List of Eagle Scouts

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Eagle Scout is the highest rank attainable in the Scouts BSA program of Scouting America. Since it was first awarded to Arthur Rose Eldred on August 21, 1912, Eagle Scout has been earned by more than two million youth.[4] The list below includes notable recipients.

Created1911
Recipients
  • Eagle Scouts
    • 27,718 (2026)[1]
    • 2.8 million (total) [2]

    Distinguished Eagle Scouts

    • 2,150 (total 2015)[3]
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Recipients
  • Eagle Scouts
    • 27,718 (2026)[1]
    • 2.8 million (total) [2]

    Distinguished Eagle Scouts

    • 2,150 (total 2015)[3]
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As of 2014, requirements include earning at least 21 merit badges and demonstrating Scout Spirit, leadership, and service. The requirements include an Eagle Scout Service Project where the Scout must further demonstrate service and leadership.[5] Eagle Scouts are recognized with a medal and a cloth badge that visibly recognizes the accomplishments of the Scout. Eagle Palms are a further recognition, awarded for completing additional tenure, leadership, and merit badge requirements. Typically adult volunteers who have received the Eagle award as a youth wear a smaller patch depicting a square knot.

The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA) is bestowed to Eagle Scouts for nationally renowned distinguished service in their profession and to the community for a period of at least 25 years after earning the Eagle Scout rank.[6] Since its introduction in 1969 by the National Eagle Scout Association, the DESA has been awarded to over 2,000 Eagle Scouts.[a]

The NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA) is bestowed to Eagle Scouts who have distinguished themselves at a local-to-regional level or who have not yet met the 25-year tenure requirement to be considered for a DESA. This award was introduced in 2011.[7]

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  • Indicates recipients of the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA)
  • Indicates recipients of the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award (NOESA)
  • † indicates deceased

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Bruce Ableson 1980 American computer programmer and website developer [8]
Gary Ackerman 1960 c. Representative from New York (1983–2013) [a]
James C. Adamson 1961 Army colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-28 and STS-43 [c]
Peter Aduja † 1936 c. First Filipino American elected to public office in the United States. Elected as a State Representative in the Hawaii Legislature in 1954. [9]
Peter Agre 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Medical doctor, professor, and molecular biologist who was awarded the 2003 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his discovery of aquaporin; president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science [a][10][11]
William Vollie Alexander Jr. 1950 c. Representative from Arkansas (1969–1993) [12]
Lamar Alexander 1954 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 45th Governor of Tennessee; Secretary of Education (1991–1993); Senator from Tennessee (2003–2021) [a]
Dana Altman 1973 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award College men's basketball coach at Oregon; formerly at Creighton, Kansas State and Marshall [13]
Bill Amend 1968 c. Cartoonist, best known for his comic strip FoxTrot [14]
John Edward Anderson † 1931 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Founder of Topa Equities, namesake of UCLA Anderson School of Management [a]
Rudolf Anderson † 1945 c. Air Force officer; first recipient of the Air Force Cross; the only person killed by enemy fire during the Cuban Missile Crisis when his U-2 spy aircraft was shot down over Cuba [15]
Phillip Andrew "Pip" Arnold 2009 Singer; semi-finalist on The Glee Project; competitor on The Voice [16]
David Archuleta 2010 Singer-songwriter; actor [17]
Carlos Arguelles † 1932 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Prominent Filipino architect known for being a leading proponent of the International Style of architecture in the Philippines in the 1960s [18][19]
Neil Armstrong † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Astronaut who flew on the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions; test pilot and naval aviator; first human to set foot on the Moon [a][c][e]
Gary Arndt 1987 Award winning travel photographer and writer. [20]
Kenneth A. Arnold † 1929 c. Aviator and businessman, known especially for early UFO sightings [21]
Alan C. Ashton 1957 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Co-founder of WordPerfect; professor at Brigham Young University [a][22]
Marvin J. Ashton † 1963 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Member of the Quorum of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; businessman; Utah State Senator [a][23]
Brent F. Ashworth 1963

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 American-history document dealer and autograph collector [24]
Norman R. Augustine 1952 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Aerospace businessman; CEO of Martin Marietta Aerospace [a][25]
Leslie Aulds † 1936 c. Professional baseball player (Boston Red Sox 1947) and collegiate umpire. [26]
Brad Avakian 1975 Commissioner of the Oregon Bureau of Labor and Industries; Oregon State Representative and Senator [27]
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Lawrence S. Bacow 1966 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of Harvard University, President of Tufts University and Chancellor of Massachusetts Institute of Technology [a][e]
David Bader 1985 Georgia Tech professor [28]
James P. Bagian 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Physician and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-29 and STS-40 [c]
Willie Banks 1971 Olympic competitor and world-record-holding track star [d]
Alden G. Barber † 1933 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Professional Scouter, fifth Chief Scout Executive (1967–1976) [a]
Ray Barnhart † 1944 c. Texas State Representative; Chairman of the Republican Party of Texas; Director of Federal Highway Administration [29]
Marion Barry † 1954 Mayor of Washington, D.C. (1979–1991) and (1995–1999); Member of the Council of the District of Columbia (2000–2014) [30]
Maxie Baughan † 1952

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 Retired football linebacker in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles, Los Angeles Rams, and the Washington Redskins [31][32]
Harry Brinkley Bass † 1930 Navy fighter pilot killed in action over France during World War II; awarded the Navy Cross twice and the Silver Star; USS Brinkley Bass (DD-887) was named in his honor [33]
Charles E. Bayless 1958 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of West Virginia University Institute of Technology; regional vice-president of West Virginia University [a][34]
Daniel Carter Beard † 1915 Author, illustrator, founding pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America [35]
Stephen Bechtel Jr. † 1940 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman Emeritus and Director of Bechtel [a]
John Beck 1997 c. National Football League quarterback for the Miami Dolphins and Baltimore Ravens [36]
Emory Bellard † 1943 c. Head coach at Texas A&M University from 1972 to 1978 and at Mississippi State University from 1979 until 1985 [37]
Albert Belle 1981 Major League Baseball outfielder for the Cleveland Indians, Chicago White Sox, and Baltimore Orioles; first player to hit 50 doubles and 50 home runs in a single season [38][39]
Charles Edward Bennett † 1925 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Florida (1949–1993) [a]
Steve Benson † 1970 U.S. editorial cartoonist for The Arizona Republic [40]
Lloyd Bentsen † 1938 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Texas (1948–1955); Senator from Texas (1971–1993); nominee for Vice President of the United States (1988); Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee (1987-1993); Secretary of the Treasury (1993–1994) [a][d]
Lee Rogers Berger 1983 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Internationally renowned paleoanthropologist, physical anthropologist and archeologist [41][42]
Sam Berns † 2014 Suffered from progeria; helped raise awareness of the disease [43]
Richard J. Berry 1978 c. Member of the New Mexico House of Representatives (2007–2009); Mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico (2009–2017) [44]
Dick Beyer † 1946 Professional wrestler; schoolteacher; coach [45]
James Bidlack 1978 Professor of Biology at University of Central Oklahoma; textbook author; founder of Metabolism Foundation [46]
Jeff Bingaman 1958 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from New Mexico (1983–2013); Attorney General of New Mexico (1979–1983) [a][47]
Robert Birkby 1966 Adventure guide, author, photographer, speaker and trail designer; wrote the 10th, 11th and 12th editions of the Boy Scout Handbook and the 4th edition of the Fieldbook [48]
Arthur Gary Bishop † 1967 Serial killer [49]
Sanford Bishop 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Georgia (1993–) [a][50]
Frank S. Blair † 1930 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award News Anchor for NBC's Today Show 1953 to 1975 [a][e][51]
Michael Bloomberg 1954 Mayor of the City of New York (2002–2014); businessman and the founder of Bloomberg L.P. [e][52][53]
Guion Bluford 1958 c. Air Force colonel; 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 to a Boy Scout troop [c]
Matthew Bogusz 2004 Mayor of Des Plaines, Illinois [54]
Charles H. Bonesteel III † 1925 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Army general who commanded the US forces in Korea (1966–1969) [a]
Ken Bowersox 1972 c. Navy captain; astronaut; test pilot; veteran of seven space flights-STS-50, STS-61, STS-73, STS-82, STS-113, Expedition 6, and Soyuz TMA-1 [c]
Alpha L. Bowser † 1925 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award United States Marine Corps lieutenant general, combat veteran of World War II and the Korean War, decorated for his actions during the Battle of Iwo Jima and in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir [a]
Pat Boyd 1998

