Prominent Boys State Graduates

 

Delegate

State

Year

Accomplishments since Boys State

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
Vice President of the United States

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

H.F. "Sparky" Gierke

North Dakota

1961

Past National Commander,
State Supreme Court Justice,
Justice of U.S. Court of Military Appeals

Mike Huckabee

Arkansas

1972

Governor of Arkansas

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

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

Richard W. Riley

South Carolina

1949

Two-term Governor of South Carolina,
Secretary of Education

Mark McCall

Arizona

1988

Teacher, Delegate to the Phi Delta Kappa Constitutional Convention (2002),
Boys State volunteer and designer of this web site