Some notable Eagle Scouts
-
Henry "Hank" Aaron – (1934- ) Baseball superstar.
The Mobile Press Register quoted Henry as saying that the greatest positive
influence in his life was his involvement in Scouting
- Gary L. Ackerman – (1942- ) U.S. Representative from New York
- James C.
Adamson – (1946- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Peter
Agre, PhD – (1949- ) Nobel Prize receipient for chemistry
- William V. "Bill" Alexander – (1934- ) U.S.
Representative from Arkansas
- Lamar Alexander – (1940- ) Distinguished
Eagle Scout, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, Governor of Tennessee, Secretary of
Education, presidential candidate & attorney
- Neil
Armstrong – (1930- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
Apollo Astronaut and first man to walk on the moon
- Dr. James P.
Bagian, MD – (1952- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Willie Banks
– (1956- ) Olympian, Former World Record Holder, Triple Jump and Long Jump
- Albert Belle
– (1966- ) Professional baseball player
- Charles Bennett – (1910-2003) U.S. Representative from
Florida
- William Bennett
– (1943- ) Secretary of Education
- Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr – (1921- ) Secretary of the Treasury,
U.S. Representative & Senator from Texas
- Jesse F. "Jeff" Bingaman – (1943- ) Senator from
New Mexico
- Sanford D. Bishop – (1947- ) U.S. Representative from Georgia
- Michael
Bloomberg – (1942- ) Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg News
- Kenneth D.
Bowersox – (1956- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Bill Bradley – (1943-
) Pro basketball star and U.S. Senator from New Jersey
- Charles E.
Brady – (1951- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- James S. Brady – (1940- ) Press Secretary to President Ronald
Reagan
- Milton Caniff
– (1907-1988) Distinguished Eagle Scout, Comic
Strip Artist "Steve Canyon"
- Gerald P.
Carr – (1932- ) Skylab Astronaut
- Manley L.
"Sonny" Carter, Jr. – (1947-1991) Shuttle Astronaut
- Roger B.
Chaffee – (1935-1967) Astronaut
- Gregory
E. Chamitoff – (1962- ) Astronaut
- W. Thad Cochran – (1937- ) Senator from Mississippi
- Barber B. Conable – (1922-2003) President, World Bank
- Richard O.
Covey – (1946- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Michael D. Crapo – (1951- ) Senator from Idaho
- John
O. Creighton – (1943 -) Shuttle Astronaut
- John
W. Creighton Jr – (1932- ) President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company,
CEO of United Airlines, Director of Unocal
- Walter Cronkite
– (1916- ) Journalist, T.V. commentator
- William E. Dannemeyer – (1929- ) U.S. Representative from
California
- William C.
DeVries, MD – Surgeon and educator - transplanted first artificial human
heart
- Michael Dukakis
– (1933- ) Governor of Massachusetts, presidential candidate
- Donn F.
Eisele – (1930-1987) Apollo 7 Astronaut
- Arthur R. Eldred
– (1895-1951) The First Eagle Scout
- Michael B. Enzi – (1944- ) Senator from Wyoming
- Daniel J. Evans – (1925- ) U.S. Senator from Washington and
Governor of Washington
- David Farabee – Texas
State Representative
- Thomas S. Foley – (1929- ) Speaker of the House and U.S.
Representative from Washington
- Gerald
R. Ford – (1913- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
38th President of the U.S.
- Patrick G.
Forrester – (1957- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Steven Fossett
– (1944- ) Tried several times to fly solo around the world in a hot air balloon
and finally did it in 2002, won the Chicago to Mackinaw boat races, competed in the
Iditarod dog race, and competed in several iron man triathlons, and among other things
lives the Scouting mottos both Cub and Boy Scout by doing his best and being prepared
- Murphy J. "Mike"
Foster – (1930- ) Governor of Louisiana
- Michael E.
Fossum – (1957- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Charles
G. Fullerton – (1936- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- John Garamendi – (1945-
) Insurance Commissioner of California, former Deputy Secretary of the Interior,California
State Senator, California State Representative
- Robert M. Gates
– (1942?- ) President of Texas A&M University, Director of Central
Intelligence (CIA)
- Richard A. Gephardt – (1941- ) House Minority Leader, U.S.
Representative from Missouri
- William G.
Gregory – (1957- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- S. David
Griggs – (1939-1989) Shuttle Astronaut
- John D. Hayworth Jr. – (1958- ) U.S. Representative from
Arizona
- Jeb Hensarling – (1957- ) U.S. Representative from Texas
- Jeffrey A.
Hoffman – (1944- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Gregory
H. Johnson – (1962- ) Astronaut
- Thomas D.
Jones – (1955- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Michael Kahn –
(1935- ) Stage director, Oscar winning film editor
- Alfred C. Kinsey,
PhD – (1894-1956) insect biologist, human behavior researcher
- John Koncak – Professional basketball player
- Mark C. Lee
– (1952- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Sheldon Leonard
– (1907- ) actor, director, producer, 3 time Emmy award winner
- Steven W.
Lindsey – (1960- ) Shuttle Astronaut - He was the pilot for STS-95 when
John Glenn returned to space as a Senator. He made Eagle in Troop 161 in Temple City,
California.