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives [55]
David Boyer 1977 c. Member of the Maine House of Representatives [56]
William W. Bradley 1957 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Rhodes Scholar; National Basketball Association basketball player with the New York Knicks (1967–1977); Senator from New Jersey (1979–1997); US presidential candidate (2000) [a][e][d][53]
Charles E. Brady Jr. † 1966 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-78 [a][c]
James Brady † 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Gun control advocate; White House Press Secretary under President Ronald Reagan; shot and became permanently disabled during the attempted assassination of Ronald Reagan [a]
Mike Braun 1975 52nd Governor of Indiana; Senator from Indiana [57]
Aaron Brewer 2008 Long snapper for the Arizona Cardinals; Super Bowl 50 champion [58]
Stephen Breyer 1952 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States (1994–2022) [a][e][59]
James Bridenstine 1991 c. Representative from Oklahoma's 1st congressional district (2013–2018), Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (2018–2021)
Beverly Briley † 1926 c. Attorney, politician, mayor of Nashville, Tennessee [60]
Wayne Brock 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America [a][61]
Jeff Brown 1976 c.

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas [62]
Rex Brown 1980 c. Musician and author [63]
Sherrod Brown 1968 Representative (1993–2007) and Senator from Ohio (2007–2025) [64]
William O. Burch † 1922 Triple WWII Navy Cross recipient and Rear Admiral [65]
Russell Adam Burnham 1995 Great-grandson of Frederick Russell Burnham; U.S. Army's Soldier of the Year in 2003 and Medical Corps Non-commissioned officer of the Year in 2007 [66]
M. Caldwell Butler † 1941 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award U.S. Representative from Virginia [a]
Jay Bybee 1969 c. Federal judge on United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit [67]
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Lloyd Bentsen
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Patrick T. Caffery † 1950 Representative from Louisiana (1969–1973) [68]
John Tyler Caldwell † 1926 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chancellor of North Carolina State University (1959–1975) [a][69]
John F. Campbell 1975 c.

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 Army general; last commander of the International Security Assistance Force [70]
William Durant Campbell † 1922 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Founder of the World Scout Foundation, member of World Scout Committee [a]
Milton Caniff † 1923 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Cartoonist for the Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon comic strips [a][d]
James J. Carey 1955

NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award

 Rear Admiral of the United States Navy [71]
Russ Carnahan 1971 Representative from Missouri (2005–2013) [a][72]
Gerald P. Carr † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Marine Corps colonel; astronaut who commanded Skylab 4 [a]
Terrance Carroll 1985 c. Speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives (2009–2011) [73]
Sonny Carter † 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Astronaut who flew on shuttle mission including STS-33; medical doctor; Navy officer; test pilot; professional soccer player [a]
Thomas Cech 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chemist and 1989 Nobel Laureate in Chemistry [a][74]
Roger B. Chaffee † 1951 Navy lieutenant commander; pilot and astronaut; killed in the Apollo 1 training exercise [c]
Kirk Chambers 1997 National Football League offensive tackle for the Cleveland Browns (2004–2005) and Buffalo Bills (2007–) [75]
Gregory Chamitoff 1980 Astronaut who flew on missions STS-124, Expedition 17, Expedition 18, STS-126 [c]
Jake Chapman 2003 c. Member of the Iowa Senate [76]
Eugene Calvin Cheatham Jr. † 1931 Air Force lieutenant colonel; fighter pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen during World War II; then flew over 100 missions during the Korean War [77]
Kim B. Clark 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Dean of the Faculty at Harvard Business School (1995–2005); president of Brigham Young University–Idaho (2005–2015) [a]
Marcus R. Clark † 1970 c. Louisiana Supreme Court justice [78]
Preston Cloud † 1929 c. Earth scientist, biogeologist, cosmologist, and paleontologist [79]
Tom C. Clark † 1914 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Associate justice of the Supreme Court (1949–1967) [a]


Daniel L. Coberly 1973 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Army officer, civil servant, author, recipient of the Silver Buffalo [80]
Thad Cochran † 1952 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from Mississippi (1978–2018) [a]
George Thomas Coker 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy commander; honored with the Navy Cross for his leadership as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War [a][e][53][81]
Austin Collie 2004 Wide receiver for the National Football League's Indianapolis Colts [82]
Chris Collins 1964

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 Representative from New York's 27th congressional district [a]
Barber Conable † 1937 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from New York (1965–1985); president of the World Bank (1986–1991) [a]
Jim Cooper 1970 c. Representative from Tennessee (2003–2023) [a]
Dr. Kenneth H. Cooper 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Father of modern aerobics; U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel [a]
Rob Corddry 1988 Actor [83][84]
Tom Cotter 1989 American environmentalist, renewable energy advocate, social entrepreneur, clergyman [85]
Britain Covey 2015 Football wide receiver and return man for the Philadelphia Eagles [86]
Richard O. Covey 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 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]
Steven Cozza 2000 Co-founder of the advocacy group Scouting for All, professional road bicycle racer [87]
Mike Crapo 1966 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from Idaho (1999–) [a][88]
Edward F. Crawley 1972 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Professor of Aeronautics and Astronautics and of Engineering Systems at Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ford Professor of Engineering [a][89]
John Oliver Creighton 1958 Navy captain; fighter pilot veteran of the Vietnam War; test pilot; astronaut who flew shuttle missions STS-51-G, STS-36 and STS-48 [c]
John W. Creighton Jr. † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Civilian aide to the Secretary of the Army; CEO of Weyerhaeuser and United Airlines; National President of the BSA [a]
Bobby Crespino † 1957 Football tight end who played for the Cleveland Browns and New York Giants [90]
Roger K. Crouch 1956 c. Astronaut who flew on missions STS-83 and STS-94 [91][92]
Michael M. Crow 1969 President of Arizona State University [93]
Joe Cunningham 2000 c. U.S. Representative for South Carolina's 1st congressional district. [94]
Ben Curtis 1996 c. Actor best known for his Dell ads [95]
Clive Cussler † 1946 Adventure novelist and successful amateur marine archaeologist, founder of National Underwater and Marine Agency (NUMA) [96]
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Milton Caniff
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Thad Cochran
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George Coker, receiving his DESA
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Richard F. Daines † 1967 c. New York State Health Commissioner [97]
James Dale 1986 c. Litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale, a landmark case decision by the Supreme Court of the United States on the rights of private organizations [98]
William E. Dannemeyer † 1944 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Honorary National Chairman of Citizens for a Better America; Representative from California (1979–1993) [a]
Hal Daub 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Nebraska (1981–1989); lawyer; Mayor of Omaha (1995–2001) [a][99]
James H. Daughdrill Jr. † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of Rhodes College (1973–1999) [a]
John Denney 1994 c. Collegiate (BYU) and professional (Miami Dolphins) American football player [100]
William Derrough 1980 Treasurer of the U.S. Democratic National Committee (DNC); investment banker and Co-Head of the Recapitalization and Restructuring Group at Moelis & Company [a]
Patrick Deuel † 1976 One of the heaviest people in the world [101]
William DeVries 1959 c. Cardiothoracic surgeon who performed the first successful permanent artificial heart implant [d]
Jordan Devey 2006 Football offensive lineman for the New England Patriots [32]
Landon Dickerson 2016 Football offensive lineman for the Philadelphia Eagles [102]
Geoff Diehl 1986 c. State Representative from Massachusetts (2011-2019) [103]


