# List of 4-H alumni

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

## Political figures

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

### Current and former U.S. Senators

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

### Alabama

* George Wallace

### Arkansas

* Asa Hutchinson

### Georgia

* Roy Barnes
* Nathan Deal
* Sonny Perdue

### Hawai'i

* John Waihee

### Iowa

* Terry Brandstad

### Kansas

* William H. Avery
* John W. Carlin
* Nancy Kassebaum

### Kentucky

* Martha Layne Collins
* Paul E. Patton

### Maine

* John Baldacci

### Michigan

* John Engler

### North Carolina

* Jim Hunt
* Robert W. Scott

### Oklahoma

    Mary Fallin
* Raymond D. Gary

### North Dakota

* William L. Guy

### Tennessee

* Buford Ellington

### Utah

* Olene Walker

### Vermont

* Jim Douglas

### Virginia

* Gerald L. Baliles

### Wisconsin

* Tommy Thompson

### Wyoming

* Mike Sullivan

### Current and former members of Congress include

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

### Cabinet officials

* John Rusling Block and Ann Veneman, former secretaries of Agriculture

### First Ladies

* Rosalynn Carter
* Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
* Pat Nixon
* Idaho First Lady Patricia Kempthorne

### Native Americans

* Ethel Branch

## Academics

* former Kansas State University President Duane Acker
* former Chancellor of Texas A&M University Perry Adkisson
* former U.S. Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander
* Nobel Prize winners George Beadle and Daniel McFadden
* former Arizona State University President Lattie Coor
* Colorado State University System President Tony Frank
* Harvard University President Drew Gilpin Faust
* West Virginia University President Gordon Gee
* Steve Gunderson of the Career Education Colleges and Universities
* Former University of Illinois President Stanley O. Ikenberry
* Former Yale University President Howard Lamar
* Former Virginia Tech President William Edward Lavery
* Former University of New Hampshire President Joan Leitzel
* Former Clemson University President Max Lennon
* Former Auburn University President James E. Martin
* Former Kent State University President Glenn Olds
* Former University of Nebraska President Ronald Roskens
* Former Penn State University President Graham B. Spanier
* Former University of Maryland President John S. Toll
* Former Mississippi State University President Donald W. Zacharias

## Arts and literature

* Frank Herbert, American Science Fiction writer
* Jim Davis, cartoonist
* Pulitzer Prize winning novelist John Updike

## Business and industry

* Andrew Bosworth of Facebook
* Colby Chandler of Eastman Kodak
* Arnold W. Donald of Carnival Corporation
* Bob Evans
* Ken C. Hicks of Footlocker
* Bill Mensch of the Western Design Center
* Javier Palomarez of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
* Harold Poling of the Ford Motor Company
* Orville Redenbacher
* Edward B. Rust Jr. of State Farm Insurance
* Jesse W. Tapp of Bank of America
* Randall L. Tobias of Eli Lilly and Co.
* Leland Tollett of Tyson Foods
* Frank L. VanderSloot of Melaleuca
* Nancy Zieman of Sewing with Nancy

## Entertainment and media

* Anne Burrell of the Food Network
* Johnny Carson
* Steve Doocy
* Nancy Grace
* Florence Henderson
* Holly Hunter
* Karen Kilgariff
* David Letterman
* Miss America Jacque Mercer
* Jim Nabors
* Aubrey Plaza
* Donna Reed
* Julia Roberts
* Sissy Spacek
* Tony Award nominee Tom Wopat

## Military

* General Creighton Abrams
* Lieutenant General Russel L. Honoré
* General Hugh Shelton
* Brigadier General Wilma Vaught

## Music

* Roy Acuff
* Luke Bryan
* Glen Campbell
* Johnny Cash
* John Denver
* Vince Gill
* Faith Hill
* Jermaine Jackson
* Reba McEntire
* Sherrill Milnes
* Jennifer Nettles
* Randy Owen
* Dolly Parton
* Charley Pride
* Kevin Richardson
* Jean Ritchie
* Roy Rogers
* Ricky Skaggs
* Trisha Yearwood

## Sciences and technology

4-H alumni include the astronauts:
* Bonnie J. Dunbar
* Ellison Onizuka
* Jerry L. Ross
* Alan Shepard
* Peggy Whitson
* Donald E. Williams

## Sports

* Robert A. "Bob" Baffert, racehorse trainer
* Johnny Bench
* U.S. Triple Crown jockey Steve Cauthen
* Olympic Gold Medal winner Stacy Dragila
* NASCAR Champion Ned Jarrett
* Archie Manning
* National Collegiate Basketball coach Pat Summitt
* Dan Reeves
* Original owner of the Miami Dolphins Joe Robbie
* All-Time leading women's professional basketball scorer Katie Smith
* Heisman Trophy winner Herschel Walker
* Reggie White