OXFORD – The Baden-Powell Council of the Boy Scouts of America has announced that Thomas C. Emerson is this year’s recipient of the 2012 Distinguished Citizen of the Year award for Chenango County.

Emerson, of Oxford, will be honored at a dinner to be held at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May 10 at the Canasawacta Country Club in Norwich. Selection was made for the award by a committee of local citizens which includes past recipients, and is co-chaired by Dave and Mary El Emerson. Last year’s recipient was George Echentile.