David Dillon 1967 c. CEO and chairman of the board of Kroger [104][105]
George Hall Dixon † 1936 c. Served as president of First National Bank of Minnesota and First Bank Systems (now US Bank), and Deputy Secretary of the Treasury under Gerald Ford. [106]
Robert Dold 1986

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 Representative from Illinois (2011–2013) [a][107]
Ivan Dorschner 2007 c. Filipino-American actor, television host and model based in the Philippines. [108]
Paul Douglas 1975 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Meteorologist, author, speaker [109]
Gentner Drummond 1979 c.

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 U.S. Air Force pilot, businessman, rancher, attorney [110]
Michael Dukakis 1949 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 65th and 67th Governor of Massachusetts; US presidential candidate (1988) [a][e]
Charles Duke 1949 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force brigadier general; astronaut, as a member of Apollo 16 he became one of only twelve men who have walked on the Moon [a][e]
James "Red" Duke † 1951 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Renowned surgeon; host of his own medical TV series and Texan icon who founded Houston's Life Flight using a model that was adopted nationally [a][111]
Mike Dunne † 1962 Award-winning newspaper reporter at The Baton Rouge Morning Advocaste; author; adjunct professor at Louisiana State University [112]
Aquilla J. Dyess † 1925 c. Lieutenant colonel in the Marine Corps during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" during the Battle of Kwajalein [e][113]
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Ivan Dorschner
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Ronnie Earle † 1957 District attorney for Travis County, Texas; known for bringing to light the Jack Abramoff scandals and for filing charges against House majority leader Tom DeLay [114]
Richard H. Ebright 1975 Molecular biologist, researcher, and professor [115][116][117]
John Ehrlichman † 1942 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Assistant to President Richard Nixon (1969–1973) [a]
Donn F. Eisele † 1945 Air Force colonel; Apollo 7 astronaut [c]
Arthur Rose Eldred † 1912 First Eagle Scout; agricultural official and executive; Navy veteran of World War I; received BSA's Bronze Honor Medal for lifesaving; first of four generations of Eagle Scouts [118]
Mike Enzi † 1957 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from Wyoming (1997–2021) [a][e]
John Erickson 1958 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Founder, CEO, and Executive Chairman of Retirement Living TV and served for 28 years as CEO of Erickson Living, formerly Erickson Retirement Communities [a][119]
Roy Estess † 1953 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Director of John C. Stennis Space Center (1989–2002) [a][120]
Daniel J. Evans † 1941 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 16th Governor of Washington; Senator from Washington (1983–1989) [a]
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David Farabee 1982 c. Insurance agent and vice-president; Representative from Texas (1998–2011) [121]
Philo Farnsworth † 1932 Inventor, holder of first patent for an electronic television; Eagle award presented to his wife in 2006 as it had been earned but not presented [122]
Robert Edward Femoyer † 1937 Army Air Forces navigator during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor [123]
Lawrence Ferlinghetti † 1935 c. Poet best known as the co-owner of the City Lights Bookstore and publishing house, which published early literary works of the Beat Generation [124]
Alva R. Fitch † 1923 Army lieutenant general; survivor of the Bataan Death March; deputy director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (1961–1964) [125]
James P. Fitch † 1914 c. First Region Scout Executive, Region Nine (Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico), B.S.A. (1919–1945); Silver Antelope Award recipient; General Manager of Philmont Scout Ranch and Phillips Properties, B.S.A. (1945–1949); Assistant to the Chief Scout Executive (1949–1952). [126]
Mike Fitzpatrick † 1979 c. Congressman from Bucks County, Pennsylvania (2005–2007, 2011–2017); Silver Beaver Award recipient [127]
Charles Fleming 1971 Author, reporter and teacher [128]
Woodie Flowers † 1957 c. Emeritus professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [129]
Eugene B. Fluckey † 1948 Navy submarine commander during World War II who received the Medal of Honor [130]
Tom Foley † 1945 c. Representative from Washington (1965–1995); Speaker of the United States House of Representatives (1989–1995); Ambassador to Japan (1998–2001) [d]
Christopher Fogt 2000 Olympic bobsledder [131]
Gerald Ford † 1927 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Michigan (1949–1973); 40th Vice President of the United States; 38th President of the United States [a][e][d]
David Foreman † 1963 c. Co-founder of environmental activist group Earth First! [132]
Patrick G. Forrester 1971 Army colonel; astronaut who flew on STS-105, STS-117, and STS-128. [c]
Steve Fossett † 1957 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 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; Silver Buffalo Award recipient [a][d]
Michael E. Fossum 1975 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force Reserve colonel; astronaut who flew on STS-121 as a mission specialist [a][c][133][134]
Murphy J. Foster Jr. † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 53rd Governor of Louisiana [a][135]
Joe S. Frank † 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Mayor of Newport News, Virginia [a][136]
Louis Freeh 1963 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney; 10th director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation [a][137]
Daniel Frisa 1969 Journalist; Representative from New York (1995–1997) [138]
Phyllis Frye 1962 First transgender woman to be appointed as a judge in Texas [139]
Brandon Fugal 1987

