List of Eagle Scouts
Table:
Name

Eagle Scout

Awards

Notability

References

I. Beverly Lake †

1949

Jurist and public official; Associate Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (1994–2000); Chief Justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court (2000–2006)

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Kent Lambert

Former member of the Colorado Senate (2011–2019) and Colorado House of Representatives (2007–2011)

[72]

Brooks Landgraf

1999 c.

Incoming Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives from Odessa, Texas

[190]

Carl T. Langford †

1934

Mayor of Orlando, Florida (1967–1980)

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Charles R. Larson †

1950

Navy admiral; submariner; twice Superintendent of the United States Naval Academy (1983–1986) and (1994–1998); commander United States Pacific Command; member of the board of Northrop Grumman

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Greg Lashutka

1958

Lawyer; 51st mayor of Columbus, Ohio (1992–2000); American Football League player for the Buffalo Bills (1966)

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Lucian Leape

1946

Physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health

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Mark C. Lee

1968 c.

Air Force colonel and astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-30, STS-47, STS-64, and STS-82

[166]

Mike Lee

1989

Attorney and senator from Utah (2011–present)

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David Leebron

1973 c.

Lawyer; academic, 7th president of Rice University

[193]

Sheldon Leonard †

1923 c.

Pioneering film and television producer, director, writer, and actor

[194]

Andy Lewis

2003

World champion in slacklining with three Guinness World Records; performed at Super Bowl XLVI

[195]

Trey Lewis

2003

Former collegiate (Washburn) and professional (Atlanta Falcons, Omaha Nighthawks) American football player

[196]

Howard Lincoln

1955

CEO of Seattle Mariners baseball team; chairman of Nintendo of America; in 1956 he posed as one of the Boy Scouts for The Scoutmaster painting by Norman Rockwell

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Don L. Lind

1945

Astronaut who flew Spacelab mission STS-51-B

[166]

Kjell N. Lindgren

1988

Astronaut who flew on Soyuz TMA-17M (Expedition 44/45)

[197]

Steven Lindsey

1976

Air Force colonel; astronaut who flew on shuttle missions STS-87, STS-95, and STS-104

[166]

Larry Liston

Member of the Colorado House of Representatives (2005–2013, 2017–)

[72]

Gary Locke

1964

10th United States Ambassador to People's Republic of China (2011–2014); 36th United States Secretary of Commerce (2009–2011); lawyer; 21st Governor of Washington (1997–2005)

