Scouting's
Bottom Line
From the
U.S. Scouting Service Project
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 nation-wide 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:
- 95% original
Green Berets
-
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 SCOUTS
Henry "Hank" Aaron, Baseball Superstar (Boy Scout)
Bill Alexander, U.S. Representative from Arkansas (Eagle Scout)
Gary Anderson, U.S. Representative from New York (Eagle Scout)
Neil Armstrong - Astronaut & First Man On The Moon (Eagle Scout)
Charles Bennett, U.S. Representative from Florida (Eagle Scout)
William Bennett, Former Secretary of Education (Eagle Scout)
Bill Bradley, Pro basketball star and U.S. Sneator from New Jersey (Eagle Scout)
James Brady, Former Press Secretary to President Reagan (Eagle Scout)
Milton Caniff, Comic Strip Artist "Steve Canyon" (Eagle Scout)
Walter Cronkite - Journalist, T.V. commentator
Willaim Dannemeyer, U.S. Representative from California (Eagle Scout)
William C. DeVries, M.D., Transplanted first artificial heart (Eagle Scout)
Arthur Eldred, (First Eagle Scout)
Daniel J. Evans, Former US Senator and Governor from the state of Washington
(Eagle Scout)
Gerald Ford, 38th President of the U.S. (1st Eagle Scout to become President)
Harrison Ford, Actor (Life Scout)
Murphy J. "Mike" Foster, Governor of Louisiana (Eagle Scout)
Bill Gates, Founder of Microsoft (Life Scout)
Richard Gere - Actor
David Hartman, Actor (Life Scout)
Bruce Jenner - Olympic Gold Medal Decathlon (Cub Scout)
John F. Kennedy, U.S. President
Gary Locke, Governor of Washington State (Eagle
Scout)
James Lovell - Astronaut (Eagle Scout)
Richard Lugar, U.S. Senator from Indiana (Eagle Scout)
J. Willard Marriott, Jr., President, Marriott Corporation (Eagle Scout)
The office of Mr. Marriott has asked that Eagle congratulatory letters not be requested.
Branford Marsalis, Jazz musician (Life Scout)
William McCool, Space Shuttle Columbia Pilot
(Eagle Scout)
Sam Nunn, U.S. Senator from Georgia (Eagle Scout)
Merlin Olsen, Actor, Pro Football Player and Sportscaster (Boy Scout)
Ellison Onizuka, Challenger Astronaut (Eagle Scout)
H. Ross Perot, Self Made Billionaire and Presidential Candidate (Eagle Scout)
J.J. Pickle, U.S. Representative from Texas (Eagle Scout)
Samuel Pierce, Former Secreatry of Housing & Urban Development (Eagle Scout)
Eddie Rabbitt, Country/Western singer (Boy Scout)
John Ritter, Actor
Richard Roundtree, Actor (Boy Scout)
Nolan Ryan, Pro Baseball Player
Alberto Salazar, 3-time winner, NYC Marathon (Life Scout)
Harrison Salisbury, Pulizer Prize winning Author (Eagle Scout)
John Schneider, Actor/Singer (Cub Scout)
Willaim Sessions, Former FBI Director (Eagle Scout)
Howard K. Smith, Former ABC-TV commentator (Boy Scout)
Steven Spielberg, Film Director/Producer (Eagle Scout)
Mark Spitz - Olympic Gold Medal Swimmer (Cub Scout)
James Stewart - Actor (Boy Scout)
Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize winning Author (Eagle Scout)
George Strait - Country/Western Singer (Cub Scout)
Percy Sutton, Chairman of CBS (Eagle Scout)
John Tesh, TV Celebrity (Eagle Scout)
Joe Theisman, Sportscaster, former NFL player (Life Scout)
Peter Ueberroth, Former Commissioner of Baseball (Cub Scout)
Paul Winfield, Actor (Cub Scout)
ASTRONAUTS SCOUTING RECORD
Of the 214 former and present astronauts, 142 have taken part in Scouting.
EAGLE:
Adamson, Armstrong, Bagian, Bluford, Bowersox, Brady, Carr, Carter, Chaffee,
Covey, Creighton, Duke, Eisele, Fullerton, W. Gregory, Griggs, Hoffman, Jones, Lee, Lind, Llewellyn (King's Scout, U.K.),
Lovell, McCulley, O'Leary, Onizuka, Oswald, Parazynski, Reightler, Searfoss, See, Tanner, Truly, D. Walker
LIFE:
Anders, Basset, Brand, Bridges, Casper, Cooper, Evans, Fabian, G. Gardner, Givens,
Gregory, Kregel, Low, Mattingly, McArthur, Mitchell, D. Scott, Spring, Springer, Van Hoften, C. Williams
STAR:
Barry, Cameron, England, W. Fisher, Garriott, R. Gibson, Gordon, Grissom, Haise,
Lounge, McNair, Stafford
1ST CLASS:
J. Allen, Bean, Clifford, Coats, Engle, Freeman, D. Gardner, E. Gibson, Hammond,
Henize, Linnehan, Nelson, Overmyer, Schirra, Schweickart, W. Scott, Shepard, Veach, Worden
2ND CLASS:
Bolden, Buchli, Carpenter, Cernan, Culbertson, Mullane, Parker, Pogue, Shriver,
Swigert, W. Thornton, White, Young
TENDERFOOT:
Aldrin, Bursch, Hawley, Lousma, McDivitt, Michel, Schmitt, S. Smith
EXPLORER:
O'Connor, D. Williams
GIRL SCOUT:
E. Collins, Davis, A. Fisher, Helms, Jernigan, Lawrence, Seddon, Sherlock, Sullivan,
K. Thornton, Janice Voss, Weber
CUB SCOUT:
A. Allen, C. Brown, Conrad, Foale (Wolf, Germany), Gernhardt, Henricks, Leestma,
Lopez-Alegria, McBride, Meade, Readdy, Rominger, Shepherd, Thomas, Thuot, Wolf
RANK UNKNOWN:
C. Brown, Bull, Clervoy, Garneau, Harris, James Voss
Sir David Attenborough - Naturalist, TV Personality
John Major - Prime Minister
Paul McCartney - Songwriter, Entertainer
Sterling Moss OBE - Motor Racing Champion
Keith Richards, Songwriter/Musician
Rich Little, Impressionist & Actor (Queen's Scout)
Carl XVI Gustav of Sweden, King
Ingvar Carlsson, Prime Minister
