Famous Eagle Scouts

Henry Aaron - baseball player, home run king Bill Alexander - US Rep from Arkansas

Lamar Alexander - Lawyer, Governor of Tennessee, Secretary of Education, US Presidential candidate 1996

Gary L. Anderson - US Rep from NY

Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon, from Wapakoneta, OH

Albert Belle - outfielder, Chicago White Sox

Charles E. Bennett - US Rep from Florida

Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star and US Senator from NJ

James Brady - press sec to Pres. Reagan

Milton A. Caniff - comic strip artist "Steve Canyon"

William E. Dannemeyer - US Rep from Cal.

William Devries - MD, transplanted first artificial heart

Michael Dukakis - former governor of Massachusetts

Arthur Eldred - First Eagle Scout

Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle to be pres.), "Junior" Ford of Troop 15, Grand Rapids, MI in 1927, 26 MBs--including Civics, "Boy Scouts was invaluable in shaping my life."

Murphy J. "Mike" Foster - Governor of Louisiana

Alfred Kinsey, Dr. - insect biologist, human behavior researcher

John Koncak - Orlando Magic basketball player

Sheldon Leonard - actor, director, producer, won 3 Emmys

Gary Lock - Governor of Washington State, first US governor of Asian (Chinese) descent (other than Hawaii)

James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut, President of NESA Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13. Apollo 13 Mission Commander. At one time had seen more sunrises than any other human being, Distinguished Eagle recipient.

Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana

J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - Pres. Marriott Corp.

Jim Mora - Head Coach, New Orleans Saints football team

Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson - actor, earned in 1919 at age 13

Sam Nunn - US Senator from Georgia

Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger

Steve Oswald - Astronaut, Distinguished Eagle recipient

H. Ross Perot - self-made billionaire and presidential candidate

J. J. Pickle - US Rep from Texas, proudly displays his Distinguished Eagle plaque inside his office

Samuel R. Pierce - former Sec. Housing & Urban Development

Frederick Reines - Nobel Prize for Physics, 1995

Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author

James Sanderson - Vice Admiral, US Navy (Retired), Deputy Chief US Atlantic Fleet

William Sessions - former FBI director

Steven Spielberg - Movie producer, from Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop while getting Photography MB

Wallace Stegner - writer and college professor, won Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for "Angle of Repose"

Percy Sutton - Attorney, Ch. of Board of City Broadcasting Corp.

John Tesh - TV celebrity and pianist

Sam Walton - Businessman, Retailer

Togo D. West, Jr. - Sec. Of The Army and Sec. Of Veteran Affairs during Clinton administration, Distinguished Eagle recipient


FAMOUS/NOTABLE SCOUTS, but not Eagles:

Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & refining

Jimmy Buffett - musician and singer

Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of US

Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones"

Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp.

Dan Jansen - Olympic Gold Medal-Speed Skating, 1994 Olympics, Lillihammer

Bruce Jenner - Olympic Decathlete, Gold Medalist

John F Kennedy - first US President who was a Scout

Branford Marsalis - Life Scout, Jazz musician

Merlin Olson - Pro football player and sportscaster

Eddie Rabbitt - Country & Western singer

John Ritter - actor, son of singer Tex Ritter

Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher

Alberto Salazar - Life, 3 time winner NY marathon

Mark Spitz - Seven Gold Medals-Swimming, 1972 Munich Olympic Games

James Stewart - actor, USAF B. General, B-17 pilot in WWII

Joe Theisman - Life, former QB, Washington Redskins

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