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Isaac Beverly Lake Jr. ( January 30 , 1934 - September 12 , 2019 ) was an American jurist and public official , who served as chief justice of the North Carolina Supreme Court . In 2006 he led the North Carolina Actual Innocence Commission , to review police and prosecution procedures and recommend reform to prevent wrongful convictions . This resulted in a change to law related to procedures for collecting eyewitness testimony .
The Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina is the state 's highest appellate court . Until the creation of the North Carolina Court of Appeals in the 1960s , it was the state 's only appellate court . The Supreme Court consists of six associate justices and one chief justice , although the number of justices has varied from time to time . The primary function of the Supreme Court is to decide questions of law that have arisen in the lower courts and before state administrative agencies .
Kent Douglas Lambert is a former legislator in the U.S. state of Colorado . A United States Air Force veteran , Lambert was elected to the Colorado General Assembly as a Republican in 2006 . Most recently , he represented Senate District 9 , which encompasses northwest Colorado Springs , the Air Force Academy , Monument and Black Forest .
The Colorado Senate is the upper house of the Colorado General Assembly , the state legislature of the US state of Colorado . It is composed of 35 members elected from single-member districts , with each district having a population of about 123,000 as of the 2000 census . Senators are elected to four-year terms , and are limited to two consecutive terms in office . The Colorado Senate convenes at the State Capitol in Denver .
The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly , the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado . The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts , with each district having 75,000 people . Representatives are elected to two-year terms , and are limited to four consecutive terms in office but can run again after a two-year respite . The Colorado House of Representatives convenes at the State Capitol building in Denver .
Brooks Frederick Landgraf ( born March 15 , 1981 ) is an attorney and rancher in his native Odessa , Texas , who is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives for District 81 , which encompasses Ector , Andrews , Ward and Winkler counties . In January 2015 , he succeeded the three-term Republican Tryon D. Lewis , who did not seek re-nomination in the primary election held on March 4 , 2014 .
The Texas House of Representatives ( Spanish : Cámara de Representantes de Texas ) is the lower house of the bicameral Texas Legislature . It consists of 150 members who are elected from single-member districts for two-year terms . As of the 2010 Census , each member represents about 167,637 people . There are no term limits , with the most senior member , Tom Craddick , having been elected in 1968 . The House meets at the State Capitol in Austin .
Odessa /ˌoʊˈdɛsə/ is a city in and the county seat of Ector County , Texas , United States . It is located primarily in Ector County , although a small section of the city extends into Midland County . Odessa 's population was 99,940 at the 2010 census , making it the 29th-most populous city in Texas ; estimates as of July 2018 indicate a population of 120,568 in the city . It is the principal city of the Odessa Metropolitan Statistical Area , which includes all of Ector County . The metropolitan area is also a component of the larger Midland-Odessa combined statistical area , which had a 2010 census population of 278,801 ; a recent report from the United States Census Bureau estimates that the combined population as of July 2015 is 320,513 . In 2014 , Forbes magazine ranked Odessa as the third-fastest growing small city in the United States .
Carl T. Langford ( July 23 , 1918 - July 9 , 2011 ) was the Mayor of Orlando , Florida from 1967 to 1980 . Served in the United States Army from 1941 until 1946 . He was also one of the first two Eagle Scouts in the state to be awarded the Distinguished Eagle Scout Award . [ citation needed ] Langford died July 9 , 2011 , at age 92 . He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery . Sigma Alpha Epsilon University of Florida 1936 -1948 . [ citation needed ]
Charles Robert Larson ( November 20 , 1936 - July 26 , 2014 ) was an Admiral of the United States Navy .
A submarine ( or sub ) is a watercraft capable of independent operation underwater . It differs from a submersible , which has more limited underwater capability . It is also sometimes used historically or colloquially to refer to remotely operated vehicles and robots , as well as medium-sized or smaller vessels , such as the midget submarine and the wet sub . Submarines are referred to as boats rather than ships irrespective of their size . Although experimental submarines had been built before , submarine design took off during the 19th century , and they were adopted by several navies . Submarines were first widely used during World War I ( 1914-1918 ) , and are now used in many navies large and small . Military uses include attacking enemy surface ships ( merchant and military ) , or other submarines , aircraft carrier protection , blockade running , ballistic missile submarines as part of a nuclear strike force , reconnaissance , conventional land attack ( for example using a cruise missile ) , and covert insertion of special forces . Civilian uses for submarines include marine science , salvage , exploration and facility inspection and maintenance . Submarines can also be modified to perform more specialized functions such as search-and-rescue missions or undersea cable repair . Submarines are also used in tourism and undersea archaeology . Most large submarines consist of a cylindrical body with hemispherical ( or conical ) ends and a vertical structure , usually located amidships , which houses communications and sensing devices as well as periscopes . In modern submarines , this structure is the sail in American usage and fin in European usage .
The United States Naval Academy ( USNA , Annapolis , or simply Navy ) is a federal service academy adjacent to Annapolis , Maryland . Established on 10 October 1845 , under Secretary of the Navy George Bancroft , it is the second oldest of the five U.S. service academies , and educates officers for commissioning primarily into the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps . The 338-acre ( 137 ha ) campus is located on the former grounds of Fort Severn at the confluence of the Severn River and Chesapeake Bay in Anne Arundel County , 33 miles ( 53 km ) east of Washington , D.C. and 26 miles ( 42 km ) southeast of Baltimore . The entire campus ( known to insiders as the Yard ) is a National Historic Landmark and home to many historic sites , buildings , and monuments . It replaced Philadelphia Naval Asylum , in Philadelphia , that served as the first United States Naval Academy from 1838 to 1845 when the Naval Academy formed in Annapolis . Candidates for admission generally must both apply directly to the academy and receive a nomination , usually from a Member of Congress . Students are officers-in-training and are referred to as midshipmen . Tuition for midshipmen is fully funded by the Navy in exchange for an active duty service obligation upon graduation . Approximately 1,200 plebes ( an abbreviation of the Ancient Roman word plebeian ) enter the Academy each summer for the rigorous Plebe Summer . About 1,000 midshipmen graduate . Graduates are usually commissioned as ensigns in the Navy or second lieutenants in the Marine Corps , but a small number can also be cross-commissioned as officers in other U.S. services , and the services of allied nations . The United States Naval Academy has some of the highest paid graduates in the country according to starting salary .
