The initial list of famous scouts used on this page was taken from a file by Randy Everette. If you have any additions or corrections, please let us know at troop56@sonet.net.
FAMOUS EAGLE SCOUTS
- Bill Alexander - US Rep from Arkansas
- Gary L. Anderson - US Rep from NY
- Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon, from Wapakoneta, OH
- Charles E. Bennett - US Rep from Florida
- William Bennett - former Secretary of Education
- 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"
- John W. Creighton, Jr. - President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
- 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--inncluding Civics, "Boy Scouts was invaluable in shaping my life. James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut, President of NASA. Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13 At one time had seen more sunrises than any other human being
- Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana (presidential canidate 1996)
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - Pres. Marriott Corp.
- Sam Nunn - US Senator from Georgia
- Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger
- H. Ross Perot - self-made billionaire and presidential canidate
- J. J. Pickle - US Rep from Texas, proudly displays his Eagle plaque inside his office
- Samuel R. Pierce - former Sec. Housing & Urban Development
- Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author
- William Sessions - foremer FBI director
- Steven Spielberg - Movie producer, from Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop while getting Photography MB. Helped to design requirements for the Cinematography 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
Only 2 in 100 that joins Scouts make Eagle--that's 0.5% of the male population.
FAMOUS SCOUTS, but not Eagles
- Henry Aaron - baseball player, home run king
- Richard Dean Anderson - taught Reptile Study, actor
- Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & refining
- Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of US
- Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones"
- Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp.
- David Hartman - TV personality
- 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
- Richard Roundtree - actor
- Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher
- Alberto Salazar - Life, 3 time winner NY marathon
- James Stewart - actor, USAF B. General, B-17 pilot in WWII
- Joe Theisman - Life, former QB, Washington Redskins
Contributors to this file
- Joseph Bork
- John Carlson
- John Creighton
- Mike Derleth
- Randy Everette
- Chuck Huber
- Bill Kennedy
- Doug Marks
- Douglas Shearer