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 Businessman, venture capitalist, philanthropist, owner of Skinwalker Ranch [140][141]
C. Gordon Fullerton † 1952 Research pilot; Air Force colonel; astronaut who flew STS-3 and STS-51-F [c]
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
Lawrence Ferlinghetti
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Gerald Ford
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Chan Gailey 1966 Offensive coordinator for the New York Jets; head coach of the Buffalo Bills (2010–2012), Dallas Cowboys (1998–1999) and Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets (2002–2007) [e][142]
Zach Galifianakis 1986 Primetime Emmy Award-winning stand-up comedian and actor. [143]
John Garamendi 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Deputy United States Secretary of the Interior (1995–1998); California Insurance Commissioner (2003–2007); 46th lieutenant governor of California [a]
Don Garlits 1946 Considered to be the "Father of Drag Racing", created first successful rear-engined Top Fuel dragster. [144]
J. Joseph Garrahy † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 69th governor of Rhode Island [145]
Robert Gates 1958 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CIA director (1991–1993); President of Texas A&M University (2002–2007); President of the National Eagle Scout Association; Secretary of Defense (2006–2011); National President of the Boy Scouts of America (2014-2016) [a][d]
William H. Gates Sr. † 1941 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer and CEO of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; father of Bill Gates [a][e][53]
Gordon Gee 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of several universities and law professor [a]
Dick Gephardt 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Majority Leader of the United States House of Representatives (1989–1995); Representative from Missouri (1977–2005); 2004 presidential candidate [a]
Gil Gerard † 1959 c. Actor best known for his portrayal of Buck Rogers in the 1979–1981 television series Buck Rogers in the 25th Century [146]
Pat Gillick 1951 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Retired professional baseball executive; general manager of four Major League Baseball teams with three World Series championships; inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2011. [39]
Tyler Glaiel 2008 Video game designer & programmer, known for his work on Aether, Closure, Bombernauts, The End Is Nigh and Mewgenics. [147][148]
Stanton Glantz 1960 Professor of Medicine in the Division of Cardiology, the American Legacy Foundation Distinguished Professor of Tobacco Control, and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine [149]
Louie Gohmert 1969 Representative from Texas (2005–2023) [150]
David Goldfein 1976 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 21st Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force [151]
Stephen Goldsmith 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Author, politician, professor, and educator; mayor of Indianapolis (1992–2000) [a]
Matt Gonzalez 1981 c. Politician, attorney, and editorial writer; member and president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from the Green Party (2001–2005) [152]
T. Michael Goodrich 1961 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO and chairman of BE&K [153]
Bernard Marshall Gordon 1941 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Inventor and philanthropist [a]
Ronald M. Gould 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Professor at the University of Washington; judge on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals (1999–) [a]
Sam Graves 1981 c. Representative from Missouri (2001–present) [a]
Ernest Green 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Civil rights activist; one of the Little Rock Nine [a]
William G. Gregory 1974 c. Air Force lieutenant colonel; astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-67 [c]
S. David Griggs † 1953 Navy Reserve rear admiral; astronaut who served on shuttle mission STS-51-D [c]
John H. Groberg 1948 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Emeritus member of the Seventy for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [a]
Jeremy Guthrie 1994 Major League Baseball pitcher, Baltimore Orioles, Kansas City Royals [39][154]
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Loren D. Hagen † 1962 c. Medal of Honor recipient (posthumous) [155]
David Hahn † 1994 "Radioactive Boy Scout" who attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age seventeen [156]
H. R. Haldeman † 1942 c. White House Chief of Staff (1969–1973) [157]
Bob Hall 1959 c. Member of the Texas State Senate [158]
Dan Halloran 1989 Member of the New York City Council [159]
Carter Ham 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award United States Army general [a]
John Hammergren 1975 Chairman, president and CEO of McKesson Corporation [160]
William Hanna † 1924 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera [a]
Jacob Hannemann 2007 c. Baseball player [161]
Zenon C.R. Hansen † 1921 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman and CEO of Mack Trucks (1965–1974) [a]
John M. Harbert † 1937 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Businessman who founded Harbert Management Corporation [a]
James A. Harrell, III 1991 Attorney and North Carolina politician [162]
James A. Harrell, Jr. 1962 Dentist and North Carolina politician [162]
Josh Hart 2013 NBA player for the New York Knicks, 2026 NBA Champions; Villanova University, 2016 NCAA Champions [163]
Michael S. Hart † 1965 c. Author, creator of the eBook, founder of Project Gutenberg [164]
Steve Hartman 1981 c. Journalist with the CBS News [165]
William W. Hartzog † 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award U.S. Army general; CEO of Burdeshaw Associates; member of the Board of Directors of the Army Historical Foundation; member of the Defense Science Board [a]
Alfred Harvey † 1929 c. Founder of Harvey Comics [166]
John Briggs Hayes † 1940 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Commandant of the United States Coast Guard (1978–1982) [a]
J. D. Hayworth 1973 Representative from Arizona (1995–2007); television and radio journalist [167]
Jon Heder 1994 Actor, filmmaker and screenwriter best known for Napoleon Dynamite [168][169]
Jeb Hensarling 1971 Representative from Texas (2003–2019) [170]
Richard Herman 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign (2005–) [a]
Robert T. Herres † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman of USAA Group (1993–2002); Air Force general who was the first Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, first commander of the United States Space Command, astronaut and flight crew chief of the canceled Manned Orbiting Laboratory; recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award [a]
Dudley R. Herschbach 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Frank B. Baird Jr. Professor of Science at Harvard University; won the 1986 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [a]
John Hersey † 1929 c. Journalist, novelist, and professor noted for his account of the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan [171]
Jason Hewlett 1993

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 Impressionist, actor, and writer [172][173]
William G. Higgs 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Energy executive [a]
French Hill 1972 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Banking executive; U.S. Representative from Arkansas (2015– ) [a][174]
William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt † 1918 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 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 original American adaptation of the Wood Badge program [a]


Rick Hillenbrand 1972 c. Member of the West Virginia House of Representatives [175]
Gary Hirte 2002 Murderer of Glenn Kopitske [176][177]
David Hittner 1955 c. Senior United States district judge; Army captain [178]
Mark Hofmann 1970 c. Forger and murderer [179]
Jeffrey A. Hoffman 1960 c. Co-director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium at MIT's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics; astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-51-D, STS-35, STS-46, STS-61 and STS-75 [f]
Steven Holcomb † 1996 c. Olympic bobsledder [131]
Jeffrey R. Holland † 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Member of the Quorum of the Twelve of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; 9th president of Brigham Young University [a]
Matthew S. Holland 1980

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 President of Utah Valley University (2009-2018) [180]
Elijah Hood 2014 Professional football player for the XFL's Los Angeles Wildcats [181]
George Hooks 1961 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Georgia State Senator (1991– ) [a][182]
L. Ron Hubbard † 1924 Pulp fiction and science fiction writer and founder of Scientology and Dianetics [183][184]
Donald Keith Hummel 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Newark [185]
Hal Hunter † 1950 c. American football coach [186]
Howard W. Hunter † 1923 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 14th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints [a]
Jon Huntsman Jr. 1975 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 16th governor of Utah, 9th ambassador to China, 11th U.S. ambassador to Singapore [187][188]
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John C. Inglis 1961 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award U.S. National Cyber Director; Deputy Director of the National Security Agency [189]
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James Jabara † 1939 c. US Air Force Colonel. Triple jet fighter ace. [190]
Grant James 2003 Rower who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics [191]
Ross James 2003 Rower who competed in the 2012 Summer Olympics [191]
Larry Janesky 1980 c.

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 Founder and CEO of Connecticut Basement Systems and other companies [192]
Gregory H. Johnson 1978 c. Astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-123 [f]
Jay L. Johnson 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy admiral and fighter pilot, 26th Chief of Naval Operations (1996–2000) [a]
James Vann Johnston Jr. 1975 c. Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield-Cape Girardeau [193]
E. Fay Jones † 1937 c. Navy pilot during World War II; architect and designer; apprentice of Frank Lloyd Wright; University of Arkansas School of Architecture is named in his honor [194]
Thomas David Jones 1969 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-59, STS-68 and STS-80 [f]
Darwin Judge † 1971 Marine who was an embassy security guard and was one of the last two US servicemen killed in the Vietnam War [195]
James Jabara
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Jeremy Kapinos 2000 c. Collegiate (Penn State) and professional (New York Jets, Green Bay Packers, Indianapolis Colts, Pittsburgh Steelers) American football player [196]
Ewing Kauffman † 1931 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Founder of Marion Laboratories and owner of the Kansas City Royals [a]
John C. Keegan 1966 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award

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 Retired judge, military officer and political leader.

