Notable U.S. Jaycees
•
Larry Bird – professional basketball player (
Boston Celtics) •
Warren E. Burger –
Chief Justice of the United States •
Bill Clinton –
President of the United States •
Cal Cunningham – North Carolina State Senator •
Tim Flakoll - ND State Senator and Provost Emeritus •
Gerald Ford –
President of the United States •
Wendell Ford –
U.S. Senator,
Governor of
Kentucky, also served as U.S. Jaycees President •
John Wayne Gacy – clown, businessman and
serial killer, served Jaycees for many years and helped organize prison chapters in
Iowa's
Anamosa State Penitentiary, where he served 18 months of a 10 year sentence for sodomy •
Bill Gates – Chairman of
Microsoft •
Al Gore –
Vice President of the United States •
Mike Gravel - US Senator from
Alaska, conducted national Jaycee tour advocating tax reform and free enterprise in 1958 •
Larry Holmes –
Former Heavyweight Boxing Champion •
Rogers Hornsby –
Hall of Fame Major League Baseball player •
Howard Hughes – industrialist •
Hubert Humphrey –
Vice President of the United States •
Bradley Joseph – composer and recording artist •
Edmund Kemper – serial killer known as the “Coed Killer”; became a member of the Jaycees while incarcerated •
Charles Lindbergh – aviator •
Tom Monaghan – founder of
Domino's Pizza •
Walter Mondale – Vice President of the United States •
Richard Nixon – President of the United States •
Kaye Lani Rae Rafko-Wilson –
Miss America 1988 •
John Jacob Rhodes –
U.S. Representative from
Arizona •
Charles Thone –
Governor of Nebraska; served as Nebraska state Jaycee president •
Robert Van Pelt -
United States District Judge, drafter of the
Federal Rules of Evidence •
Clyde W. Simpson - Member of the
Florida House of Representatives from
Duval County from 1965-1966. •
Jake Hoot - Season 17 The Voice Winner •
Frank White - Governor of Arkansas Other notable persons that treasured the Jaycees: •
Elvis Presley – musician, actor •
Ronald Reagan – President of the United States;
Governor of California; twice served as President of
Screen Actors Guild; actor ==See also==