Attendee | Boys State | Year | Accomplishments |
Fred Akers | Arkansas | 1955 | Head Football Coach -
Wyoming, Texas, Purdue University |
Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | 1957 | Governor of Tennessee,
Secretary of Education,
Presidential Candidate |
Neil Armstrong | Ohio | 1946 | NASA Astronaut,
First man on the moon |
Bruce Babbitt | Arizona | 1956 | Two-term Governor of Arizona
U.S. Secretary of the Interior |
Max Baucus | Montana | 1960 | U.S. Senator |
Shawn Bradley | Utah | 1989 | Professional Basketball Player |
Tom Brokaw | South Dakota | 1957 | News Commentator |
Richard Cheney | Wyoming | 1958 | Secretary of Defense |
William J. Clinton | Arkansas | 1963 | Attorney General of Arkansas,
Governor of Arkansas,
President of the United States |
Michael S. Dukakis | Massachusetts | 1950 | Governor of Massachusetts,
Democratic Presidential Nominee - 1988 |
Roger Ebert | Illinois | 1959 | Pulitzer Prize for literary criticism,
Movie Critic |
George W. Emery | Maine | 1958 | Vice Admiral - U.S. Navy |
H.F. "Sparky" Gierke | North Dakota | 1961 | Past National Commander,
State Supreme Court Justice,
Justice of U.S. Court of Military Appeals |
Vonnie Holliday | South Carolina | 1993 | First Round Draft Pick for the Green Bay Packers (1997). As a Rookie he started in 12 Games. |
Lee W. Huebner | Wisconsin | 1957 | One of Ripon Society Founders,
Speech writer and Special assistant to President Nixon,
Publisher of International Herald Tribune
(Paris, France) |
James B. Hunt, Jr. | North Carolina | 1954 | Governor of North Carolina |
Fob James | Alabama | 1948 | Governor of Alabama |
Al Jarreau | Wisconsin | 1957 | Renowned Jazz Singer |
James Jones | Oklahoma | 1956 | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1993-),
Congressman,
Chairman of American Mercantile Exchange |
Michael Jordan | North Carolina | 1980 | Professional Basketball Player |
Donnie Kessinger | Arkansas | 1959 | Professional Baseball Player (Chicago Cubs),
Manager of Chicago White Sox,
Head Baseball Coach - University of Mississippi |
Angus King | Virginia | 1961 | Governor of Maine |
Charles Larsen | Nebraska | 1958 | Vice Admiral - U.S. Navy,
Superintendent - U.S. Naval Academy |
Rush Limbaugh, Jr. | Missouri | 1968 | Syndicated radio/television talk show host,
Best selling author |
Trent Lott | Mississippi | 1958 | U.S. Congressman |
Richard Lugar | Indiana | 1949 | Mayor of Indianapolis,
U.S. Senator,
Presidential Candidate |
M. Peter McPherson | Michigan | 1956 | Director of Agency for International Development
Assistant Secretary of the Treasury,
President - Michigan State University |
Bob Miller | Nevada | 1968 | Governor of Nevada |
E. Benjamin Nelson | Nebraska | 1958 | Governor of Nebraska |
Allen H. Neuharth | South Dakota | 1941 | Chairman of Gannet Publishing Co., Inc.
Founder of USA Today |
Sam Nunn | Georgia | 1954 | U.S. Senator |
George Pataki | New York | 1962 | Governor of New York |
Richard W. Riley | South Carolina | 1949 | Two-term Governor of SC,
US Secretary of Education |
