Recipients
Steven Spielberg, Academy Award-winning film director Michael Bloomberg, NYC Mayor and founder of Bloomberg, L.P.Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Robert Gates, 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense
At least forty astronauts earned the rank as a youth, including Neil Armstrong and Charles Duke who walked on the moon. Businessmen who have earned the award include Wal-Mart founder Sam Walton, Marriott International CEO J. W. Marriott, Jr., and Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York City and founder of Bloomberg L.P.
Eagle Scouts can be found in prominent public offices, as recipients include 38th President of the United States Gerald R. Ford, 22nd U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, 13th and 21st U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Stephen Breyer. In academia, Eagle Scouts are represented by Pulitzer Prize-winner E.O. Wilson, Gordon Gee, President of Ohio State University, and Kim B. Clark former Dean of the Harvard Business School.
Entertainers who earned the BSA's highest rank include documentary filmmaker and Academy Award-winner Michael Moore, Academy Award-winning director Steven Spielberg, and Mike Rowe, host of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs. Athletes who have earned Eagle Scout include Basketball Hall of Famer (later U.S. Senator) Bill Bradley and MLB All-Star Shane Victorino. Recipients are also leaders of religion, including Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore William H. Keeler, Church of Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard, and Howard W. Hunter, 14th president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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