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Notable Eagle Scouts

Some Notable Eagle Scouts

  • Gerald R.  Ford Jr. – 38th President of the United States.
  • Michael Bloomberg – mayor of New York City.
  • John W.  Crayton, Jr. – President and CEO of Weyerhauser.
  • William C.  DeVries, MD –  The doctor who transplanted first artificial heart.
  • Philo Farnsworth – inventor – patented the television.
  • Steve Fossett – Adventurer, president of the National Eagle Scouts Association.  Still missing after his plane crashed in the Nevada desert.
  • Louis Freeh – former director of the FBI.
  • L.  Ron Hubbard – writer of Dianetics and the founder of Scientology
  • JW Marriott, Jr – President, Marriott Corporation.
  • Michael Moore – director, author, and comedian.
  • Mitchell Paige – Marine Corps hero who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Guadalcanal
  • H.  Ross Perot – Businessman and former presidential candidate.
  • Donald Rumsfeld – former United States Secretary of Defense, former representative and ambassador to NATO.
  • Stephen Spielberg – director
  • Ryan Stout – stand -up comedian
  • John Tesh – musician and actor.
  • Walter Cronkite – Journalist, T.V.  commentator
  • Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S.  Senator from New Jersey
  • Richard Lugar, U.S.  Senator from Indiana

Astronauts

  • Neil Armstrong – First human to set foot on the Moon.  Astronaut, test pilot, and naval aviator – Flew on the Gemini 8 and Apollo 11 missions.
  • James Lovell – Astronaut, Flew on missions Gemini 7, Gemini 12, Apollo 8, and Apollo 13, former president of National Eagle Scout Association.
  • James C.  Adamson – Retired Army colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -28 and STS -43.
  • James P.  Bagian – Physician and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -29 and STS -40.
  • Guy Bluford – Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -8, STS -39, STS -53, and STS -61 -A.  First African American in space.
  • Ken Bowersox – Astronaut, test pilot and Navy captain – Flew on shuttle mission STS -50, STS -61, STS -73, STS -82, STS -113, International Space Station Expedition 6, and Soyuz TMA -1.
  • Charles E.  Brady, Jr. – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -78.
  • Gerald P.  Carr – Retired Marine Corps colonel and astronaut – Commanded Skylab 4.
  • Sonny Carter – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -33.
  • Roger B.  Chaffee – Navy pilot and astronaut on Apollo 1.
  • Gregory Chamitoff – Astronaut – Backup crew -member for International Space Station Expedition 15.
  • Richard O.  Covey – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -26, STS -38, STS -51 -I, STS -61.
  • John Oliver Creighton – Navy combat veteran and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -G, STS -36, and STS -48.
  • Charles Moss Duke, Jr. – Retired Air Force brigadier general and astronaut.  Flew on Apollo 16.  One of only twelve men who have walked on the moon.
  • Donn F.  Eisele – Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on Apollo 7.
  • Patrick G.  Forrester – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -105.
  • Michael E.  Fossum – Colonel in the Air Force Reserve, and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -121.
  • C.  Gordon Fullerton – Research pilot, retired Air Force colonel, and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -3 and STS -51 -F.
  • William G.  Gregory – Retired Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -67.
  • S.  David Griggs – Navy Reserve admiral and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -51 -D.
  • Jeffrey A.  Hoffman – Co -director of the Massachusetts Space Grant Consortium at MIT’s Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics, astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -D, STS -35, STS -46, STS -61, and STS -75.
  • Gregory H.  Johnson – Astronaut.
  • Thomas David Jones – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -59, STS -68 and STS -80.
  • Mark C.  Lee – Retired Air Force officer and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -30, STS -47, STS -64, and STS -82.
  • Don L.  Lind – Astronaut – Flew on SpaceLab mission STS -51 -B.
  • Steven W.  Lindsey – Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -87, STS -95, and STS -104.
  • Michael J.  McCulley – Chief Executive Officer of United Space Alliance and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -104.
  • William Cameron McCool  – Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS -107.
  • Brian O’Leary – Astronaut – Deputy team leader for Mariner 10.
  • Ellison Onizuka – Air Force lieutenant colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle mission STS -51 -C.  Died onboard shuttle Challenger, mission STS -51 -L.
  • Stephen S.  Oswald – Navy rear admiral and Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -42, STS -56, and STS -67.
  • Scott E.  Parazynski – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -66, STS -86, STS -95 and STS -100.
  • Donald Pettit – Astronaut who participated in missions STS -113, International Space Station Expedition 6, and Soyuz TMA -1.
  • Kenneth S.  Reightler, Jr. – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -48 and STS -60.
  • Richard A.  Searfoss – Retired Air Force colonel and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -58, STS -76, and STS -90.
  • Elliott See – Astronaut – Backup pilot for Gemini 5 before his death.
  • Richard H.  Truly – Retired Navy vice admiral and astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -2 and STS -8 and first former astronaut to head NASA.
  • David M.  Walker – Astronaut – Flew on shuttle missions STS -51 -A, STS -30, STS -53, and STS -69.