 Later in 2000 , Bradley was offered the chairmanship of the United States Olympic Committee , which he turned down . In September 2002 , Bradley turned down a request from New Jersey Democrats to replace Robert Torricelli on the ballot for his old Senate seat , which another former senator , Frank Lautenberg , accepted . Oxford University awarded Bradley an honorary Doctor of Civil Law ( DCL ) in 2003 , with a citation that described him in part as " ... an outstandingly distinguished athlete , a weighty pillar of the Senate , and still a powerful advocate of the weak ... " . In 2007 Bradley was awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award . This award is given in recognition of community service more than 25 years after a scout first earns the Eagle badge . 