United States Indo-Pacific Command ( USINDOPACOM ) is a unified combatant command of the United States Armed Forces responsible for the Indo-Pacific region . It is the oldest and largest of the unified combatant commands . Its commander , the senior U.S. military officer in the Pacific , is responsible for military operations in an area which encompasses more than 100 million square miles ( 260,000,000 km2 ) , or roughly 52 percent of the Earth 's surface , stretching from the waters off the West Coast of the United States to the west coast of India , and from the Arctic to the Antarctic . The U.S. command is also responsible of protecting against an invasion of the United States through the state of Hawaii . The commander reports to the President of the United States through the Secretary of Defense and is supported by service component and subordinate unified commands , including U.S. Army Pacific , Marine Forces Pacific , U.S. Pacific Fleet , Pacific Air Forces , U.S . Forces Japan , U.S . Forces Korea , Special Operations Command Korea , and Special Operations Command Pacific . USINDOPACOM also has two direct reporting units ( DRUs ) - U.S. Pacific Command Joint Intelligence Operations Center ( JIOC ) and the Center for Excellence in Disaster Management and Humanitarian Assistance ( CFE-DMHA ) , as well as a Standing Joint Task Force , Joint Interagency Task Force West ( JIATF-W ) . The USINDOPACOM headquarters building , the Nimitz-MacArthur Pacific Command Center , is located on Camp H. M. Smith , Hawaii . Formerly known as United States Pacific Command ( USPACOM ) since its inception , the command was renamed to U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on 30 May 2018 , in recognition of the greater emphasis on South Asia , especially India .
Northrop Grumman Corporation ( NYSE : NOC ) is an American global aerospace and defense technology company . With over 85,000 employees and an annual revenue in excess of $ 30 billion , it is one of the world 's largest weapons manufacturers and military technology providers . The firm ranks No . 108 on the 2020 Fortune 500 list of America 's largest corporations . Northrop Grumman and its industry partners have won the Collier Trophy eight times , most recently for developing the X-47B , the first unmanned , autonomous air system to operate from an aircraft carrier . In 2004 , its subsidiary Scaled Composites won the trophy for SpaceShipOne , the first privately financed , built , and flown space vehicle . Northrop Grumman currently leads the development of the B-21 Raider , a long-range , stealthy strategic bomber that can drop conventional and nuclear weapons ; it will replace Northrop 's own B-2 Spirit , the world 's only known stealth bomber . Among its other current projects are development and production of the James Webb Space Telescope , an orbiting observatory slated for launch in 2021 ; and production of the solid rocket boosters for NASAs Space Launch System program . It is also the sole bidder on the Air Force 's Ground Based Strategic Deterrent program , which aims to develop and build a new intercontinental ballistic missile .
Gregory S. Lashutka ( born March 28 , 1944 ) is an American lawyer who served as the 51st mayor of Columbus , Ohio , from 1992 to 2000 . He is an Eagle Scout and had earlier been an American football player .
This is a list of mayors of Columbus , Ohio . There have been 48 individuals that have served as mayor of Columbus , serving 53 distinct mayoralties or consecutive terms in office . The first mayor of Columbus was Jarvis W. Pike . He was appointed by the Burough Council of Columbus in 1816 . The first mayor of Columbus to be elected by popular vote was John Brooks in 1834 . Five mayors have served non-consecutive terms . Philo H. Olmsted is counted as both the 8th and 12th mayor , Alexander Patton as both the 17th and 19th mayor , James G. Bull as both the 22nd and 24th mayor , George J. Karb as both the 30th and 39th mayor , and Jack Sensenbrenner as both the 46th and 48th mayor . Of the individuals appointed or elected as mayor , five have resigned from office - James Robinson , John Brooks , Warren Jenkins , John G. Miller , and Jim Rhodes . No mayor has died or become permanently disabled while in office . The shortest-serving former mayor is James Robinson , who served only eight months before resigning from office on September 11 , 1827 . The longest-serving mayor is Michael B. Coleman , who served 16 years and is the only African American to serve as mayor . Andrew Ginther is the current mayor .
Columbus is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio . With a population of 892,533 as of 2018 estimates , it is the 14th-most populous city in the United States and one of the fastest growing large cities in the nation . This makes Columbus the second-most populous city in the Midwest ( after Chicago , Illinois ) . It is the core city of the Columbus , OH Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses ten counties . With a population of 2,078,725 , it is Ohio 's second-largest metropolitan area . Columbus is the county seat of Franklin County . The municipality has also annexed portions of adjoining Delaware and Fairfield counties . Named for explorer Christopher Columbus , the city was founded in 1812 , at the confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers , and assumed the functions of state capital in 1816 . The city has a diverse economy based on education , government , insurance , banking , defense , aviation , food , clothes , logistics , steel , energy , medical research , health care , hospitality , retail , and technology . The metropolitan area is home to the Battelle Memorial Institute , the world 's largest private research and development foundation ; Chemical Abstracts Service , the world 's largest clearinghouse of chemical information ; NetJets , the world 's largest fractional ownership jet aircraft fleet ; and Ohio State University , one of the largest universities in the United States . As of 2018 , the city has the headquarters of five corporations in the U.S. Fortune 500 : American Electric Power , Cardinal Health , L Brands , Nationwide , and Big Lots , just out of the top 500 . In 2016 , Money Magazine ranked Columbus as one of The 6 Best Big Cities , calling it the best in the Midwest , citing a highly educated workforce and excellent wage growth .
