List of 4-H alumni

Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis raised a calf while a member[1]

4-H alumni have participated in many fields. One out of every seven adults in the U.S. is a former 4-H member. Participation in 4-H events and activities, the value of projects completed and the challenges and responsibilities experienced in 4-H have contributed to the personal and leadership development of 4-H alumni. A majority of alumni feel that 4-H experiences have also significantly contributed to their success in the workforce and that the knowledge and skills gained through 4-H continue to benefit them in their adult lives.[2]

Many notable entertainers, athletes, business individuals and educators got their first start in 4-H.

Political figures

Former President Jimmy Carter was a 4-H member

Notable alumni include U.S. President Jimmy Carter U.S. Vice Presidents Al Gore and Walter Mondale.

Current and former U.S. Senators include Bob Dole, Birch Bayh, Pat Roberts, Thad Cochran, Orrin Hatch, Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Mitch McConnell, Jeff Sessions, W. Kerr Scott, Bob Graham, Bill Nelson, Mike DeWine, Byron Dorgan, Howard Baker, Paul Simon, Sam Brownback, Dale Bumpers, Debbie Stabenow, Conrad Burns, Tom Harkin, Jon Llewellyn Kyl, Mike Johanns, Sam Nunn, Larry Pressler, Wendell H. Ford, Strom Thurmond, Judd Gregg, Clifford Hansen, Steve Symms, Herman Talmadge, Craig L. Thomas, and Malcolm Wallop.

Current and former U.S. Governors include from Arkansas Asa Hutchinson, Maine John Baldacci, Virginia Gerald L. Baliles, Utah Olene Walker, Hawai'i John Waihee, Georgia Sonny Perdue, Roy Barnes, and Nathan Deal; Kentucky Paul E. Patton and Martha Layne Collins; Iowa Terry Brandstad, North Carolina Jim Hunt and Robert W. Scott; Oklahoma Mary Fallin and Raymond D. Gary; Kansas William H. Avery, Nancy Kassebaum, and John W. Carlin, Tennessee Buford Ellington, Michigan John Engler, South Dakota William L. Guy, Wyoming Mike Sullivan, Wisconsin Tommy Thompson, Vermont Jim Douglas, and Alabama George Wallace.

Mitch McConnell is the current U.S. Senate Majority Leader

Current and former Members of Congress include Tom Foley, John F. Baldwin, Jr., Eva M. Clayton, Tiffany Lawrence, Daniel Schaefer, Jim Slattery, Jim Cooper, Jaime Herrera Beutler, Virginia D. Smith, Jamie Whitten, D. French Slaughter, Sue Myrick, Martin Sabo, George Darden, Bob Smith, Carl Albert, Graham Purcell, Chip Pickering, Neal Edward Smith, John Sparkman, Adam Putnam, Robert William Davis, Rick Boucher, Tom Bevill, Larry Combest, J. Roy Rowland, Roscoe Bartlett, William Vollie Alexander Jr., Ralph Regula, William V. Chappell Jr., Donald H. Clausen, Ralph Hall, Howard Coble, Tony Coelho, Roy Dyson, Ron Kind, Bill Emerson, Heather Wilson, Glenn English, J.D. Hayworth, William L. Jenkins, Bennie Thompson, Wally Herger, Ronnie Flippo, William D. Ford, Virginia Foxx, Sam Gejdenson, William F. Goodling, Jim Lightfoot, Koln McKay, James W. Grant, Edolphus Towns, Jill Long Thompson, Rick Berg, John Paul Hammerschmidt, Allen Boyd, Jerry Huckaby, Clyde Holloway, Katherine Harris, Kenny Hulshof, Earl Hutto, Chris John, Ed Jones, Ed Jenkins, Bob Stump, Bob Traxler, Morris Udall, Jim Kolbe, Martin Lancaster, Mike Synar, Charles H. Taylor, Tom Latham, John T. Myers, William Flynt Nichols, Lindsay Thomas, Gene Taylor, Floyd Spence, David Stockman, Wes Watkins, Vin Weber, and Jerry Weller.

Former Puerto Rico Senator Miguel Deynes Soto

Cabinet officials
First Ladies

Sciences and technology

4-H alumni include astronauts Alan Shepard, Peggy Whitson, Donald E. Williams, Jerry L. Ross, Bonnie Dunbar, and Ellison Onizuka.

Academics

George Beadle was a pioneering geneticist who won the Nobel prize in 1958

Arts and literature

Athletics

Herschel Walker won the Heisman Trophy in 1982

Business and industry

Bill Mensch studied electronics as a 4-H member[3]

Entertainment and media

Julia Roberts

Military

General Hugh Shelton raised Hereford steers as a member[4]

Music

Sources

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References

  1. ↑ "U.S. Presidents and 4-H", 4-H History Preservation. Retrieved 1 Feb 2017
  2. ↑ The Journal of Extension (JOE). "4-H Experiences Contributing to Leadership and Personal Development of 4-H Alumni". The Journal of Extension. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  3. ↑ "Interview with William Mensch", Stanford University. Atherton, California. October 9, 1995. Retrieved 1 feb 2017
  4. ↑ "Without Hesitation: The Odyssey of an American Warrior", Gen. Hugh Shelton, Ronald Levinson, Malcolm McConnell. Macmillan, Oct 12, 2010. p.9-10. Retrieved 1 feb 2017
  5. ↑ "Pole Bending", Mathew Broyles. The Rosen Publishing Group, Sep 1, 2005. p. 35. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  6. ↑ "Raise: What 4-H Teaches Seven Million Kids and How Its Lessons Could Change Food and Farming Forever", Keira Butler. Univ of California Press, Nov 3, 2014. p.9. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  7. ↑ "The Encyclopedia of Northern Kentucky", Paul A. Tenkotte, James C. Claypool. University Press of Kentucky, Jan 13, 2015. p. 367. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  8. ↑ "Famous 4-H Alumni", North Carolina State University. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  9. ↑ "4-H Distinguished Alumni", National Association of Extension 4-H Agents. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  10. ↑ "National 4-H Alumni Recognition Program", National 4-H History Preservation Program. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  11. ↑ "Famous 4-H Alumni Join National Leaders to Celebrate Youth Impact, Emphasize STEM at 4-H Legacy Awards in D.C.", PR Newswire. April 4, 2014. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  12. ↑ "Alumni Stories", 4-H. Retrieved 31 jan 2017
  13. ↑ The County Fair Cookbook: Yankee Johnnycakes, Tater Pigs, Shoofly Pie, & 200 More Recipes from America's Best Country Cooks. Lyn Stallworth, Rod Kennedy. Hyperion, Sep 1, 1994. p. 331
  14. ↑ "4-H Club", NNDB. Retrieved 1 feb 2017
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