server) Award, Octoraro Lodge 22
The Episcopal Academy:
1950 - Babe Ruth Award for spirit
1980 - present Annual Fund Raising Class Agent
1996 - present elected to Alumni Society Board of Managers
1996 - present 50th Reunion Committee Chairman
St. David’s Church:
1950 - 53 - Conducted Worship Service
1964 - 76 - Church School Worship Leader and Teacher
1976 - 78 - Church Lay Reader
United Way:
1982 - 85 - Directed TV Guide Pacesetter campaigns
1986 - 87 - Campaign Chairman, TV Guide
1987 - 89 - Trustee Representative to United Way of Southeastern Pennsylvania (SEPA) from Chester County Council, BSA
1987 - Vice President Campaign Effectiveness Council, SEPA
1988 - 88 - Campaign Steering Committee, TV Guide
1988 - 93 - Focused Employee Program Sponsor for United Way of SEPA
1989 - 91, 94, 95 - Campaign Co-Chairman, TV Guide
1994 - 95 - Campaign Effectiveness Council, United Way of SEPA
1996 - Campaign Steering Committee, TV Guide
United Way Recognition:
1990 - Volunteer Action Council of Greater Philadelphia, presented by Mayor Wilson Goode of Philadelphia, for "Outstanding Community Leadership Volunteer" for…commitment to and achievement on behalf of the Boy Scouts of America, the United Way and the St. David’s Church.
1993 - Hall of Fame Inductee for Focused Employee Program, United Way of SEPA