The American Football League ( AFL ) was a major professional American football league that operated for ten seasons from 1960 until 1969 , when it merged with the older National Football League ( NFL ) , and became the American Football Conference . The upstart AFL operated in direct competition with the more established NFL throughout its existence . It was more successful than earlier rivals to the NFL with the same name , the 1926 , 1936 and 1940 leagues , and the later All-America Football Conference ( which existed between 1944 and 1950 but only played between 1946 and 1949 ) . This fourth version of the AFL was the most successful , created by a number of owners who had been refused NFL expansion franchises or had minor shares of NFL franchises . The AFL 's original lineup consisted of an Eastern division of the New York Titans , Boston Patriots , Buffalo Bills , and the Houston Oilers , and a Western division of the Los Angeles Chargers , Denver Broncos , Oakland Raiders , and Dallas Texans . The league first gained attention by signing 75% of the NFL 's first-round draft choices in 1960 , including Houston 's successful signing of college star and Heisman Trophy winner Billy Cannon . While the first years of the AFL saw uneven competition and low attendance , the league was buttressed by a generous television contract with the American Broadcasting Company ( ABC ) ( followed by a contract with the competing National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) for games starting with the 1965 season ) that broadcast the more offense-oriented football league nationwide . Continuing to attract top talent from colleges and the NFL by the mid-1960s , as well as successful franchise shifts of the Chargers from L.A. south to San Diego and the Texans north to Kansas City ( becoming the Kansas City Chiefs ) , the AFL established a dedicated following . The transformation of the struggling Titans into the New York Jets under new ownership further solidified the league 's reputation among the major media . As fierce competition made player salaries skyrocket in both leagues , especially after a series of raids , the leagues agreed to a merger in 1966 . Among the conditions were a common draft and a championship game played between the two league champions first played in early 1967 , which would eventually become known as the Super Bowl . The AFL and NFL operated as separate leagues until 1970 , with separate regular season and playoff schedules except for the championship game .
The Buffalo Bills are a professional American football team based in the Buffalo-Niagara Falls metropolitan area . The Bills compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) , as a member club of the league 's American Football Conference ( AFC ) East division . The team plays their home games at New Era Field in Orchard Park , New York . The Bills are the only NFL team that plays its home games in the state of New York . The Bills conduct summer training camp at St. John Fisher College in Pittsford , New York , an eastern suburb of Rochester . The Bills began play as an original franchise of the American Football League ( AFL ) in 1960 . The club joined the NFL as a result of the AFL-NFL merger for the 1970 season . The 1964 and 1965 Bills were the only teams representing Buffalo that won major league professional sports championships ( back-to-back American Football League Championships ) . The Bills are the only team to win four consecutive conference championships and are the only NFL team to lose four consecutive Super Bowl games . The team was owned by Ralph Wilson from the team 's founding in 1960 , until his death in 2014 at the age of 95 . After his death , Wilson 's estate reached an agreement to sell the team to Terry and Kim Pegula , which was approved by the other NFL team owners on October 8 , 2014 . The Bills formerly possessed the longest active playoff drought in any of the four major professional sports in North America : they did not qualify to play in the NFL playoffs from 1999 until 2017 and were the last NFL team ( and last team in the major North American professional sports leagues overall ) to qualify for the playoffs for the first time in the 21st century .
Lucian Leape is a physician and professor at Harvard School of Public Health , who has been active in trying to improve the medical system to reduce medical error . In 1994 he had an article , Error in Medicine , published in JAMA . In 1997 , he testified before a subcommittee of the US Senate with his recommendations for improving medical safety . Leape has spent his recent working life campaigning for change in the American healthcare system . He travels the world to give talks and lectures , influencing many of the world 's brightest medics . Leape is the Chair of the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation . The Institute , founded in 2007 , is charged with defining strategic paths and calls to action for the field of patient safety , offering vision and context for the many efforts underway within health care , and providing the leverage necessary for change at the system level . Its members comprise national thought leaders with a common interest in patient safety whose expertise and influence are brought to bear as the Institute calls for the innovation necessary to expedite the work and create significant , sustainable improvements in culture , process , and outcomes critical to safer health care . Leape earned the Eagle Scout award as a youth and has been recognized by the Boy Scouts of America as a Distinguished Eagle Scout . He graduated from Harvard Medical School in 1959 after receiving an AB from Cornell University in 1952 .
The Harvard T.H . Chan School of Public Health ( formerly Harvard School of Public Health ) is the public health school of Harvard University , located in the Longwood Medical Area of Boston , Massachusetts adjacent to Harvard Medical School . The school grew out of the Harvard-MIT School for Health Officers , the nation 's first graduate training program in population health , which was founded in 1913 and became the Harvard School of Public Health in 1922 . Michelle Williams , chair of the school 's Department of Epidemiology , became the school 's dean in 2016 , following the departure of former dean Julio Frenk . She is the first African American to head a Harvard faculty . The Chan School is considered a preeminent school of public health in the United States . As of 2020 , Chan is ranked as the # 2 public health school in the nation by U.S. News & World Report .
Mark Charles Lee USAF Colonel , ( born August 14 , 1952 ) is a former NASA astronaut who flew on four Space Shuttle missions . He retired from the Air Force and NASA on July 1 , 2001 .
STS-30 was the 29th NASA Space Shuttle mission and the fourth mission for Space Shuttle Atlantis . It was the fourth shuttle launch since the Challenger Disaster and the first shuttle mission since the disaster to have a female astronaut on board . The mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 4 May 1989 , and landed four days later on 8 May . During the mission , Atlantis deployed the Venus-bound Magellan probe into orbit .
STS-47 was the 50th Space Shuttle mission of the program , as well as the second mission of Space Shuttle Endeavour . The mission mainly involved conducting experiments in life and material sciences .
STS-64 was a Space Shuttle Discovery mission that was set to perform multiple experiment packages . STS-64 was launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 9 September 1994 , and landed back on 20 September 1994 at Edwards Air Force Base .