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 [197]
William Henry Keeler † 1952 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore [a]
Darren Kimura 1992 American businessman, inventor, and investor, known for inventing MicroCSP solar technology [198]
Peter Kinder 1969 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lieutenant governor of Missouri (2005–) [a][199]
Alfred Kinsey † 1913 Biologist and professor of entomology and zoology who is known for his research on human sexuality [200]
Charlie Kirk † 2011 American political activist. Founder of Turning Point USA [201]
Herb Kirsh † 1943

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 Member of the South Carolina House of Representatives (1978-2010) [71]
Johannes Knoops 1980 Rome Prize Fellow in Architecture American Academy in Rome and distinguished educator [202][203]
Harry Knowles 1987 Internet film critic [204]
Jon Koncak 1977 Professional basketball player for the Atlanta Hawks and the Orlando Magic (1985–1996) [d]
Roy Kramer † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Commissioner of the Southeastern Conference from 1990 to 2002 where he created the Bowl Championship Series [205]
Roger Krone 1973 President and CEO of the Boy Scouts of America [206]
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I. Beverly Lake † 1949 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Jurist and public official; Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1994–2000); Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2000–2006) [a]
Kent Lambert 1968 c. Member of the Colorado Senate (2011–2019) and Colorado House of Representatives (2007–2011) [73]
Carl T. Langford † 1934 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Mayor of Orlando, Florida (1967–1980) [a]
Edward Lansdale † 1926 c. U.S. Air Force Major General, counterinsurgency expert [207]
Charles R. Larson † 1950 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy admiral; submariner; twice Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1983–1986) and (1994–1998); commander United States Pacific Command; member of the board of Northrop Grumman [a]
Greg Lashutka 1958 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer; 51st Mayor of Columbus, Ohio; American Football League player for the Buffalo Bills (1966) [a]
Mike Leach † 1975 College football coach at Texas Tech (2000-2009), Washington State (2012-2019), and Mississippi State (2020-2022) [208]
Lucian Leape † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health [a]
Mark C. Lee 1968 c. Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, and STS-82 [f]
Mike Lee 1989

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 Attorney and Senator from Utah (2011–present) [a][209][210]
David Leebron 1973 c. Lawyer; academic, 7th president of Rice University [211]
Sheldon Leonard † 1923 c. Pioneering film and television producer, director, writer, and actor [212]
Andy Lewis † 2002 World champion in slacklining with three Guinness World Records; performed at Super Bowl XLVI [213]
Trey Lewis 2003 Collegiate (Washburn) and professional (Atlanta Falcons, Omaha Nighthawks) American football player [214]
Howard Lincoln 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Seattle Mariners baseball team; chairman of Nintendo of America; in 1956 he posed as one of the Boy Scouts for The Scoutmaster painting by Norman Rockwell [a][39]
Don L. Lind † 1945 Astronaut who flew Spacelab mission STS-51-B [f]
Kjell N. Lindgren 1988 Astronaut who flew on Soyuz TMA-17M (Expedition 44/45) [215]
Steven Lindsey 1976 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force colonel; astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-87, STS-95, and STS-104 [f]
Larry Liston 1968 c. Member of the Colorado House of Representatives (2005–2013, 2017–) [73]
Gary Locke 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 10th United States Ambassador to People's Republic of China; 36th U.S. Secretary of Commerce; lawyer; 21st Governor of Washington [a][e]
Kevin Kwan Loucks 2000 CEO of Chamber Music America; co-founder of Chamber Music OC, member of classical music ensemble Trio Céleste [216][unreliable source?]
Jim Lovell † 1943 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Astronaut who flew on missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13, president of National Eagle Scout Association [a][e][d][53]
James Loy † 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Commandant of the Coast Guard (1998–2002); Deputy Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) (2003–2005); first administrator of the Transportation Security Administration [a]
Richard Lugar † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from Indiana (1977–2013) [a][a][e]
Deuce Lutui 1999 Offensive lineman for the Arizona Cardinals (2006–2011) [217]
David Lynch † 1962 Academy Award and Palme d'Or winning filmmaker and actor [218]
Thomas J. Lynch † 1936 c. United States Army Air Forces lieutenant colonel and World War II flying ace. Lynch scored 20 aerial victories before he was killed in action on March 8, 1944. [219]
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Tom Mack 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Offensive left guard for Los Angeles Rams and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame [a]
Mark Madsen 1992 c. NBA basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves; coach of youth basketball camp [e]
Ray Malavasi † 1944 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Head coach of NFL's Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams [a]
Charles Taylor Manatt † 1954 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer, politician and businessman; chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1981–1985); Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (1999–2001) [a]
Ernest Mario † 1954 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Pharmaceutical industry executive and the recipient of the 2007 Remington Honor Medal awarded by the American Pharmacists Association [a]
Walter Joseph Marm Jr. 1958 c. Army colonel who received of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War [220][221]
J. W. Marriott Jr. 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman and CEO of Marriott International [a][e][d][53]
Boyd Matson 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Creator and host of Wild Chronicles, host of National Geographic Weekend, columnist for National Geographic Traveler and other programs. [222]
Tom Matte † 1955 c. Pro Bowl and Super Bowl running back for the Baltimore Colts [223]
Mark Mays 1998 c. President and CEO of Clear Channel Communications [224]
Robert J. Mazzuca 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Professional Scouter and Chief Scout Executive (2007–2012) [225][226]
William Cameron McCool † 1977 c. Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS-107 [e][f]
Michael J. McCulley 1959 c. Chief executive officer of United Space Alliance; astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-104 [178][f]
Charles T. McDowell † 1937 c. Army colonel; combat paratrooper in World War II; Soviet Union scholar and professor of Russian language [227]
Charles McGee † 1940 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Tuskegee Airman and a career officer in the Air Force for 30 years; holds an Air Force record of 409 fighter combat missions flown in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam [228]
Albert H. McGeehan 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Mayor of Holland, Michigan (1993–2009) [229]
Eugene McGehee † 1945 c. Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960–1972; Louisiana State District Court Judge, 1972–1978 [230]
Rob McKenna 1979 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney General of Washington (2005–2013) [a][231]
Glen McLaughlin 1949 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Venture philanthropist, founder of the McLaughlin Prize for Research in Ethics in Accounting and Taxation, head of the order of the Knights of St. John [232]
Peter McLoughlin 1971 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Vulcan Sports & Entertainment; president of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks; president of CenturyLink Field's management branch, First & Goal; serves on the Portland Trail Blazers Board of Directors [a][233]
Sid McMath † 1928 c. Decorated Marine Corps combat veteran of World War II, retired as major general; attorney; 34th Governor of Arkansas [234]
Robert McNamara † 1932 c. Business executive; Secretary of Defense (1961–1968); President of the World Bank (1968–1981) [235]
Michael R. McNulty 1963 c. Representative from New York (1989–2009) [236]
Roy W. Menninger † 1941 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Physician and leader of the Menninger Foundation, older brother of Walter [a]
W. Walter Menninger 1951 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Physician and leader of the Menninger Foundation, younger brother of Roy [a]
Jeff Merkley 1972 c. Senator from Oregon (2009–present) [a]
Charles D. Metcalf † 1949 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force major general; director, National Museum of the United States Air Force (1996–2010) [a][237]
George Meyer 1973 c. Writer and producer of The Simpsons [238]
Edward D. Miller Jr. 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Dean of the Medical faculty at Johns Hopkins University and the Chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine [a]
Richards Miller 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 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 1964 c. Lawyer; Secretary of State of California (1994–1995) [239]
Scott Mitchell 1984 c. NFL quarterback (1990–2001) [240]
William E. Moerner 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Physical chemist and chemical physicist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014) [241]
Matt Moniz 2012 American mountaineer and speaker; 2010 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year; recipient of the Outdoor Inspiration Award [242]
Lloyd Monserratt † 1984 Political and community leader in California [243]
David Montgomery 2014 Running back for the Houston Texans [244]
Dave Moody 1978 Grammy nominated, Dove Award winning artist, producer, songwriter and filmmaker [245]
Jackson W. Moore 1961 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Executive Chairman of Union Planters Bank and Regions Financial Corporation [a]
Michael Moore 1970 c. Academy Award-winning (2002) film director, author, and social commentator [246][247]
Emery Moorehead 1969 American football tight end/wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears; won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears [248]
Jim E. Mora 1950 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Sport radio commentator and analyst. Head coach of the Baltimore Stars, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts [a]
Howard Morland 1958 Air Force pilot, journalist famous for role in United States v. Progressive, Inc. [249]
Rob Morris 1991 c. Professional American football football player [250]
Bill Morrison 1975 c. Cartoon illustrator; art director of Bongo Comics; creator of the mural A Century of Values celebrating the BSA's centennial [251]
John P. Morse 1974 c. Member (2007–2013) and president (2013) of the Colorado Senate [73]
Merrill Moses 1990 c. 3-time Olympian water polo player who won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics [252]
Brandon Mull 1993 Writer who is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series [253]
Louis Murphy 2003 c. Collegiate and professional American football player [254]
John Murtha † 1948 c. Representative from Pennsylvania (1973–2010); Korean War-era drill instructor and later colonel in the Marine Corps; decorated war veteran of the Vietnam War [a]
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Ben Nelson 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 37th Governor of Nebraska; Senator from Nebraska (2001–2013) [a]
Ozzie Nelson † 1920 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Actor and band leader [a]
Paul Martin Newby 1971 c. Justice on the North Carolina Supreme Court (2004–) [255]
Henry Nicols † 1989 c. International AIDS activist [256]
Jay Nixon 1969 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 55th Governor of Missouri [257]
Thomas R. Norris 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Retired Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor for actions in Viet Nam; retired FBI agent and member of the Hostage Rescue Team [258]
Sam Nunn 1951 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Businessman and politician; Senator from Georgia (1972–1997); co-chairman and CEO of the Nuclear Threat Initiative [a][d]
Harley D. Nygren † 1940 c. Naval Reserve officer during World War II; Coast and Geodetic Survey Corps, ESSA Corps officer; first Director of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration [259]
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Thomas J. O'Brien 1981 c. Treasurer of Plymouth County, Massachusetts State Representative, CEO and President of Bay Colony Baseball & Athletics [260]
James O'Keefe 2002 Political activist, founder of Project Veritas [261]
Brian O'Leary † 1956 Astronaut who was the deputy team leader for Mariner 10 [f]
Dallin H. Oaks 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 18th President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Utah Supreme Court Justice; 8th president of Brigham Young University [a]
Daniel J. Oates 1969 Chief of police in Aurora, Colorado, chief of police in Ann Arbor, Michigan and member of the New York Police Department [262]
Daniel Oerther 1987 American social entrepreneur; professor of Environmental Engineering at the Missouri University of Science and Technology and the University of Cincinnati. [263][264]
Bobby Okereke 2013 NFL linebacker [265]
Arlo L. Olson † 1934 c. Army captain during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for service in Italy [266][267]
Ellison Onizuka † 1962 c. Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-51-C; died onboard Space Shuttle Challenger [e][f]
Stephen S. Oswald 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy rear admiral; astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-42, STS-56, and STS-67 [a][f]
Dan Ownby 1984

