Scouting's Bottom Line
What happens to a Scout?
For every 100 boys who join Scouting, records indicate that:
RARELY Will one be brought before the juvenile court system
2 Will become Eagle Scouts
17 Will become future Scout volunteers
12 Will have their first contact with a church
1 Will enter the clergy 5 Will earn their church award
18 Will develop a hobby that Will last through their adult life
8 Will enter a vocation that was learned through the merit badge system
1 Will use his Scouting skills to save his own life
1 Will use his Scouting skills to save the life of another person
Scouting's alumni record is equally impressive.
A recent nationwide survey of high schools revealed the following information:
85% of student council presidents were Scouts
89% of senior class presidents were Scouts
80% of junior class presidents were Scouts
75% of school publication editors were Scouts
71% of football captains were Scouts
Scouts also account for:
64% of Air Force Academy graduates
68% of West Point graduates
70% of Annapolis graduates
72% of Rhodes Scholars
85% of F.B.I. agents
26 of the first 29 astronauts
FAMOUS EAGLE SCOUTS
- Henry Aaron - Baseball player, home run king - the Mobile Press Register quoted Henry as saying that the greatest positive influence in his life was his involvement in scouting
- Lamar Alexander - Lawyer, Governor of Tennessee, Secretary of Education, presidential candidate
- Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon, from Wapakoneta, OH
- Willie Banks - Olympic & world record holding track star
- Albert Belle - baseball player
- William Bennett - Secretary of Education
- Lloyd M. Bentsen, Jr. - Treasury Secretary & U.S. Representative from Texas
- Michael Bloomberg - Mayor of New York City, founder of Bloomberg News
- Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star and U.S. Senator from NJ
- James Brady - Former Press Secretary to President Reagan
- Milton A. Caniff - Comic strip artist "Steve Canyon"
- William Devries - M.D., transplanted first artificial heart
- Michael Dukakis - Governor of Massachusetts, presidential candidate
- Arthur Eldred - First Eagle Scout
- Thomas Foley - Speaker of the House and U.S. Representative from Washington
- 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 balloon and finally did it in 2002, won the Chicago to Mackinaw boat races, competed in the Iditarod dog race, and competed in several iron man triathlons, and among other things lives the Scouting mottos both Cub and Boy Scout by doing his best and being prepared
- Robert M. Gates - Director of Central Intelligence (CIA)
- Richard A. Gephardt - U.S. Representative from Missouri, Minority Leader
- Michael Kahn - stage director, Oscar winning film editor
- John Koncak - basketball player
- Sheldon Leonard - actor, director, producer, 3 time Emmy award winner
- Steven W. Lindsey - Astronaut - He was the pilot for STS-95 when John Glenn returned to space as a Senator. He made Eagle in Troop 161 in Temple City, California.
- James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut, President of National Eagle Scout Association. Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13 At one time had seen more sunrises than any other human being
- Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana (presidential candidate 1996)
- J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - President, Marriott Corp.
- CDR William McCool, USN - Astronaut, Pilot of U.S. Space Shuttle Columbia.
- Michael Moore - Author and filmmaker, nominated for an Oscar for "Bowling for Columbine"
- Jim Mora - NFL football coach
- Oswald "Ozzie" Nelson - actor
- Sam Nunn - U.S. Senator from Georgia
- Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut aboard the U.S. Space Shuttle Challenger
- Steve Oswald - Astronaut, Navy Rear Admiral
- Mitchell Paige - walked 200 miles to enlist in MArines on his 18th birthday in 1936, retired as a Colonel, Medal of honor. Presented his eagle award in 2003 after it was verified that he'd not received it in 1936 because he'd joined the Marines.
- Francis J. Parater - nominated for Sainthood by Diocese of Richmond, VA. died at age 22 in 1920 in Rome, while at seminary.
- H. Ross Perot - Self-made billionaire and presidential candidate
- J. J. Pickle - U.S. Representative from Texas, proudly displays his Eagle plaque inside his office
- Samuel R. Pierce - Former Sec. Housing & Urban Development
- Frederick Reines - Nobel Prize winner in Physics
- Gary Rogers - Chairman and CEO of Dreyer's Ice Cream
- Jim Rogers - CEO of Kampgrounds of America (KOA)
- Donald Rumsfeld - Secretary of Defense
- Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author
- James Sanderson - Vice Admiral, US Navy (Ret), Deputy Chief US Atlantic Fleet
- Jeff Sessions - Junior Senator from Alabama is an Eagle Scout from the troop in Camden, AL.
- William Sessions - Former FBI director
- Steven Spielberg - Movie producer, from Scottsdale, AZ, made a movie of his troop while getting Photography MB. Helped to design requirements for the cinematography MB.
- John Tesh - TV celebrity and pianist
- Sam Walton - Founder, Wal-Mart
- Togo West - Secretary of the Army and Secretary of Veterans Affairs
- Elmo R. Zumwalt, Jr. - Admiral, Chief of Naval Operations
FAMOUS SCOUTS, but not Eagles
- Richard Dean Anderson - taught Reptile Study, actor
- Jimmy Buffett - musician and singer
- George W. Bush - Cub Scout, President of the United States
- Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of the United States
- Walter Cronkite - newsman
- Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones" & "Han Solo"
- Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp.
- Richard Gere - Actor
- David Hartman - TV personality
- Dan Jansen - Olympic Gold Medal - Speed Skating
- Bruce Jenner - Olympic Gold Medal - Decathlon
- John F Kennedy - First US President who was a Scout - See his note to his father about an allowance increase for Scouting
- Branford Marsalis - Life Scout, Jazz musician
- Paul McCartney - Rock N Roll, Beatles (UK)
- Jim Morrison - Rock N Roll
- Merlin Olson - Pro football player and sportscaster
- Eddie Rabbitt - Country & Western singer
- John Ritter - actor, son of singer Tex Ritter (deceased)
- Richard Roundtree - actor
- Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher
- Alberto Salazar - Life, 3 time winner NY marathon
- John Schneider - Actor, Dukes of Hazard
- Mark Spitz - winner of 7 Olympic Gold Medals in swimming
- James Stewart - actor, USAF Brig. General, B-17 pilot in WWII
- George Takei - actor, Mr. Sulu of Star Trek
- Joe Theisman - Life, former QB, Washington Redskins
- Peter Uberroth - Cub Scout, Commissioner of Baseball
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