STS-82 was the 22nd flight of the Space Shuttle Discovery and the 82nd mission of the Space Shuttle program . It was NASA 's second mission to service the Hubble Space Telescope , during which Discovery 's crew repaired and upgraded the telescope 's scientific instruments , increasing its research capabilities and achieved the highest altitude ever attained by a STS Orbiter ( 335-nautical-mile ( 620 km ) ) . Discovery launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida , on 11 February 1997 , returning to Earth on 21 February 1997 at Kennedy Space Center .
Michael Shumway Lee ( born June 4 , 1971 ) is an American politician , author and attorney who is the senior United States Senator from Utah . A conservative , libertarian-leaning Republican , Lee has served in the Senate since January 3 , 2011 . Lee is the son of Rex E. Lee , who was Solicitor General under President Ronald Reagan , founding dean of the J. Reuben Clark Law School and president of Brigham Young University . Lee began his career as a clerk for the U.S. District Court for the District of Utah before serving as a clerk for future Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito , who was then a judge on the Third Circuit Court of Appeals . From 2002 to 2005 , Lee was as an Assistant United States Attorney for the District of Utah . Subsequently , he joined the administration of Utah Governor Jon Huntsman , serving as the general counsel in the office of the governor from 2005 to 2006 . In 2010 , during the Tea Party movement , Lee entered the party caucus process to challenge incumbent three-term Republican senator Bob Bennett . Lee defeated Bennett and business owner Tim Bridgewater during the nominating process at the Utah Republican Party Convention , receiving 1,854 votes in the final round . The two highest caucus performers were then put before primary voters , with Lee winning with 51% of the vote . He then defeated Democratic candidate Sam Granato in the general election with 61% of the vote to Granato 's 32% . Lee was re-elected in 2016 and is expected to become the dean of Utah 's congressional delegation when Representative Rob Bishop retires in January 2021 .
David W. Leebron ( born 1955 ) is the seventh president of Rice University . He was a professor and dean of Columbia Law School , until he was named president of Rice University on July 1 , 2004 . Leebron is the first Jewish president of Rice University .
William Marsh Rice University , commonly known as Rice University , is a private research university in Houston , Texas . The university is situated on a 300-acre ( 121 ha ) campus near the Houston Museum District and is adjacent to the Texas Medical Center . Opened in 1912 after the murder of its namesake William Marsh Rice , Rice is now a research university with an undergraduate focus . Its emphasis on education is demonstrated by a small student body and 6:1 student-faculty ratio , and it has been nationally recognized as a leading university for undergraduate teaching . The university has a very high level of research activity , with $ 140.2 million in sponsored research funding in 2016 . Rice is noted for its applied science programs in the fields of artificial heart research , structural chemical analysis , signal processing , space science , and nanotechnology . It was ranked first in the world in materials science research by the Times Higher Education ( THE ) in 2010 . Rice is a member of the Association of American Universities . The university is organized into eleven residential colleges and eight schools of academic study , including the Wiess School of Natural Sciences , the George R. Brown School of Engineering , the School of Social Sciences , School of Architecture , Shepherd School of Music and the School of Humanities . Rice 's undergraduate program offers more than fifty majors and two dozen minors , and allows a high level of flexibility in pursuing multiple degree programs . Additional graduate programs are offered through the Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business and the Susanne M. Glasscock School of Continuing Studies . Rice students are bound by the strict Honor Code , which is enforced by a student-run Honor Council .
Sheldon Leonard Bershad ( February 22 , 1907 - January 11 , 1997 ) was an American film and television actor , producer , director , and writer .
Andy Lewis ( born October 7 , 1986 in Santa Rosa , California ) , is a professional performer and speaker , stunt/safety coordinator , Tandem BASE jump master , slackliner , and internationally recognized extreme sports athlete . Lewis started a Tandem BASE Jumping Company in 2018 called BASE Jump Moab , and is currently running it professionally . Lewis is most famous for his efforts as a slackliner . Lewis has completed numerous accomplishments as a highliner and trickliner , and is also a distinguished BASE jumper and rock climber . He has created new slack vocabulary , new slackline disciplines , and is an ambassador to the sport . Lewis grew up in Greenbrae , California . He graduated valedictorian of the class of 2008 from Humboldt State University . [ citation needed ]
Slacklining refers to the act of walking , running or balancing along a suspended length of flat webbing that is tensioned between two anchors . Slacklining is similar to slack rope walking and tightrope walking . Slacklines differ from tightwires and tightropes in the type of material used and the amount of tension applied during use . Slacklines are tensioned significantly less than tightropes or tightwires in order to create a dynamic line which will stretch and bounce like a long and narrow trampoline . Tension can be adjusted to suit the user , and different webbing may be used in various circumstances .
Super Bowl XLVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference ( NFC ) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference ( AFC ) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League ( NFL ) champion for the 2011 season . The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 21-17 . The game was played on February 5 , 2012 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis , the first time that the Super Bowl was played in Indiana . In addition to winning their fourth Super Bowl in team history , the Giants set a new record for the lowest regular season record ( 9-7 , win percentage of 56.3% ) by a Super Bowl champion . The Patriots entered the game with a 13-3 regular season record , and were also seeking their fourth Super Bowl win . Some considered this game to be a rematch of Super Bowl XLII , which New York also won , spoiling New England 's run at a perfect 2007 season . The Giants and the Patriots also played in Week 9 a few months earlier , with the Giants winning on the road 24-20 . The Giants jumped to a 9-0 lead in the first quarter of Super Bowl XLVI before the Patriots scored 17 unanswered points to take a 17-9 lead in the third quarter . But the Giants prevented the Patriots from scoring again , and two consecutive New York field goals chipped away New England 's lead , 17-15 , late in the third quarter . The Giants capped off an 88-yard drive with running back Ahmad Bradshaw 's 6-yard game-winning touchdown with 57 seconds left in the game . Eli Manning , who completed 30 of 40 passes for 296 yards , one touchdown , and no interceptions , was named Super Bowl MVP for the second time in his career . He became the third consecutive quarterback to win the award after Aaron Rodgers in Super Bowl XLV and Drew Brees in Super Bowl XLIV .