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 Houston energy executive; World Scout Committee Member [268][269]
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Mitchell Paige † 1936 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Marine Corps colonel who was awarded the Medal of Honor while a machinegun platoon sergeant for actions during the Guadalcanal campaign [a][e]
Mike Pantelides 2000 c.

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 Mayor of Annapolis, Maryland (2013-2017) [270]
Matt Paradis 2008 Center for the Denver Broncos; Super Bowl 50 champion [58]
Francis J. Parater † 1913 c. Catholic seminarian from Virginia nominated for sainthood [271][272]
Scott E. Parazynski 1977

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 Medical doctor; astronaut who flew missions STS-66, STS-86, STS-95 and STS-100 [f]
Ben Parr 2002 Author, investor, journalist and tech expert; author of Captivology, Co-Editor of Mashable and columnist for CNET. [273][274]
Neil Parrott 1987 Maryland State Delegate (2011-2023) [275]
Henry Paulson 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Goldman Sachs (1998–2006); president of The Nature Conservancy, Secretary of the Treasury (2006–2009) [a][e][53]
Edward A. Pease 1966 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Indiana (1997–2001); Chairman of the National Order of the Arrow Committee [a]
J. H. Binford Peay III 1954 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Army general; 14th superintendent of Virginia Military Institute [a][e]
Ross Perot, Sr. † 1943 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Businessman, CEO of EDS and Perot Systems; ran for President of the United States in 1992 and 1996 [a][e][d][53]
Ross Perot, Jr. 1974 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Real estate developer and Businessman [a]
Rick Perry 1964 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 47th Governor of Texas; presidential candidate (2012, 2016); U.S. Secretary of Energy (2017-2019) [a][276]
Gary Peters 1976 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Senator from Michigan (2015-present) [277]
Donald Pettit 1971 c. Astronaut who participated in missions STS-113, Expedition 6 and Soyuz TMA-1 [f]
August Pfluger 1994 c. Representative from Texas (2021–) [278]
Fred Phelps † 1936 c. Leader of Westboro Baptist Church [279]
J. J. Pickle † 1931 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Texas (1963–1995) [a]
Samuel Pierce † 1936 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (1981–1989) [a]
Loulan Pitre Jr. 1976 Louisiana Lawyer and member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Dennis Pitta 2000

