Eagle Scouts
Apr. 30th, 2006 04:39 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
miss_pryssI am, for reasons that don't bear exploring at this juncture, doing a bit of research into what it takes to be an Eagle Scout.
I just happened across Wikipedia's List of Eagle Scouts. (God, I love Wikipedia.)
Here are a few of the more interesting Eagle Scouts:
Neil Armstrong, astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon
Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, founder of Bloomberg News
James Dale, litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Michael S. Dukakis, politician (governor of Massachusetts, Democrat presidential candidate)
Ronnie Earle, Texas district attorney uncovered the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal & indicted Tom DeLay
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher (City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco) catalyst of the beat social revolution
David Hahn, "Radioactive Boy Scout", attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age 17 (with some success).
William Hanna, an animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
Bobby Henderson, inventor of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (a satirical parody religion and Internet phenomenon)
Russell Henderson, murderer of Matthew Shepard
L. Ron Hubbard, author, founder of the Church of Scientology
Howard W. Hunter, DESA, fourteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-1995)
Mike Judge, cartoonist, actor, writer, & producer of Beavis and Butt-head & King of the Hill
Alfred Kinsey, Insect biologist, sex and human behavior researcher
David Lynch, actor, director (Palme d'Or recipient)
Michael Moore, social/political commentator, author, director (Palme d'Or & Academy Award recipient)
Fred Phelps, minister and noted anti-gay activist
John Edward Robinson, serial killer
Donald Rumsfeld, politician (Secretary of Defense)
Steven Spielberg, director/producer and the most financially successful filmmakers in history.
John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity, radio show host
Sam Walton, DESA, businessman (founder of Wal-Mart)
Charles Whitman, spree killer (Univ. of Texas tower sniper) and marksman (had brain tumor)
I just happened across Wikipedia's List of Eagle Scouts. (God, I love Wikipedia.)
Here are a few of the more interesting Eagle Scouts:
Neil Armstrong, astronaut, first man to walk on the Moon
Arthur Gary Bishop, serial killer
Michael Bloomberg, Mayor of New York, founder of Bloomberg News
James Dale, litigant in Boy Scouts of America v. Dale
Michael S. Dukakis, politician (governor of Massachusetts, Democrat presidential candidate)
Ronnie Earle, Texas district attorney uncovered the Jack Abramoff lobbying and corruption scandal & indicted Tom DeLay
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, poet, publisher (City Lights Bookstore of San Francisco) catalyst of the beat social revolution
David Hahn, "Radioactive Boy Scout", attempted to build a nuclear reactor at age 17 (with some success).
William Hanna, an animator, director, producer, cartoon artist, and co-founder of Hanna-Barbera
Bobby Henderson, inventor of Flying Spaghetti Monsterism (a satirical parody religion and Internet phenomenon)
Russell Henderson, murderer of Matthew Shepard
L. Ron Hubbard, author, founder of the Church of Scientology
Howard W. Hunter, DESA, fourteenth President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1994-1995)
Mike Judge, cartoonist, actor, writer, & producer of Beavis and Butt-head & King of the Hill
Alfred Kinsey, Insect biologist, sex and human behavior researcher
David Lynch, actor, director (Palme d'Or recipient)
Michael Moore, social/political commentator, author, director (Palme d'Or & Academy Award recipient)
Fred Phelps, minister and noted anti-gay activist
John Edward Robinson, serial killer
Donald Rumsfeld, politician (Secretary of Defense)
Steven Spielberg, director/producer and the most financially successful filmmakers in history.
John Tesh, musician (piano), TV celebrity, radio show host
Sam Walton, DESA, businessman (founder of Wal-Mart)
Charles Whitman, spree killer (Univ. of Texas tower sniper) and marksman (had brain tumor)