- Gary Locke
– (1950- ) Governor of the State of Washington, the first Chinese-American
Governor in the contiguous United States, and selected as a Distinguished Eagle Scout by
NESA
- James A
Lovell, Jr – (1928- ) Navy pilot, Astronaut, President of National Eagle
Scout Association. Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13
- Richard G. Lugar – (1932- ) Distinguished
Eagle Scout, U.S. Senator from Indiana, 1996 presidential candidate
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr – Chairman & CEO of Marriott
Corporation
- William
McCool – (1961-2003) Astronaut, Pilot of U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia, U.S.
Navy Commander
- Michael McNulty – (1947- ) U.S. Representative from New York
- W. Walter
Menninger MD – Physician, civil servant
- Michael Moore – Author
and filmmaker, nominated for an Oscar for "Bowling for Columbine", filmmaker of
"Fahrenheit 9/11"
- Jim Mora
– NFL football coach
- John P. Murtha – (1932- ) U.S. Representative from New York
- Earl B. "Ben" Nelson – (1941- ) Senator from
Nebraska
- Oswald G.
"Ozzie" Nelson – (1906-1975) Distinguished
Eagle Scout, actor
- Samuel A. Nunn – (1938- ) U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Brian T.
O'Leary – (1940- ) Scientist, Astronaut
- Ellison S.
Onizuka – (1946-1986) Challenger Astronaut, USAF Lt. Colonel
- Stephen S.
Oswald – (1951- ) Shuttle Astronaut, Navy Rear Admiral
- Mitchell Paige
– (1918-2003) USMC Colonel, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient,
- Francis J.
Parater – (1897-1920) Nominated for Sainthood by Diocese of Richmond,
VA. died at age 22 in 1920 in Rome, while at seminary.
- Scott E.
Parazynski – (1961- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- H. Ross Perot
– (1930- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
Self-made billionaire, Founder of Electronic Data Systems Corporation and The Perot Group,
presidential candidate
- Rick Perry – (1950-
) Governor, State of Texas
- Donald R.
Pettit – (1955- ) International Space Station Astronaut
- James "J.J." Pickle – (1913- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout, U.S. Representative from Texas,
proudly displays his Eagle plaque inside his office
- Samuel R. Pierce Jr – (1922-2000) Secretary of Housing &
Urban Development
- Robert J. Portman – (1955- ) U.S. Representative from Ohio
- Kenneth S.
Reightler, Jr. – (1951- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Frederick
Reines – Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- T. Gary Rogers – Chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Ice Cream
- Jim Rogers – CEO of Kampgrounds of America (KOA)
- Dana Rohrabacher – (1947- ) U.S. Representative from
California
- Donald H.
Rumsfeld – Distinguished Eagle Scout,
Secretary of Defense
- Harrison E.
Salisbury – (1908-1993) Pulitzer Prize Winning Author
- James Sanderson – (1925- ) Vice Admiral, US Navy (Ret),
Deputy Chief US Atlantic Fleet
- Richard A.
Searfoss – (1956- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- Elliot M.
See, Jr. – (1927-1966) Gemini Missions Astronaut
- Jefferson B. "Jeff" Sessions – (1946- ) U.S.
Senator from Alabama
- Pete Sessions – (1955- ) U.S. Representative from Texas
- William S.
Sessions – (1930- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
FBI Director
- Paul A. Siple
– (1908-1968) Antarctic explorer
- Isaac "Ike" Skelton – (1931- ) U.S. Representative
from Missouri
- Samuel K. "Sam" Skinner – (1938- ) Secretary of
Transportation, CEO Commonwealth Edison
- Christopher H. Smith – (1953- ) U.S. Representative from New
Jersey
- Gordon H. Smith – (1952- ) Senator from Oregon
- Steven Spielberg
– (1946- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout, Film
Director/Producer, from Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop while getting
Photography MB. Helped to design requirements for the Cinematography MB.
- Wallace Stegner
– (1913-1993) Writer and college professor, won Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for
"Angle of Repose"
- Bart T. Stupak – (1952- ) U.S. Representative from Michigan
- Percy E. Sutton
– (1920- ) Attorney, Chairman of the Board of Inner City Broadcasting Corp.
- Joseph R.
"Joe" Tanner – (1950- ) Shuttle Astronaut
- John Tesh
– (1952- ) TV celebrity and pianist
- Meldrim
Thomson, Jr – (1912-2001) 3-term Governor of New Hampshire
- Patrick J. Toomey – <1961- ) U.S. Representative from
Pennsylvania
- Richard H.
Truly – (1937- ) Vice-Admiral USN and NASA Space Flight Associate
Administrator
- David M.
Walker – (1944-2001) Shuttle Astronaut
- Sam Walton
– (1918-1992) Founder of Wal-Mart, Medal of Freedom recipient
- Togo
D. West – (1942- ) Secretary of the Army, Secretary of Veteran's Affairs
- William C.
Westmoreland – (1914- ) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
U.S. Army General, Army Chief of Staff
- Edward O. Wilson – (1929- ) Pellegrino University Professor
and curator of entomology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University
- Donald
F. Wright – Distinguished Eagle Scout,
CEO Times Mirror Co.
- Elmo R. Zumwalt,
Jr – (1920-2000) Distinguished Eagle Scout,
Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
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