Trey Lewis ( born May 23 , 1985 ) is a former American football defensive tackle . He was drafted by the Atlanta Falcons in the sixth round of the 2007 NFL Draft . He played college football at Washburn University . After being drafted as the 185 overall pick in the 2007 NFL Draft , Lewis moved his way up the depth chart to become a starter in week 4 ( September 30 , 2007 ) . He played until Week 11 , when he tore his Anterior Cruciate Ligament and was later placed on the Falcons ' injured reserve list . Since then , he has recovered , but then retore his ACL in March when he fell down the stairs . He spent the 2008 season on Injured Reserve after not recovering from knee surgery .
Washburn University ( WU ) is a public university in Topeka , Kansas . It offers undergraduate and graduate programs , as well as professional programs in law and business . Washburn has 550 faculty members , who teach more than 6,100 undergraduate students and nearly 800 graduate students . The university 's assets include a $ 158 million endowment .
The Atlanta Falcons are a professional American football team based in Atlanta , Georgia . The Falcons compete in the National Football League ( NFL ) as a member club of the league 's National Football Conference ( NFC ) South division . The Falcons joined the NFL in 1965 as an expansion team , after the NFL offered then-owner Rankin Smith a franchise to keep him from joining the rival American Football League ( AFL ) . In their 53 years of existence ( through 2018 ) , the Falcons have compiled a record of 368-466-6 ( 358-452-6 in the regular season and 10-14 in the playoffs ) , winning division championships in 1980 , 1998 , 2004 , 2010 , 2012 , and 2016 . The Falcons have appeared in two Super Bowls , the first during the 1998 season in Super Bowl XXXIII , where they lost to the Denver Broncos 34-19 , and the second was 18 years later , a 34-28 overtime loss to the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LI . The Falcons ' current home field is Mercedes-Benz Stadium , which opened for the 2017 season ; the team 's headquarters and practice facilities are located at a fifty-acre ( 20 ha ) site in Flowery Branch , northeast of Atlanta in Hall County .
The Omaha Nighthawks were a professional American football team based in Omaha , Nebraska , which played in the United Football League , joining the league as an expansion team in 2010 . During their first season , the Nighthawks played their home games at Johnny Rosenblatt Stadium before moving to TD Ameritrade Park Omaha for 2011 and beyond . Zach Nelson , CEO of Internet software provider NetSuite , was announced as lead owner in August 2010 .
American football , referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron , [ nb 1 ] is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end . The offense , the team with possession of the oval-shaped football , attempts to advance down the field by running with the ball or passing it , while the defense , the team without possession of the ball , aims to stop the offense 's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves . The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs or plays ; if they fail , they turn over the football to the defense , but if they succeed , they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive . Points are scored primarily by advancing the ball into the opposing team 's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent 's goalposts for a field goal . The team with the most points at the end of a game wins . American football evolved in the United States , originating from the sports of soccer and rugby . The first American football match was played on November 6 , 1869 , between two college teams , Rutgers and Princeton , using rules based on the rules of soccer at the time . A set of rule changes drawn up from 1880 onward by Walter Camp , the Father of American Football , established the snap , the line of scrimmage , eleven-player teams , and the concept of downs . Later rule changes legalized the forward pass , created the neutral zone and specified the size and shape of the football . The sport is closely related to Canadian football , which evolved in parallel with and at the same time as the American game ( although their rules were developed independently from that of Camp 's ) . Most of the features that distinguish American football from rugby and soccer are also present in Canadian football . The two sports are considered the primary variants of gridiron football .
Howard Charles Lincoln ( born February 14 , 1940 ) is an American lawyer and businessman , known primarily for being the former chairman of Nintendo of America and the former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Seattle Mariners baseball team , representing absentee majority owner Hiroshi Yamauchi until Yamauchi died on September 19 , 2013 .
The Seattle Mariners are an American professional baseball team based in Seattle , Washington . They compete in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) as a member club of the American League ( AL ) West division . The team joined the American League as an expansion team in 1977 playing their home games in the Kingdome . Since July 1999 , the Mariners ' home ballpark has been T-Mobile Park ( formerly Safeco Field ) , located in the SoDo neighborhood of Seattle . The Mariners name originates from the prominence of marine culture in the city of Seattle . They are nicknamed the M 's , a title featured in their primary logo from 1987 to 1992 . They adopted their current team colors - navy blue , northwest green ( teal ) , and silver - prior to the 1993 season , after having been royal blue and gold since the team 's inception . Their mascot is the Mariner Moose . The organization did not field a winning team until 1991 , and any real success eluded them until 1995 when they won their first division championship and defeated the New York Yankees in the ALDS . The game-winning hit in Game 5 , in which Edgar Martínez drove home Ken Griffey Jr. to win the game in the 11th inning , clinched a series win for the Mariners , served as a powerful impetus to preserve baseball in Seattle , and has since become an iconic moment in team history . The Mariners won 116 games in 2001 , which set the American League record for most wins in a single season and tied the 1906 Chicago Cubs for the Major League record for most wins in a single season . Through the end of the 2019 season , the franchise has finished with a losing record in 29 of 43 seasons .
