Bill Alexander - U.S. Representative from Arkansas
Gary L. Ackerman - U.S. Representative from NY
Neil Armstrong - Astronaut, first man on moon.
Henry Aaron - Baseball player, home run king. He was quoted in the 'Mobile
Press Register' as saying that the greatest positive influence in
his life was his involvement in Scouting.
Charles E. Bennett - U.S. Representative from Florida
William Bennett - Former Secretary of Education
Bill Bradley - Pro-basketball star and US Senator from NJ
James Brady - Press Secretary to President Reagan
Milton A. Caniff - Comic strip artist "Steve Canyon"
John W. Creighton, Jr. - President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
William E. Dannemeyer - U.S. 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 President)
Steven Fossett - Tried several times to fly solo around the world in
a hot air ballon, won the Chicago to Mackinaw boat races, competed in
the Iditorad dog race, and competed in several iron man triathelons.
Gary Locke - 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 Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut. President of National Eagle
Scout Association. Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13. He
had seen more sunrises than any other human being.
Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana (Presidential candidate 1996)
J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - President of Marriott Corporation.
Sam Nunn - U.S. Senator from Georgia
Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut aboard the space shuttle Challenger
H. Ross Perot - Self-made billionaire and Presidential candidate
J. J. Pickle - U.S. Representative from Texas. He proudly displays his Eagle plaque
inside his office.
Samuel R. Pierce - Former Secretary of Housing & Urban Development
Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author
Jeff Sessions - Junior Senator from Alabama
William Sessions - Former FBI Director
Sam Skinner - Secretary of Energy during the Bush administration and
now CEO OF Commonwealth Edison
Steven Spielberg - Movie producer who made a movie
of his troop while getting his Photography Merit Badge. Helped to design
requirements for the Cinematography Merit Badge.
Wallace Stegner - Writer and college professor, won Pulitzer Prize
in 1972 for "Angle of Repose"
Percy Sutton - Attorney, Chairman of the Board of City Broadcasting Corporation
John Tesh - TV celebrity and pianist
Eagle Facts
Only 1.2 million boys have reached Eagle in over 80 years. (That's about 15,000 a
year.) Only 2 in 100 boys that join Scouts make Eagle.
Famous Scouts
But never made Eagle
Richard Dean Anderson - Actor, Taught Reptile Study
Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & Refining
Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of U.S.
Harrison Ford - Life Scout, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana
Jones"
Bill Gates - Life Scout, 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 Scout, 3 time winner NY marathon
James Stewart - Actor, USAF B. General, B-17 pilot in WWII
Joe Theisman - Life Scout, former QB for the Washington Redskins
This list of Famous Eagle Scouts was garnered from many different sources and used with permission as stated on these websites. All trademarks, names, and copyrights are the properties of their Owners. Troop 221 makes no guarantees as to the accuracy of this information.
