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In Dr. Harrison Richardson, a member of one of its oldest families, Beaver has a veteran of two polar expeditions. Dr. Richardson, who is an Eagle Scout, earned an opportunity while a student at Geneva College to accompany Admiral Richard Byrd's 1939 expedition to the Antarctic as a dog handier. During this year he walked over 1,000 miles, charting and marking the polar ice cap for aerial photography. In 1945, as a medical officer in the United States Navy, he was stationed at Little America IV, at the South Pole again. After the war he returned to Beaver where he was honored by the Award of the Silver Beaver for his contribution to scouting. He has served for 20 years on the staff of the Rochester Hospital.