Editing Eagle Scout (section)

==Recipients==
{{Main article |List of Eagle Scouts}}

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Four [[List of Nobel laureates|Nobel Prize laureates]] are known to be Eagle Scouts: [[Dudley R. Herschbach]], [[Peter Agre]], [[Robert Coleman Richardson]], and [[Frederick Reines]].<ref name=famous/> Eleven Eagle Scouts have been awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]: [[Eugene B. Fluckey]],<ref name=Pinnacle/> [[Aquilla J. Dyess]],<ref name=townley /> [[Robert Edward Femoyer]],<ref name=Casto/> [[Walter Joseph Marm Jr.|Walter Joseph Marm, Jr.]],<ref name=heritage>{{Cite web |title=COL Walter "Joe" Marm, Jr |publisher=Army Heritage Center |url=https://www.armyheritage.org/75-information/soldier-stories/567-walter-marm}}</ref> [[Mitchell Paige]],<ref name=townley />{{rp |18–19}} [[Thomas R. Norris]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Wendell |first=Bryan |title=Vietnam War Hero Receives Distinguished Eagle Scout Award |journal=Scouting |date=October 24, 2011 |url=http://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2011/10/24/vietnam-war-hero-receives-distinguished-eagle-scout-award}}</ref> [[Arlo L. Olson]],<ref name=olson/> [[Ben L. Salomon]],<ref name=biederman/> [[Leo K. Thorsness]],<ref name="rattle"/> [[Jay Zeamer Jr.]],<ref name=Zeamer/> and [[Britt K. Slabinski]].

At least forty [[astronaut]]s earned the rank as a youth, including [[Neil Armstrong]] and [[Charles Duke]], both of whom walked on the Moon.<ref name=astro-bsa/> Businessmen who have earned the award include [[Walmart]] founder [[Sam Walton]],<ref name=townley />{{rp |88–89}} [[Marriott International]] [[Chief executive officer|CEO]] [[J. W. "Bill" Marriott, Jr.|J. W. Marriott, Jr.]],<ref name=DESAlist/> and [[Michael Bloomberg]], [[Mayor of New York City]] and founder of [[Bloomberg L.P.]]

Eagle Scouts who have held public office include [[List of Presidents of the United States|38th]] [[President of the United States]] [[Gerald Ford|Gerald R. Ford]],<ref name="fordeagle"/> 22nd [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Robert Gates]],<ref name=DESAlist/><ref name=townley />{{rp |217–218}} 13th and 21st [[United States Secretary of Defense|U.S. Secretary of Defense]] [[Donald Rumsfeld]],<ref name=speakers/> 69th [[United States Secretary of State|U.S. Secretary of State]] [[Rex Tillerson]], former [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] [[Stephen Breyer]]<ref name="townley" />{{rp|56–59}}<ref name="honor2" /> and 84th [[Jeff Sessions|U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions]].

In academia, Eagle Scouts are represented by [[Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction]]-winner [[E. O. Wilson|E.O. Wilson]], [[E. Gordon Gee]], former President of [[Ohio State University]], and [[Kim B. Clark]], former [[Dean (education)|Dean]] of the [[Harvard Business School]], and former president of [[Brigham Young University–Idaho]].<ref name=DESAlist/><ref name="WilsonEagle"/> Entertainers who earned the BSA's highest rank include [[Documentary film|documentary]] filmmaker and [[Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature|Academy Award]] winner [[Michael Moore]],<ref name=moore/> [[Academy Award for Best Director|Academy Award]]-winning director [[Steven Spielberg]],<ref name=Eldred/> and [[Mike Rowe]], host of ''[[Dirty Jobs]]''.<ref name=rowe/>

Athletes who have earned Eagle Scout include Basketball Hall of Famer (later [[United States Senate|U.S. Senator]]) [[Bill Bradley]], NBA All-Star [[Mark Eaton]], MLB All-Star [[Shane Victorino]], Daytona 500 winner [[William Byron (racing driver)|William Byron]], pitcher [[Jon Moscot]], running back [[David Montgomery (American football)|David Montgomery]], Notre Dame and San Diego Chargers linebacker [[Manti Te'o]], and [[Philadelphia Eagles]] guard [[Landon Dickerson]].<ref name="scout.com"/><ref name=manti/> Religious leaders who have earned Eagle Scout include [[Cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore|Archbishop Emeritus of Baltimore]] [[William H. Keeler]], and [[Howard W. Hunter]], 14th [[President of the Church (LDS Church)|president]] of [[the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref name=hunter/>

Other notable recipients include [[Sam Berns]], an American teen who had [[progeria]] and helped raise awareness about the disease, the novelist and adventurer [[Clive Cussler]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://blog.scoutingmagazine.org/2018/02/08/famous-former-scouts/|title=111 Scouts who became famous (Just in time for the BSA's 111th birthday)|date=February 8, 2018}}</ref> and [[Ross Ulbricht]], the creator of the darknet [[Silk Road (marketplace)|Silk Road]].<ref name="SegalIdealist">Segal, David. "[https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-idealist-drug-trafficker.html?_r=0 Eagle Scout. Idealist. Drug Trafficker?] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210414131210/https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/19/business/eagle-scout-idealist-drug-trafficker.html?_r=0 |date=April 14, 2021 }}" ''[[The New York Times]]''. January 18, 2014. Retrieved on June 10, 2015.</ref>