Ryan is also a proud Eagle Scout, earning the award in 2008, and he happily supports the Boy Scouts of America organization, and its goals of cultivating youth leadership and community service, whenever possible.
Before he became world famous for putting the ball in the net, Air Jordan was just another Boy Scout learning how to tie a knot. While MJ never made Eagle Scout, that never kept him from soaring.
With Wednesday marking the 107th anniversary of the Feb. 8, 1910, incorporation of the Boy Scouts of America, check out which famous faces once were Boy Scouts. Just like his character Indiana Jones, Harrison Ford also reached the rank of Life Scout, which is one rank below Eagle Scout.
Hart was awarded Boy Scouts of America's highest rank, Eagle Scout, and became one of only three known Eagle Scouts who have played in the NCAA's Final Four (along with Princeton's Bill Bradley and Stanford's Mark Madsen). He is the only Eagle Scout to ever start on an NCAA Men's Basketball Championship team.
Although not an Arrowman (the OA was not offered in Grand Rapids during his youth) Gerald Ford was named a Distinguished Eagle Scout in 1970. To date, Ford has be en the only president to attain the rank of Eagle Scout as a youth.
Attaining the rank of Eagle Scout requires dedication to community service and leadership- ideals that Walt Disney himself upheld. In fact, Walt was a Boy Scout and received the Silver Buffalo Award as an adult. His medal is on display at the Walt Disney Family Museum in San Francisco.
Four U.S. presidents were Cub Scouts in their youth, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush, and Bill Clinton. Barack Obama was a Siaga, the equivalent of a Cub Scout in the national Scouting organization of Indonesia.
One of his last public appearances was at a dinner. He was riddled with cancer and knew he was close to death. The purpose of the dinner was to benefit a land purchase for a Scout Reservation called John Wayne Outpost Camp. At this dinner, Wayne recited the Scout Law.
The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) created the Spirit of the Eagle Award as an honorary, posthumous recognition of a registered youth member who has lost his or her life in an accident or through illness. This award is bestowed by the National Court of Honor as part of the celebration of life of this young person.
Isabella Tunney poses with a total of 137 merit badges. Junior Isabella Tunney: the first female Eagle Scout. Yes, that's right. She's the first female to become an Eagle Scout.
Ryan Andresen made nationwide headlines in 2012. Despite nearly half a million petition signatures, the Moraga 17-year-old was denied the Boy Scouts' highest honor because of his sexual orientation. "Getting my Eagle Scout taken is devastating.
Barack Obama was a Siaga (Cub Scout) in Gerakan Pramuka Indonesia, the national Scouting organization of Indonesia. He sent a video message for the 2010 National Scout Jamboree. Donald Trump was not involved with Scouting as a youth. He spoke at the 2017 National Scout Jamboree.
There is NO OFFICIAL "wearing order of merit" for the Eagle medal. The Eagle Scout Medal is worn by ADULT members also immediately above the top of the left pocket flap of the uniform, either by itself or with other medals.
In fact, Eagle Scouts that join any branch of the military start at a higher rank than those who do not have the Eagle Scout designation. Higher rank means higher pay. If an Eagle Scout desires to pursue a career in the military, they'll begin as an E-3 instead of an E-1!
Lamar Wallace is 105 years old. That likely makes him the oldest living Eagle Scout. Officials at the National Eagle Scout Association tell me Wallace is the oldest Eagle they know about, but NESA doesn't have Eagle Scout birth dates before 1983.
How old was the oldest person to earn Eagle Scout?
More than a half-century after he finished the requirements to earn the rank, an 88-year-old man was honored as an Eagle Scout on Saturday, making him possibly the oldest person to ever collect the honor.
Disney was a Boy Scout until his family moved to Chicago and he had to drop out. He received the Silver Buffalo Award, Scouting's highest honor for adults.
Kutcher, who broke into show business when he starred in the long-running sitcom That '70s Show, was a Scout as a youth and has praised the program for shaping the person he is today.
(Note: While Glenn wasn't a Scout, at least two-thirds of the pilots and scientists selected as astronauts since 1959 were in the program as young men.) Despite not being involved in the program as a youth, Glenn believed in the power of Scouting.
