A Sample of Famous Eagle Scouts

Willie Banks
Olympian, former world record holder, triple jump and long jump

Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr.
Former secretary of the treasury and former United States senator, Texas

Bill Bradley
Former United States senator, New Jersey

Milton A. Caniff
Cartoonist

William C. DeVries, M.D.
Surgeon and educator
Transplanted first artificial heart

Thomas Foley
Former Speaker of the House and
former United States Representative, Washington

Dr. Robert M. Gates
Former director, CIA
President, Texas A&M University

The Honorable Gerald R. Ford
38th president of the United States

J. Stephen Fossett
First to circumnavigate the Earth solo in a balloon

Michael Kahn
Stage director
Academy Award-winning film editor

John Koncak
Center, Orlando Magic, National Basketball Association

James A. Lovell Jr.
Apollo astronaut and business executive

The Honorable Richard G. Lugar
United States senator, Indiana

J. Willard Marriott Jr.
Chairman of the board and president, Marriott Corporation

Sam Nunn
Former United States senator, Georgia

H. Ross Perot
Founder, Electronic Data Systems Corporation and The Perot Group

Donald H. Rumsfeld
Secretary of defense

Harrison Salisbury
Pulitzer Prize-winning author

James Stewart Actor