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List of Eagle Scouts (Boy Scouts of America)
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The Eagle Scout medal is presented to Scouts who earn the Eagle Scout rank |
This list of Eagle Scouts includes men who have become notable after earning Eagle Scout, the highest rank attainable in the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Since it was first awarded in 1912, Eagle Scout has been earned by more than one and a half million young men.[1] The title of "Eagle Scout" is held for life, thus giving rise to the phrase "Once an Eagle, always an Eagle".
Current requirements include earning a number of merit badges and demonstration of Scout Spirit, service and leadership. Eagle Scouts are presented with a medal and badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments of the Scout. Additional recognition can be earned through Eagle Palms, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership and merit badge requirements.
The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA), is a special award, awarded only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in his profession and to the community for a period of at least twenty-five years after earning the Eagle Scout rank. Since its introduction in 1969 by the National Eagle Scout Association, the DESA has been awarded to just under 2000 Eagle Scouts.a[›]
Indicates recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award.
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Lawrence S. Bacow; President of Tufts University and former chancellor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology.a[›][8]
- David A. Bader; Georgia Tech professor.[12]
- James P. Bagian; Physician and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-29 and STS-40.[3]
- Willie Banks; Olympic competitor and world-record-holding track star.[1]
- Marion Barry; Member of the Council of the District of Columbia, former mayor of Washington, D.C.[13]
- Harry Brinkley Bass (deceased); Navy fighter pilot killed in action over France during World War II, awarded the Navy Cross twice and the Silver Star. The USS Brinkley Bass was named in his honor.[14]
Charles E. Bayless; President of West Virginia University Institute of Technology and a regional Vice-President of West Virginia University.a[›][15]
Stephen Bechtel, Jr.; Chairman Emeritus and Director of Bechtel.a[›]
- John Beck; National Football League quarterback.[16]
- Albert Belle; Former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles. Considered by many to be one of the leading sluggers of his time, he was the first player to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season.[17]
Charles Edward Bennett (deceased); Representative from Florida.a[›]
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. (deceased); Four-term senator from Texas and nominee for vice president. Representative, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Secretary of the Treasury.a[›][1]
- Lee R. Berger; Internationally renowned paleoanthropologist, physical anthropologist and archeologist.[18]
- Dick Beyer; Retired professional wrestler, schoolteacher and coach.[19]
- Jeff Bingaman; Senator from New Mexico and former attorney general of New Mexico.[20]
- Arthur Gary Bishop (deceased); Serial killer.[21]
Sanford Bishop; Representative from Georgia.a[›][22]
- Michael Bloomberg; Mayor of the City of New York, prominent businessman and the founder of Bloomberg L.P.[23][8][24]
- Guy Bluford; Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut who participated in four flights of the Space Shuttle-STS-8, STS-39, STS-53, and STS-61-A. First African American in space. Designated as the emissary to return the Challenger flag.[3]
Charles H. Bonesteel III (deceased); Army general who commanded the US forces in Korea from 1966 to 1969.a[›]
- Ken Bowersox; Astronaut, test pilot and Navy captain who is a veteran of seven space flights-STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113, Expedition 6 and Soyuz TMA-1.[3]
William W. Bradley; Rhodes Scholar, former star basketball player who later became a senator and presidential candidate.a[›][1][8][24]
Charles E. Brady, Jr. (deceased); Astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-78.a[›][3]
James Brady; Gun control advocate and White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan who was shot and became permanently disabled during the Reagan assassination attempt.a[›]
Stephen Breyer; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.[25][8][24][26]a[›]
- Sherrod Brown; Senator from Ohio.[27]
- Russell Adam Burnham; Great-grandson of Frederick Russell Burnham and U.S. Army's Soldier of the Year in 2003.[28]
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George Coker, receiving his DESA
John Tyler Caldwell (deceased); Educator who served as the chancellor of North Carolina State University from 1959-1975.[29]a[›]
William D. Campbell (deceased); Founder of the World Scout Foundation, member of World Scout Committee.a[›]
Milton Caniff (deceased); Cartoonist famous for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips.a[›][1]
- Russ Carnahan; Representative from Missouri.[30]
Gerald P. Carr; Retired Marine Corps colonel and former astronaut who commanded Skylab 4.a[›]
Sonny Carter (deceased); Astronaut who flew on shuttle missions including STS-33.a[›]
- Roger B. Chaffee (deceased); Navy pilot and astronaut on Apollo 1.[3]
- Kirk Chambers; NFL football player for the Buffalo Bills.[31]
- Gregory Chamitoff; Astronaut who is a backup crew-member for International Space Station Expedition 15.[3]
