BILL LIDDERDALE'S GALLERY OF PICO BLANCO

Bill Lidderdale with his son George on his knee & daughter Elissa with her arm around her dad.

Assistant Scout Executive, Esselen Lodge Staff Adviser, and Camp Director

The design for the Camp Pico Blanco patch came from a painting done by Bill's wife, Angela (second from left).

From an interview with Chief Scout Executive Bob Mazzuca in Scouting Magazine, October 2007

Scouting: How did you decide on Scouting as a career?

Mazzuca: I was on camp staff the summer before starting college, and that’s when I decided I wanted to do this for a living.

The camp director, Bill Lidderdale, was also a district executive in the Monterey Bay Area Council. Next to my father, I just worshiped this guy. He was my hero. He told me about professional Scouting and said he thought I would do a good job.

So here was a person that I really admired telling me that I was good enough to do what he did for a living. That was all it took, and in 1971 I started this adventure in Modesto, Calif.

From the Knapsack 1965

From the History of Sea Scouting in the United States

In 1968, a new Exploring Division, BSA was organized and established under the direction of John M. Claerhout, who placed a new emphasis on Sea Exploring by naming William J. Lidderdale as the first time director of Sea Scouting since 1935.

The following pictures from 1959 or 1960

were provided by Bill Lidderdale's son, Will Lidderdale.

(Click pictures to enlarge)

George Ross & Bill Tefertiller