Famous Boys State Alumni

Fred Akers (Arkansas, 1955) – Head Football Coach for 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
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
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, 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 South Carolina, US Secretary of Education

Famous Boys State Alumni

Past Program Graduates