- Eugene Calvin Cheatham, Jr. (1915–2005); Fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II, then flew over 100 missions during the Korean War, achieved the rank of lieutenant colonel.[32]
Kim B. Clark; President of Brigham Young University–Idaho from 2005 to present, former Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School.a[›]
Tom C. Clark (deceased); Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.a[›]
Thad Cochran; Senior senator from Mississippi.a[›]
George Thomas Coker; Retired Navy commander, honored with the Navy Cross for his leadership as a prisoner of war (POW) during the Vietnam War.a[›][33][8][24]
- Dr. Frank "Tick" Coleman; Community Activist and namesake of the Dr. Frank "Tick" Coleman National Service Award[34]
Barber Conable (deceased); Representative from New York, former president of the World Bank.a[›]
Richard O. Covey; Retired astronaut who was the pilot for the first "Return To Space" flight and flew shuttle missions STS-26, STS-38, STS-51-I, STS-61.a[›]
Mike Crapo; Senator from Idaho.a[›]
- John Oliver Creighton; Navy combat veteran and retired astronaut who flew shuttle missions STS-51-G, STS-36 and STS-48.[3]
John W. Creighton, Jr.; Civilian aide to the secretary of the Army; former CEO of Weyerhaeuser and United Airlines; former national president of the BSA.a[›]
- Jim Cooper Tennessee Congressman.[35]
- Edgar Cunningham (deceased); Earliest known African American Eagle Scout, awarded in 1926.[36][37]
- Ben Curtis; Actor best known for his Dell ads.[38]
- Clive Cussler; Adventure novelist and successful amateur marine archaeologist, founder of National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA).[39]
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- Philo Farnsworth (deceased); Inventor, holder of first patent for an electronic television.[5]
- Jim Feldkamp; Politician, former Navy aviator, combat veteran and former FBI agent.[46]
- Robert Edward Femoyer (deceased); Army Air Forces navigator during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor.[47]
- Lawrence Ferlinghetti; Poet who is best known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beat Generation.[48]
- Alva R. Fitch (deceased); Lieutenant general in the Army and former Deputy Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency.[49]
- Mike Fitzpatrick; Former U.S. Congressman from Bucks County, PA.[50]
- Eugene B. Fluckey (deceased); Navy submarine commander during World War II who received the Medal of Honor.[51]
- Tom Foley; Former representative from Washington, former speaker of the House of Representatives, former ambassador to Japan.[1]
Gerald R. Ford Jr. (deceased); 38th President of the United States.a[›][1][8]
- David Foreman; Co-founder of environmental activist group Earth First!.[52]
- Patrick G. Forrester; Astronaut who flew on STS-105.[3]
Steve Fossett (legally deceased); Aviator and adventurer known for his five world record non-stop circumnavigations of the Earth: as a long-distance solo balloonist, as a sailor, and as a solo airplane pilot; president of the National Eagle Scout Association.a[›][1]
Michael E. Fossum; Colonel in the Air Force Reserve and astronaut who flew on STS-121 as a mission specialist.a[›][3][53][54]
Murphy J. Foster, Jr.; Politician who was the former governor of Louisiana.a[›][55]
- Louis Freeh; 10th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation[56]
- C. Gordon Fullerton; Research pilot, retired Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew STS-3 and STS-51-F.[3]
- Daniel Frisa; Journalist and former congressman.[57]
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- Chan Gailey; Former head coach of the Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets football team and former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys.[58][8]
John Garamendi; 46th Lieutenant Governor of California, former California Insurance Commissioner, former Deputy United States Secretary of the Interior.a[›]
Robert Gates; Secretary of Defense, Former President of Texas A&M University, former CIA director, former President of the National Eagle Scout Association.a[›][1]
William H. Gates, Sr.; Lawyer and CEO of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, father of Bill Gates.a[›][8][24]
Gordon Gee; President of several universities and law professor.a[›]
Dick Gephardt; Former majority leader of the House of Representatives, former representative from Missouri, former presidential candidate.a[›]
- Louie Gohmert; Representative from Texas.[59]
Stephen Goldsmith; Author, politician, professor, and educator, former mayor of Indianapolis.a[›]
- Matt Gonzalez; Politician, attorney, and editorial writer. Former member and president of the San Francisco, California Board of Supervisors from the Green Party.[60]
Ronald M. Gould; Judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals and former professor at the University of Washington.a[›]
- William G. Gregory; Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-67.[3]
- S. David Griggs (deceased); Navy Reserve admiral and astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-51-D.[3]
John H. Groberg; Emeritus member of the Seventy for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.a[›]
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"Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt with Baden-Powell
Bradley Haddock; Vice president, general counsel, and secretary of Koch Chemical Technology Group, LLC.a[›]
- David Hahn; "Radioactive Boy Scout" who attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age seventeen.[61]
- H. R. Haldeman (deceased); White House Chief of Staff.[62]
William Hanna (deceased); Animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera.a[›]
