Famous People Archives - Page 11 of 16

Growing a mustache for Movember? Here’s some inspiration

November 21, 2017 1

If you’re growing out your whiskers this month, here are several Scouting leaders who sported facial hair that you can aspire to emulate.

Five Scout camps named for fascinatingly famous people in history

November 16, 2017 43

An icon of the American West, the longtime president of Coca-Cola and a man who died in the sinking of the Lusitania — all have Scout camps named for them.

Babe Ruth signed this baseball ‘to Troop 6,’ and now it’s being auctioned for Scouts

October 27, 2017 4

Proceeds will be split between the Babe Ruth ball’s owner and the Westchester-Putnam Council, which serves Scouts in southeastern New York State.

Eagle Scout Bowl 2017: BYU vs. LSU game will be a battle of Eagle Scout quarterbacks

September 1, 2017 19

Officially, it’s the 2017 AdvoCare Texas Kickoff (moved to New Orleans because of Hurricane Harvey). Unofficially, I’m calling it the 2017 Eagle Scout Bowl.

On opposite sides of barbed-wire fence, an enduring friendship formed in Scouting

August 24, 2017 4

Norman Mineta and Alan Simpson became fast friends inside the internment camp, bonding over their shared love of comics, silly stories and Scouting.

Home once owned by BSA founder William D. Boyce sells for $479,000

August 24, 2017 7

What makes this piece of Michigan real estate so special is the fact it was once owned by William D. Boyce, one of the founders of the BSA.

In ‘Chasing Coral’ on Netflix, Eagle Scout filmmaker documents coral reef decline

July 14, 2017 0

For his 2017 documentary “Chasing Coral,” Eagle Scout Jeff Orlowski and his crew visited coral reefs around the world to document their demise.

Meet Eagle Scout Raja Chari, one of NASA’s newest astronauts

June 9, 2017 0

NASA announced its 2017 astronaut class — 12 men and women from 18,000 applicants. It shouldn’t come a surprise that one, Raja Chari, is an Eagle Scout.

Philo Farnsworth, inventor of modern TV, was an Eagle Scout

June 8, 2017 8

Television pioneer Philo T. Farnsworth received all sorts of belated honors for his inventions. But he never received the Eagle Scout badge he had earned.

David Lynch talks Scouting, Kennedy’s inauguration and whether Agent Cooper is an Eagle Scout

May 10, 2017 4

David Lynch, the Oscar-nominated director of “The Elephant Man” and creator of the murder mystery TV series “Twin Peaks,” is an Eagle Scout.