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 National Football League tight end for the Baltimore Ravens; Super Bowl XLVII Champion [280]
Michael Pocalyko 1968 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Monticello Capital, corporate director, financial novelist, Beirut veteran [a]
Bryce Poe II † 1940 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award United States Air Force general; Commander, Air Force Logistics Command (1978–1981) [a]
Jon Powers 1994 c. Co-star of Gunner Palace; founder of War Kids Relief; Iraq War veteran; Congressional candidate [281]
Ralph Puckett † 1943 Army Ranger who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Korean War; national programs coordinator of Outward Bound; established Discovery; created the Discovery Program at The Westminster Schools; the executive vice president of MicroBilt [282]
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Jere Ratcliffe † 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (1993–2000) [283]
Beasley Reece 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Sports announcer and NFL defensive back [a][284]
Ralph Reed 1979 Political activist; founding executive director of the Christian Coalition [285]
Kenneth S. Reightler Jr. 1967 c. Astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-48 and STS-60 [f]
Frederick Reines † 1934 c. Physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1995 [286]
Sean Reyes 1986 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Utah Attorney General [287][288][289]
Daniel Reynolds 2004 Lead singer of international recording artists Imagine Dragons [290]
Slater Rhea 2000 Singer and TV personality in China [291]
L. Scott Rice 1972 Air Force major general; commander of Massachusetts Air National Guard [292]
Michael A. Rice 1972 Biologist; Rhode Island House of Representatives (2009–2011) [293]
John Edward Robinson 1957 Serial killer [294]
George Rodrigue † 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Artist [295]
Evan Roe 2015 Actor; star of CBS drama Madam Secretary [296]
Phil Roe 1963 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Tennessee (2009–2021) [a]
James D. Rogers 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Kampgrounds of America, brother of T. Gary [a]
T. Gary Rogers † 1956 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award CEO of Dreyer's Grand Ice Cream, brother of James [a]
Dana Rohrabacher 1963 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Special assistant to President Ronald Reagan (1976–1988); Representative from California (1989–2019) [a]
Kevin Rose 1993 c. Founder of Digg and co-host of Diggnation [297]
Brian M. Rosenthal 2006 Pulitzer Prize winning reporter for Investigative Reporting [298]
Edward L. Rowan 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Psychiatrist, sex therapist, author, Scouting leader [a]
Mike Rowe 1979 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Host of Dirty Jobs; narrator [299][300]
Milton Rubenfeld † 1935 c. Fighter pilot for Britain and America in World War II, one of the founders of the Israeli Air Force [301]
Warren Rudman † 1945 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney General of New Hampshire (1970–1976); Senator from New Hampshire (1980–1993) [a]
Donald Rumsfeld † 1949 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Illinois (1963–1969); White House Chief of Staff (1974–1975); Secretary of Defense (1975–1977, 2001–2006); Ambassador to NATO (1973–1974) [a][d]
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Stephan Said 1985 c. Singer-songwriter, musician, poet and political activist [302]
Harrison Salisbury † 1924 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Journalist who was awarded the Pulitzer Prize (1955); twice received the George Polk Award for Foreign Reporting (1957 and 1966) [a][d]
Benjamin L. Salomon † 1930 c. Army dentist during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for defense of his medical aid station during the Battle of Saipan [303][304]
James Sanderson † 1943 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy vice admiral; commanding officer of USS Rainier (AE-5) and USS Saratoga (CV-60) [a]
Dale V. Sandstrom 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Justice on the North Dakota Supreme Court (1992–) [a]
Mark Sanford 1965 Representative from South Carolina (1995–2001, 2013–2019); 115th Governor of South Carolina [e]
Terry Sanford † 1932 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 65th Governor of North Carolina; president of Duke University (1969–1985); Senator from North Carolina (1986–1993) [a][e]
Steve Schmidt 1986 c. Communications and public affairs political strategist [305]
William Knox Schroeder † 1966 c. Victim of the Kent State shootings [306]
David Schultheis 1956 c. Member of the Colorado Senate (2007–2011) and Colorado House of Representatives (2000–2007) [73]
Rick Scott 1970 c. 45th Governor of Florida; Senator from Florida (2019-present) [307]
Robert Lee Scott Jr. † 1923 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force brigadier general, World War II fighter ace, commander of Flying Tigers, and author of God is My Co-Pilot [a][e]
Walter Scott Jr. † 1946 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Civil engineer, philanthropist, and CEO of Peter Kiewit Sons' Incorporated [a][308]
Richard A. Searfoss † 1972 c. Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-58, STS-76, and STS-90 [f]
Elliot See † 1943 c. Astronaut who was the backup pilot for Gemini 5 before his death [f]
Chris Segal 2000 Major League Baseball umpire [309]
Cleveland Sellers 2007 Civil rights activist [310]
Jeff Sessions 1963 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney General of Alabama (1995–1997); Senator from Alabama (1997–2016); U.S. Attorney General (2017–2018) [a]
Pete Sessions 1970 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Texas (1997–2019) [a][e]
William S. Sessions † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award District judge and Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (1987–1993) [a][e]
Raymond P. Shafer † 1931 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer; 39th Governor of Pennsylvania [a]
Mark M. Shelton 1974 c. Fort Worth pediatrician, specialist in pediatric infectious diseases, and member of the Texas House of Representatives [311]
Randall T. Shepard 1962 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chief Justice of the Indiana Supreme Court [a]
John Silber † 1944 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of Boston University (1971–1996); Chancellor of Boston University (1996–2003); President Emeritus of Boston University (2003–2012); candidate for governor of Massachusetts (1990) [a][312]
Stephen Silberkraus 1999 Nevada State Assemblyman; multimedia professional, author [313]
Paul Siple † 1923 Antarctic explorer and geographer who took part in six Antarctic expeditions, having first gone representing the Boy Scouts of America as an Eagle Scout; later helped develop the principle of wind chill [314]
Ike Skelton † 1948 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Missouri (1977–2011) [a]
Samuel K. Skinner 1953 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Politician and businessman; Secretary of Transportation (1989–1991); White House Chief of Staff (1991–1992); CEO of Commonwealth Edison; CEO of US Freightways; on the board of directors of Odetics ITS; on the board of directors of Dade Behring [a]
Britt K. Slabinski 1984 Navy master chief and SEAL; awarded Medal of Honor for combat in Afghanistan [315]
Chuck Smith † 1959 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President and CEO of AT&T West [a]
Chris Smith 1967

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 Representative from New Jersey (1981–present) [a][a]
David Miln Smith 1954 c. Motivational speaker and adventure athlete [316]
Gordon H. Smith 1968 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer and businessman; Senator from Oregon (1997–2009) [a]
Guy M. Snodgrass 1993

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 TOPGUN Instructor, Pentagon Communications Director and Chief Speechwriter, author [a]
Wilson W. Sorensen † 1932 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award President of Utah Technical College, now Utah Valley University (1946–1982) [a]
W. Scott Sorrels 1971 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 12th National Commissioner of the BSA [317]
Lewis Sorley † 1950 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Army lieutenant colonel; writer; military historian [318]
F. Richard Spencer 1968 c.