John M. Harbert (deceased); Businessman who founded Harbert Management Company.a[›]
- Alfred Harvey (deceased); Founder of Harvey Comics.[63]
John Briggs Hayes (deceased); Commandant of the United States Coast Guard.a[›]
- J. D. Hayworth; Former representative from Arizona and former television and radio journalist.[64]
- Bobby Henderson; Creator of the parody religion Flying Spaghetti Monsterism.[65]
- Jeb Hensarling; Representative from Texas.[66]
Richard Herman, Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaigna[›]
Robert T. Herres; Retired chairman of USAA Group, retired Air Force general who was the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award.a[›]
Dudley R. Herschbach; Chemist and Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University who won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.a[›]
William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt (deceased); Danish Knight-Scout considered to be the father of American Boy Scouting and the Scoutmaster to the World due to his prolific writings and teachings in the areas of troop and patrol structure, training, and the development of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program.a[›]
- Jeffrey A. Hoffman; Co-director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, former astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61 and STS-75.[67]
- Mark William Hofmann; Forger and murderer.[68]
George Hooks; politician Georgia State Senate.[69][70][71]
- L. Ron Hubbard (deceased); Pulp fiction and science fiction writer and founder of Scientology and Dianetics.[72]
Donald Keith Hummel; Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Newark.[73]
Howard W. Hunter (deceased); 14th President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.a[›]
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I. Beverly Lake; Jurist and public official, formerly the chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court.a[›][81]
Charles R. Larson; retired Navy admiral, member of the board of Northrop Grumman.a[›]
Greg Lashutka; Lawyer and former mayor of Columbus, Ohio, former NFL player for the Buffalo Bills.a[›]
- Mark C. Lee; Retired Air Force officer and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, and STS-82.[67]
- Sheldon Leonard (deceased); Pioneering film and television producer, director, writer, and actor.[82]
Howard Lincoln; CEO of Seattle Mariners baseball team and former chairman of Nintendo of America. In 1956 he posed for The Scoutmaster painting by Norman Rockwell.a[›]
- Don L. Lind; Retired astronaut who flew SpaceLab mission STS-51-B.[67]
- Steven W. Lindsey; Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-87, STS-95, and STS-104.[67]
Gary Locke; Lawyer and former governor of Washington.a[›][8]
- Andrew Looney; Award-winning game designer, writer, cartoonist, photographer, computer programmer and activist.[83]
James Lovell; Retired astronaut who flew on missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13, former president of National Eagle Scout Association.a[›][1][8][24]
James Loy; former Deputy Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), first administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, and former Commandant of the Coast Guard.a[›]
Richard Lugar; Senator from Indiana.a[›][8]
- David Lynch; Award winning filmmaker and actor.[84]
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Tom Mack; Offensive left guard for Los Angeles Rams and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame.a[›]
- Mark Madsen; NBA basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves, coach of youth basketball camp.[8]
Ray Malavasi (deceased); Head coach of NFL's Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams.a[›]
J. W. Marriott, Jr.; Chairman and CEO of Marriott International.a[›][1][8][24]
- Wynton Marsalis; Trumpeter and composer who has been awarded nine Grammys and the Pulitzer Prize.[85]
- Robert J. Mazzuca; Professional Scouter and current Chief Scout Executive.[86]
- William Cameron McCool (deceased); Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS-107.[67][8]
- Michael J. McCulley; Chief Executive Officer of United Space Alliance and retired astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-104.[67]
- Charles T. McDowell (deceased); Soviet Union Scholar and US Army officer.[87]
- Rob McKenna; Washington state Attorney General.[88]a[›]
- Sid McMath (deceased); Decorated Marine, renowned attorney and progressive reform Governor of Arkansas.[89]
- Robert McNamara; Business executive and former United States Secretary of Defense.[90]
- Michael R. McNulty; Representative from New York.[91]
Roy W. Menninger; Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, older brother of Walter.a[›]
W. Walter Menninger; Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, younger brother of Roy.a[›]
- George Meyer; Writer and producer of The Simpsons.[92]
Richards Miller; Dentist, one of the founders of Venturing, one of the authors of Wood Badge in the 21st Century and the 2003 Field Book.a[›]
- Tony Miller; Lawyer and former Chief Deputy for the Secretary of State of California.[93]
- Scott Mitchell; Former NFL quarterback.[94]
- Lloyd Monserratt (deceased); Political and community leader in California.[95]
- Michael Moore; Academy Award winning film director, author, social commentator, and comedian.[96]
Jim E. Mora; Sport radio commentator and analyst. Former head coach of the Baltimore Stars, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts.a[›]
- John "Jack" Murtha; Representative from Pennsylvania and decorated war veteran.[2]
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