memorial did little to educate them about the war or veterans' issues. By 2015, the VVMF had raised $27 million to build the education center, although Scruggs felt that millions more would be needed to complete and endow it. The current estimate is in the range of $100 million. Scruggs' tactics were successful, but created controversy among purists on the Mall issues. He remains hopeful that the center will find funding. Retirement Scruggs retired from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund at the end of June 2015. He told the newspaper Stars and Stripes that he intended to stay involved in charitable work. He is an advocate of a post-911 memorial, and is an advisor to the Global War on Terror Memorial Foundation. He also said he would indulge his hobbies of sailing, hiking, and skeet shooting. Scruggs was appointed Chairman of the National Appeals Board for Selective Service by President Obama on July 3, 2012. He serves on the Vietnam War Commemoration administered by the Secretary of Defense. He also serves on the board of advisors of the Code of Support Foundation, a nonprofit military services organization. He occasionally writes for Vietnam Magazine, Army Times and the New York Times. Book, awards and film In 1983, Scruggs received the Samuel S. Beard Award for Greatest Public Service by an Individual 35 Years or Under, an award given annually by Jefferson Awards for Public Service. In 1985, Scruggs published a memoir titled To Heal a Nation. The book was made into a 1988 television film, with Eric Roberts as Scruggs and Glynnis O'Connor as his wife, Becky. References Notes Citations Bibliography External links 1950 births Living people American lawyers United States Army non-commissioned officers United States Army personnel of the Vietnam War American University alumni People from Bowie, Maryland