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 Roman Catholic Bishop; Army chaplain [319][320]
Steven Spielberg 1961 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Academy Award-winning film director, film producer, and screenwriter [a]
Richard H. Stallings † 1957 Representative from Idaho (1985-1993), Chairman of the Idaho Democratic Party (2005-2007) [321]
Wallace Stegner † 1925 c. Historian, novelist, short story writer, and environmentalist; "The Dean of Western Writers"; won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1972 for Angle of Repose [322]
Steve Stivers 1983 Representative for Ohio's 15th congressional district [323]
Ryan Stout 1997 Comedian [324]
Luther Strange 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Lawyer; Attorney General of Alabama (2011–2017), Senator from Alabama (2017–2018); [325]
Bart Stupak 1968 c. Lawyer; Representative from Michigan (1993–2011) [a]
Ray Suarez 1975 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award News correspondent and author [a]
Percy Sutton † 1936 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Civil rights activist; pilot with Tuskegee Airmen; lawyer; entrepreneur who co-founded the Inner City Broadcasting Corporation and revitalized the Apollo Theater [a]
John Swainson † 1939 c. 42nd Governor of Michigan and Michigan Supreme Court Justice [326]
Nick Symmonds 2000 c. Track and field athlete [327]
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Pete Sessions
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Joseph R. Tanner 1966 c. Astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-66, STS-82, STS-97, add STS-115 [f]
J. L. Tarr † 1935 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Professional Scouter for 43 years who served as the seventh Chief Scout Executive of the BSA [a][328]
Thomas L. Tatham † 1927 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney, Dade County land developer, and BSA Southeast Region vice president [329]
Manti Te'o 2008 All-American linebacker for the University of Notre Dame and the NFL [330]
John Tesh 1968 New Age and contemporary Christian musician and nationally syndicated radio host [a][331]
Cy Thao 1988 c. Laotian-born Hmong politician who served as a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives [e]
Paul Theroux 1955 Travel writer and novelist [332]
Glenn Thompson 1977 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Representative from Pennsylvania (2009–present) [a]
Meldrim Thomson Jr. † 1927 73rd Governor of New Hampshire [333]
Leo K. Thorsness † 1948 c. Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force fighter pilot, Vietnam War prisoner of war, Medal of Honor recipient [a][334]
Austin Tice 1997 c. Marine Corps officer, recipient of the 2012 George Polk Award for War Reporting, the 2012 McClatchy Newspapers President's Award, and the 2015 National Press Club John Aubuchon Freedom of the Press Award [335]
Rex Tillerson 1965 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, United States Secretary of State [336][337]
Joseph E. Tofalo 1977 c. Navy admiral; Commander, Submarine Group 10; 1977 American Legion Eagle Scout of the Year [338]
Pat Toomey 1977 c. Senator from Pennsylvania (2011–2023). [339]
Travis Tope 2010 Actor from Texas [340]
Alvin Townley 1993 Writer, author of Legacy of Honor [e]
David Trick 1969 Canadian public servant, university administrator and author [341]
Scott Trimble 1993 Location scout and location manager on such Hollywood movies as Transformers, Star Trek, and Iron Man 2 [342]
Kayden Troff 2014 c. Chess grandmaster; World Youth Chess Championship (2012) [343]
Carlisle Trost † 1947 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy admiral; submariner; graduated first in his class in 1953 from both the United States Naval Academy and submarine officer school, 23rd Chief of Naval Operations (1996–2000) [a]
Richard H. Truly † 1952 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy vice admiral; astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-2 and STS-8 and first former astronaut to head NASA [a]
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Ross Ulbricht 2002 Founder of the Silk Road black market [344][345]
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James Valentine 1996 Guitarist for Maroon 5 [346]
J. Kim Vandiver 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Massachusetts Institute of Technology professor & engineer [a][347]
Paul K. Van Riper 1953 Marine Corps lieutenant general; Vietnam War veteran; commander 2nd Marine Division; commander Marine Corps Combat Development Command [348]
Victor Veysey † 1929 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Assistant Secretary for Civil Works for the Army; Secretary for Industrial Relations for California; Representative from California (1971–1975); member of the California State Assembly; professor at Caltech and Stanford University [a]
Shane Victorino 1996 Major League Baseball player, member of 2008 World Series and 2009 National League Championship Series-winning Philadelphia Phillies, member of the 2013 World Series winning Boston Red Sox. Two-time all-star and four-time Gold Glove recipient. [39][349][350]
Richard Vinroot 1955 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney from Charlotte, North Carolina; Mayor of Charlotte [a]
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Frank H. Wadsworth † 1933 American forester, conservationist and researcher. [351]
Zach Wahls 2009 LGBT equality activist and politician [352]
John D. Waiheʻe III 1960 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 45th Governor of Hawaii (1st of Native Hawaiian descent) [a]
Greg Walden 1975 c. Representative from Oregon (1999–2021) [a]
David M. Walker † 1960 c. Astronaut who flew missions STS-51-A, STS-30, STS-53 and STS-69 [f]
Scott Walker 1985 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award 45th Governor of Wisconsin [353]
Sam Walton † 1934 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Founder of Walmart and Sam's Club, the world's largest employers [a]
Ehren Watada 1994 c. Army first lieutenant; first commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces to publicly refuse deployment to Iraq, saying that he believed the Iraq War to be illegal [354]
Tripp Welborne 1984 c. Collegiate (Michigan) and professional (Minnesota Vikings) American football player [355]
Larry D. Welch 1948 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Air Force general; president of the Institute for Defense Analyses; fighter pilot; Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force (1986–1990) [a]
Togo D. West Jr. † 1957 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Attorney and public official, president of the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies; Secretary of the Army (1993–1997); Secretary of Veterans Affairs (1998–2000) [a][d]
William Westmoreland † 1930 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Army general; commanded US military operations in the Vietnam War at its peak; served as Army Chief of Staff (1968–1972) [a]
Andrew R. Wheeler 1980 c. Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency [356]
Ted Wheeler 1976 c. Mayor of Portland, Oregon [357]
Ken Whisenhunt 1976 Football coach for the Tennessee Titans; head coach of the Arizona Cardinals (2007–2012); Super Bowl XL and Super Bowl XLIII [358]
Peter J. White 2000 c. Attorney, pilot, and Senior Policy Analyst and aerospace advisor for President Donald Trump. [359]
John C. Whitehead † 1937 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman of the National September 11 Memorial & Museum; chairman of Lower Manhattan Development Corporation and Goldman Sachs; veteran of World War II [a]
Charles Whitman † 1953–1954 c. Spree killer known as the University of Texas tower sniper [360]
E. Royce Williams 1941

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 United States Navy naval aviator; recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor. [361]
E. O. Wilson † 1944 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Biologist, researcher, theorist, naturalist; two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize [a][362]
Walter Wriston † 1934 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Chairman of Citicorp [a]
Wyn Wiley 2014 c. Drag queen and activist for LGBT+ and environmentalist causes [363]
Charles D. Wurster 1967 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Coast Guard vice admiral; National Commodore of the Sea Scouting division of the Boy Scouts of America [a]
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Ronald D. Young 1994 Motivational speaker; former Army warrant officer pilot who became a prisoner of war in the 2003 invasion of Iraq [364][365]
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Jay Zeamer Jr. † 1932 Army Air Forces lieutenant colonel; pilot during World War II who was awarded the Medal of Honor [367]
Ryan Zinke 1976 c. Representative from Montana; U.S. Secretary of the Interior [a]
Roger H. Zion † 1932 Representative from Indiana (1967–1975) [368]
Elmo Zumwalt † 1937 Distinguished Eagle Scout Award Navy admiral; 19th Chief of Naval Operations (1970–1974) [a]
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African American Eagle Scouts

The Boy Scouts did not track the race of scouts who earned the rank of Eagle. For many years it was thought that Edgar Cunningham, who earned his rank in 1926 as a member of Troop 12 in Waterloo, Iowa in what was then Wapsipinicon Area Council, was the first African American recipient of the Eagle rank.[369][370]

In February 2020, it was discovered that Harry Cooper of the Kansas City Council, became an Eagle Scout in September 1920.[371] In the Kansas City Council (now the Heart of America Council) newsletter dated 1920, Harry Cooper of Troop 92 was listed as a new Eagle Scout as of September. The newsletter lists him as the only African American Eagle Scout in Kansas City, one of only ten Eagle Scouts in Kansas City, Missouri at the time.[372][371]

In March 2020, further research showed that the Eagle Scout court of honor for Hamilton Bradley of the Rome Council, was held on December 19, 1919, in Rome, New York. This makes Bradley the earliest known African American Eagle Scout.[373]

Dr. Frank "Tick" Coleman, who earned his Eagle in 1926 is one of the first four known African American Eagle Scouts.[374]

Incorrectly regarded as an Eagle Scout

These persons, while notable in themselves, are sometimes incorrectly listed as having earned the award:

See also

Notes

  1. "Distinguished Eagle Scout award recipients". National Eagle Scout Association. Boy Scouts of America. 2023. Archived from the original on November 18, 2023. Retrieved June 24, 2023.
  2. "The Congress and Scouting". Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on June 7, 2009.
  3. "Astronauts and the BSA" (PDF). Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  4. "Eagle Scouts" (PDF). Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.
  5. Townley, Alvin (2007). Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts. New York: St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-36653-7. Archived from the original on January 23, 2012. Retrieved January 2, 2012.
  6. "Astronauts and the BSA" (PDF). Fact sheet. Boy Scouts of America. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 22, 2011. Retrieved June 7, 2010.

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