Norman Percevel Rockwell ( February 3 , 1894 - November 8 , 1978 ) was an American painter and illustrator . His works have a broad popular appeal in the United States for their reflection of American culture . Rockwell is most famous for the cover illustrations of everyday life he created for The Saturday Evening Post magazine over nearly five decades . Among the best-known of Rockwell 's works are the Willie Gillis series , Rosie the Riveter , The Problem We All Live With , Saying Grace , and the Four Freedoms series . He is also noted for his 64-year relationship with the Boy Scouts of America ( BSA ) , during which he produced covers for their publication Boys ' Life , calendars , and other illustrations . These works include popular images that reflect the Scout Oath and Scout Law such as The Scoutmaster , A Scout is Reverent and A Guiding Hand , among many others . Norman Rockwell was a prolific artist , producing more than 4,000 original works in his lifetime . Most of his works are either in public collections , or have been destroyed in fire or other misfortunes . Rockwell was also commissioned to illustrate more than 40 books , including Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn as well as painting the portraits for Presidents Eisenhower , Kennedy , Johnson , and Nixon , as well as those of foreign figures , including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Jawaharlal Nehru . His portrait subjects included Judy Garland . One of his last portraits was of Colonel Sanders in 1973 . His annual contributions for the Boy Scouts calendars between 1925 and 1976 ( Rockwell was a 1939 recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award , the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America ) , were only slightly overshadowed by his most popular of calendar works : the Four Seasons illustrations for Brown & Bigelow that were published for 17 years beginning in 1947 and reproduced in various styles and sizes since 1964 .
Don Leslie Lind ( born May 18 , 1930 ) , ( Cmdr , USNR , Ret . ) , is an American scientist and a former naval officer and aviator , and NASA astronaut . He graduated from the University of Utah with an undergraduate degree in physics in 1953 . Following his military service obligation , he earned a Ph.D. in high-energy nuclear physics from the University of California , Berkeley in 1964 . Lind was a Naval Aviator and attained the rank of Commander in the United States Naval Reserve . After completing his doctorate , Lind worked at NASA 's Goddard Research Center from 1964 to 1966 . Selected with Astronaut Group 5 in 1966 , he helped to develop the Apollo 11 EVA activities , and served as CAPCOM for the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions . Lind was then assigned as backup Pilot for Skylab 3 and Skylab 4 and nearly flew on the proposed Skylab Rescue mission . Lind was the Payload Commander on his only flight , STS-51-B , launched April 29 , 1985 . He designed an experiment to capture the Earth 's aurora . The payload experiments consisted primarily of microgravity research and atmospheric measurement . The Orbiter Challenger completed 110 orbits before landing at Edwards Air Force Base , California .
Spacelab was a reusable laboratory developed by ESA and used on certain spaceflights flown by the Space Shuttle . The laboratory comprised multiple components , including a pressurized module , an unpressurized carrier and other related hardware housed in the Shuttle 's cargo bay . The components were arranged in various configurations to meet the needs of each spaceflight . Spacelab components flew on a total of about 32 Shuttle missions , depending on how such hardware and mission are tabulated . Spacelab allowed scientists to perform experiments in microgravity in Earth orbit . There was a variety of Spacelab-associated hardware , so a distinction can be made between the major Spacelab program missions with European scientists running missions in the Spacelab habitable module , missions running other Spacelab hardware experiments , and other STS missions that used some component of Spacelab hardware . There is some variation in counts of Spacelab missions , in part because there were different types of Spacelab missions with a large range in the amount of Spacelab hardware flown and the nature of each mission . There were at least 22 major Spacelab missions between 1983 and 1998 , and Spacelab hardware was used on a number other missions , with some of the Spacelab pallets being flown as late as 2008 .
STS 51-B was the 17th flight of NASA 's Space Shuttle program , and the seventh flight of Space Shuttle Challenger . The launch of Challenger on April 29 , 1985 was delayed by 2 minutes and 18 seconds , due to a launch processing failure . Challenger was initially rolled out to the pad to launch on the STS-51-E mission . The shuttle was rolled back when a timing issue emerged with the TDRS-B satellite . When STS-51-E was canceled , Challenger was remanifested with the STS-51-B payloads . The shuttle landed successfully on May 6 , 1985 , after a week-long mission .
Kjell Norwood Lindgren ( born 23 January 1973 ) is a current NASA astronaut . Lindgren was selected in June 2009 as a member of the NASA Astronaut Group 20 . He launched to the International Space Station ( ISS ) as part of Expedition 44/45 on 22 July 2015 .
Soyuz TMA-17M was a 2015 flight to the International Space Station . It transported three members of the Expedition 44 crew to the International Space Station . TMA-17M was the 126th flight of a Soyuz spacecraft ; the first having occurred in 1967 . The crew consisted of a Russian commander accompanied by Japanese and American astronauts . The capsule remained docked to the space station for about five months until the scheduled departure of Expedition 45 in December 2015 . Soyuz TMA-17M landed safely on the steppes of Kazakhstan on 11 December , 2015 , in a rare night landing .
Expedition 44 was the 44th expedition to the International Space Station . It commenced with the departure of Soyuz TMA-15M from the ISS with the Expedition 42/43 crew on 11 June 2015 , and ended with the departure of Soyuz TMA-16M on 11 September 2015 . Yury Lonchakov was originally supposed to be the commander of Expedition 44 following being Flight Engineer 3 on Expedition 43 . However , he resigned from the Russian Federal Space Agency on September 6 , 2013 .
Expedition 45 was the 45th expedition to the International Space Station . Scott Kelly and Mikhail Korniyenko transferred from Expedition 44 as part of their year-long stay aboard the ISS . Expedition 45 began with the arrival of Soyuz TMA-18M at the ISS on September 11 , 2015 , and concluded with the departure of Soyuz TMA-17M on December 11 , 2015 . Kelly , Korniyenko and Sergey Volkov then transferred to the crew of Expedition 46 .
Steven Wayne Lindsey ( born August 24 , 1960 ) is a retired U.S. Air Force officer and NASA astronaut . Lindsey served as Chief of the NASA Astronaut Office from September 2006 until October 2009 .
STS-87 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Launch Complex 39B of the Kennedy Space Center on 19 November 1997 . It was the 88th flight of the Space Shuttle , and the 24th flight of Columbia . The mission goals were to conduct experiments using the United States Microgravity Payload ( USMP-4 ) , conduct two EVAs , and to deploy the SPARTAN-201 experiment . This mission marked the first time an EVA was performed from Columbia . An EVA from Columbia was originally planned for STS-5 in 1982 , but was cancelled due to spacesuit problems . It also marked the first EVA conducted by a Japanese astronaut , Takao Doi .
