Did you know that: a total of 1,835,410 Scouts have earned the rank of Eagle Scout as of the end of 2005.
Did you know that: out of 83,486,083 Scouts since 1911, this is only about 2 percent of the Boy Scouting membership.
A Sample of Famous Eagle Scouts
-- Neil Armstrong
First man on the moon
-- Willie Banks
U.S. Olympic medalist, former world record holder in the triple jump
-- Michael Bloomberg
Mayor of New York City
-- Bill Bradley
Former U.S. senator, former presidential candidate, former professional basketball player
-- Stephen G. Breyer
Associate justice, United States Supreme Court
-- The Honorable Mike Crapo
United States senator, Idaho
-- William C. DeVries, M.D.
Surgeon and educator, transplanted the first artificial heart
-- The Honorable Mike Enzi
United States senator, Wyoming
-- Thomas Foley
Former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, former ambassador to Japan
-- President Gerald R. Ford (deceased)
Former president of the United States
-- Steve Fossett (deceased)
World record holder, first person to circumnavigate Earth solo in a hot air balloon
-- Chan Gailey
Offensive coordinator of the Kansas City Chiefs, former head coach of the Dallas Cowboys
-- Bill Gates, Sr.
CEO of Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, father of Microsoft founder Bill Gates
-- Michael Kahn
Academy Award-winning film editor
-- James A. Lovell, Jr.
Retired U.S. Navy officer, former astronaut
-- Gary Locke
Former governor of the state of Washington
-- The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
United States senator, Indiana
-- J. Willard Marriott Jr.
Chairman and CEO, Marriott International
-- George Meyer
Writer and producer of “The Simpsons”
-- Michael F. Moore
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker
-- H. Ross Perot
Founder of Perot Systems Corp., former presidential candidate
-- Gov. Rick Perry
Governor of Texas
-- Mike Rowe
Host of “Dirty Jobs” on the Discovery Channel
-- The Honorable Jeff Sessions
United States senator, Alabama
-- William S. Sessions
Former federal judge, former director of the FBI
-- Steven Spielberg
Academy Award-winning film director
-- John Tesh
Recording artist and performer
-- Togo D. West Jr.
Former United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
(information from scouting.org)
Are you impressed? I'm impressed. Even if it is just a little nerdy.
-Is Ross Perot really on your ooo, 'I should be impressed list'?
ReplyDelete-Mike Rowe is the sexiest man to ever walk the face of the earth, sigh.
-Did you also know that the scouts do not allow openly gay men to join or act as scout leaders?