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Prominent Graduates
| Attendee | Boys State | Year | Accomplishments |
| Fred Akers | Arkansas | 1955 | Head Football Coach - Wyoming, Texas, Purdue University |
| Lamar Alexander | Tennessee | 1957 | Former Governor of Tennessee Former 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 | Former Secretary of Defense |
| William J. Clinton | Arkansas | 1963 | Former Attorney General of Arkansas Former 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 |
| 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 | Former Governor of Alabama |
| Al Jarreau | Wisconsin | 1957 | Renowned Jazz Singer |
| James Jones | Oklahoma | 1956 | U.S. Ambassador to Mexico (1993-) Former 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 | Former Mayor of Indianapolis U.S. Senator Presidential Candidate |
| M. Peter McPherson | Michigan | 1956 | Former Director of Agency for International Development Former 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 | Former Chairman of Gannet Publishing Co., Inc. Founder of USA Today |
| Sam Nunn | Georgia | 1954 | U.S. Senator |
| Richard W. Riley | South Carolina | 1949 | Former Governor of South Carolina Secretary of Education |