STS-95 was a Space Shuttle mission launched from Kennedy Space Center , Florida on 29 October 1998 , using the orbiter Discovery . It was the 25th flight of Discovery and the 92nd mission flown since the start of the Space Shuttle program in April 1981 . It was a highly publicized mission due to former Project Mercury astronaut and United States Senator John H. Glenn Jr. 's return to space for his second space flight . At age 77 , Glenn became the oldest person , to date , to go into space . This mission is also noted for inaugurating ATSC HDTV broadcasting in the U.S. , with live coast-to-coast coverage of the launch . In another first , Pedro Duque became the first Spaniard in space . The mission 's objectives involved investigating life-sciences experiments , using the SpaceHab module to perform these experiments on Senator Glenn . Scientific objectives on this mission were not limited to furthering an understanding of the human body , but also to increase astronomical understanding with regards to the Sun , and how it affects life on Earth . The Spartan 201 spacecraft was released by the crew , flying free from the Shuttle , studying the acceleration of the solar wind that originates in the sun 's solar corona . The mission lasted just under ten days , with Discovery completing its voyage by landing at the Kennedy Space Center 's Shuttle Landing Facility . The launch was rare in that the official launch weather forecast provided by the 45th Weather Squadron was 100 percent for favorable weather for launch as well as the Shuttle Landing Facility . Bill Clinton became the second incumbent U.S. President to witness a rocket launch , joined by his wife Hillary on the roof of the Vehicle Assembly Building ; and the only one to attend a Shuttle launch ( President Richard Nixon witnessed the launch of Apollo 12 ) .
STS-104 was a Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station ( ISS ) flown by Space Shuttle Atlantis . Its primary objectives were to install the Quest Joint Airlock and help perform maintenance on the International Space Station . It was successful and returned to Earth without incident , after a successful docking , equipment installation and three spacewalks .
Larry Liston ( born 1952 ) is a Colorado legislator . A Republican , Liston first served in the Colorado House of Representatives , representing House District 16 from January 2005 to January 2013 . Elected to the same house seat in the 2016 general election , Liston was sworn in again in January , 2017 .
Gary Faye Locke ( born January 21 , 1950 ) is an American politician and diplomat who served as the 10th United States ambassador to China ( 2011-14 ) . He was previously the 21st Governor of Washington ( 1997-2005 ) and served in the Obama administration as United States Secretary of Commerce ( 2009-11 ) . Locke is the first governor in the continental United States of East Asian descent , and is the only Chinese American ever to have served as a governor of any state . He was also the first Chinese American to serve as the U.S. ambassador to China .
The United States Ambassador to China is the chief American diplomat to People 's Republic of China ( PRC ) . The United States has sent diplomatic representatives to China since 1844 , when Caleb Cushing , as commissioner , negotiated the Treaty of Wanghia . Commissioners represented the United States in China from 1844 to 1857 . Until 1898 , the Qing Empire did not have a system in place for the Emperor to accept the Letters of Credence of foreign representatives . From 1858 to 1935 , the U.S. representative in China was formally Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to China . The American legation in Nanjing was upgraded to an embassy in 1935 and the Envoy was promoted to Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary . During the republican era , the U.S. recognized the Beiyang Government in Beijing from 1912 to 1928 and the Nationalist Government in Nanjing ( and Chongqing from 1937 to 1945 ) from 1928 onwards . After the Communist People 's Republic of China was established in mainland China in 1949 and the Kuomintang moved the Republic of China government from Nanjing to Taipei , Taiwan , the U.S. continued to recognize the Republic of China as the legitimate Chinese government and maintained its embassy in Taiwan . However , in 1973 , the U.S. established a Liaison Office in Beijing to represent its interests in mainland China . In 1976 , the Chief of the Liaison Office was promoted to the rank of ambassador . In December 1978 , the U.S. severed official relations with the Republic of China and in January 1979 , established formal relations with the People 's Republic of China . The U.S. Liaison Office in Beijing was upgraded to an embassy on March 1 , 1979 .
The United States Secretary of Commerce ( SecCom ) is the head of the United States Department of Commerce . The secretary is appointed by the president of the United States with the advice and consent of the United States Senate and serves in the president 's Cabinet . The secretary is concerned with promoting American businesses and industries ; the department states its mission to be to foster , promote , and develop the foreign and domestic commerce . Until 1913 , there was one secretary of commerce and labor , uniting this department with the Department of Labor , which is now headed by a separate secretary of labor . The current commerce secretary is Wilbur Ross , who was nominated by President Donald Trump and approved by the Senate on February 28 , 2017 .
The Governor of Washington is the head of the executive branch of the Government of the State of Washington and commander-in-chief of the state 's military forces . The officeholder has a duty to enforce state laws , the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Washington Legislature and line-item veto power to cancel specific provisions in spending bills . The Washington Governor may also convene the legislature on extraordinary occasions . Washington Territory had 14 territorial governors from its organization in 1853 until the formation of the state of Washington in 1889 . Territorial governors were appointed by the President of the United States . Elisha Peyre Ferry had the longest term of eight years and went on to become the state 's first governor . William H. Wallace was appointed governor but never took office due to being elected as the territory 's congressional delegate . George E. Cole was appointed governor and took office , but his appointment was never ratified by the U.S. Senate and he was replaced as governor after four months . Twenty-two individuals have held the office of Governor of Washington since the state 's admission to the Union , with Arthur B. Langlie serving non-consecutive terms . Langlie and Daniel J. Evans are the state 's only three term governors . Populist Party candidate John Rankin Rogers is the only non-Democratic or Republican nominee to win office . The current governor is Democrat Jay Inslee , who took office on January 16 , 2013 and was reelected in 2016 ; his term will expire on January 13 , 2021 .
Kevin Kwan Loucks , D.M.A. , E.M.B.A . ( born 1982 ) is a Korean-American classical pianist , educator , and arts entrepreneur . He is currently Director of Innovation and Program Development at Music Academy of the West in Santa Barbara , California . He is Co-Founder of Chamber Music | OC and is a founding member of the award-winning piano trio Trio Céleste . He previously served as President of the Music Teachers ' Association of California , Orange County Branch .