"Only one in four boys in America will become a Scout, but it is interesting to know that of the leaders in this nation in business, religion and politics, three out of four were Scouts."

"About four percent of Scouts attain the Eagle Scout rank, and many have become notable for accomplishments in their later life and career.[22] Eagle Scouts are expected to set an example for other Scouts and to become the leaders in life that they have demonstrated themselves to be in Scouting. They are disproportionately represented in the military, service academy graduates, major professions, business and politics."

"The Distinguished Eagle Scout Award (DESA) is a special award, given only to Eagle Scouts, for distinguished service in their profession and the community for a period of at least 25 years after earning the Eagle Scout rank. Only about 1 in 1000 of all Eagle Scouts have been honored with this prestigious award."

"Famous Eagle Scouts

Bill Alexander - US Rep from Arkansas
Gary L. Anderson - US Rep from NY
Neil Armstrong - astronaut, first man on moon, from Wapakoneta, OH
Charles E. Bennett - US Rep from Florida
William Bennett - former Secretary of Education
Bill Bradley - Pro basketball star and US Senator from NJ
James Brady - press sec to Pres. Reagan
Milton A. Caniff - comic strip artist "Steve Canyon"
John W. Creighton, Jr. - President & CEO of Weyerhaeuser Company
William E. Dannemeyer - US Rep from Cal.
William Devries - MD, transplanted first artificial heart
Michael Dukakis - former governor of Massachusetts
Arthur Eldred - America's First Eagle Scout
Gerald Ford - U.S. President (1st Eagle to be pres.)
James Lovell - Navy pilot and astronaut, Flew on Gemini 7, 12 & Apollo 8, 13
Richard Lugar - Senator from Indiana (presidential candidate 1996)
J. Willard Marriott, Jr. - Pres. Marriott Corp.
Sam Nunn - US Senator from Georgia
Ellison Onizuka - Astronaut for Hawaii aboard the space shuttle Challenger
H. Ross Perot - self-made billionaire and presidential candidate
J. J. Pickle - US Rep from Texas, proudly displays his Eagle plaque inside his office
Samuel R. Pierce - former Sec. Housing & Urban Development
Harrison Salisbury - Pulitzer Prize winning author
William Sessions - former FBI director
Steven Spielberg - Movie producer
Wallace Stegner - Won a Pulitzer Prize in 1972 for "Angle of Repose"
Percy Sutton - Attorney, Chairman of the Board of City Broadcasting Corp.
John Tesh - TV celebrity and pianist
Famous Scouts, but not Eagles

Henry Aaron - baseball player, home run king
Walter Cronkite, Journalist, TV commentator
Richard Dean Anderson - taught Reptile Study, actor
Charles F. Barber - CEO of American Smelting & refining
Bill Clinton - Cub Scout, President of US
Harrison Ford - Life, taught Reptile Study, actor "Indiana Jones"
Bill Gates - Life, founder of Microsoft Corp.
David Hartman - TV personality
Cub Scout, Bruce Jenner, Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon
John F Kennedy - first US President who was a Scout
Branford Marsalis - Life Scout, Jazz musician
Merlin Olson - Pro football player and sportscaster
Eddie Rabbitt - Country & Western singer
John Ritter - actor, son of singer Tex Ritter
Richard Roundtree - actor
Nolan Ryan - pro baseball pitcher
Alberto Salazar - Life, 3 time winner NY marathon
Mark Spitz, Cub Scout, Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer
James Stewart - actor, USAF B. General, B-17 pilot in WWII
Joe Theisman - Life, former QB, Washington Redskins
Peter Ueberroth, Cub Scout, Former Commissioner of Baseball"