Name | Eagle Scout | Awards | Notability | References |
Tom Mack | 1960 | | Offensive left guard for Los Angeles Rams and member of Pro Football Hall of Fame | [a] |
Mark Madsen | 1992 c. | | NBA basketball player with Minnesota Timberwolves; coach of youth basketball camp | [e] |
Ray Malavasi † | 1944 | | Head coach of NFL's Denver Broncos and Los Angeles Rams | [a] |
Charles Taylor Manatt † | 1954 | | Lawyer, politician and businessman; chairman of the Democratic National Committee (1981–1985); Ambassador to the Dominican Republic (1999–2001) | [a] |
Ernest Mario | 1954 | | Pharmaceutical industry executive and the recipient of the 2007 Remington Honor Medal awarded by the American Pharmacists Association | [a] |
Walter Joseph Marm Jr. | 1958 c. | | Army colonel who received of the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Ia Drang in the Vietnam War | [213][214] |
J. W. Marriott Jr. | 1947 | | Chairman and CEO of Marriott International | [a][e][d][52] |
Boyd Matson | 1962 | | Creator and host of Wild Chronicles, host of National Geographic Weekend, columnist for National Geographic Traveler and other programs. | [215] |
Tom Matte | 1955 c. | | Pro Bowl and Super Bowl running back for the Baltimore Colts | [216] |
Mark Mays | 1998 c. | | Former president and CEO of Clear Channel Communications | [217] |
Robert J. Mazzuca | 1964 | | Professional Scouter and former Chief Scout Executive (2007–2012) | [218][219] |
William Cameron McCool † | 1977 c. | | Pilot of the Columbia shuttle mission STS-107 | [e][f] |
Michael J. McCulley | 1959 c. | | Chief executive officer of United Space Alliance; astronaut who flew on shuttle mission STS-104 | [173][f] |
Charles T. McDowell † | 1937 c. | | Army colonel; combat paratrooper in World War II; Soviet Union scholar and professor of Russian language | [220] |
Charles McGee † | 1940 | | Tuskegee Airman and a career officer in the Air Force for 30 years; holds an Air Force record of 409 fighter combat missions flown in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam | [221] |
Albert H. McGeehan | 1959 | | Mayor of Holland, Michigan (1993–) | [222] |
Eugene McGehee † | 1945 c. | | Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1960–1972; Louisiana state district court judge, 1972–1978 | [223] |
Rob McKenna | 1979 | | Washington state attorney general (2005–2013) | [a][224] |
Glen McLaughlin | 1949 | | Venture philanthropist, founder of the McLaughlin Prize for Research in Ethics in Accounting and Taxation, head of the order of the Knights of St. John | [225] |
Peter McLoughlin | 1971 | | CEO of Vulcan Sports & Entertainment; president of the National Football League's Seattle Seahawks; president of CenturyLink Field's management branch, First & Goal; serves on the Portland Trail Blazers Board of Directors | [a][226] |
Sid McMath † | 1928 c. | | Decorated Marine Corps combat veteran of World War II, retired as major general; renowned attorney and progressive reform Governor of Arkansas (1949–1953) | [227] |
Robert McNamara † | 1932 c. | | Business executive; Secretary of Defense (1961–1968); President of the World Bank (1968–1981) | [228] |
Michael R. McNulty | 1963 c. | | Representative from New York (1989–2009) | [229] |
Roy W. Menninger † | 1941 | | Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, older brother of Walter | [a] |
W. Walter Menninger | 1951 | | Physician and former leader of the Menninger Foundation, younger brother of Roy | [a] |
Jeff Merkley | 1972 c. | | United States Senator from Oregon (2009–present) | [a] |
Charles D. Metcalf † | 1949 | | Air Force major general; director, National Museum of the United States Air Force (1996–) | [a][230] |
George Meyer | 1973 c. | | Writer and producer of The Simpsons | [231] |
Edward D. Miller Jr. | 1959 | | Dean of the Medical faculty at Johns Hopkins University and the Chief executive officer of Johns Hopkins Medicine | [a] |
Richards Miller | 1960 | | Dentist; one of the founders of Venturing; one of the authors of Wood Badge in the 21st century and the 2003 Field Book | [a] |
Tony Miller | 1964 c. | | Lawyer; Secretary of State of California (1994–1995) | [232] |
Scott Mitchell | 1984 c. | | NFL quarterback (1990–2001) | [233] |
William E. Moerner | 1967 | | Physical chemist and chemical physicist; awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2014) | [234] |
Matt Moniz | 2012 | | American mountaineer and speaker; 2010 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year; recipient of the Outdoor Inspiration Award | [235] |
Lloyd Monserratt † | 1984 | | Political and community leader in California | [236] |
David Montgomery | 2014 | | Running back for the Chicago Bears | [237] |
Dave Moody | 1978 | | Grammy nominated, Dove Award winning artist, producer, songwriter and filmmaker | [238] |
Jackson W. Moore | 1961 | | Retired executive chairman of Union Planters Bank and Regions Financial Corporation | [a] |
Michael Moore | 1970 c. | | Academy Award-winning (2002) film director, author, and social commentator | [239][240] |
Emery Moorehead | 1969 | | Former American football tight end/wide receiver in the National Football League for the New York Giants, Denver Broncos, and the Chicago Bears; won a Super Bowl ring as the starting tight end and a member of the 1985 Chicago Bears | [241] |
Jim E. Mora | 1950 | | Sport radio commentator and analyst. Former head coach of the Baltimore Stars, New Orleans Saints and the Indianapolis Colts | [a] |
Howard Morland | 1958 | | Air Force pilot, journalist famous for role in United States v. Progressive, Inc. | [242] |
Rob Morris | 1991 c. | | Professional football player | [243] |
Bill Morrison | 1975 c. | | Cartoon illustrator; art director of Bongo Comics; creator of the mural A Century of Values celebrating the BSA's centennial | [244] |
John P. Morse | 1974 c. | | Former member (2007–2013) and president (2013) of the Colorado Senate | [71] |
Merrill Moses | 1990 c. | | 3-time Olympian water polo player who won a silver medal in the 2008 Summer Olympics | [245] |
Brandon Mull | 1993 | | Writer who is best known as the author of the Fablehaven fantasy series | [246] |
Louis Murphy | 2003 c. | | Collegiate and professional American football player | [247] |
John Murtha † | 1948 c. | | Representative from Pennsylvania (1973–2010); Korean War-era drill instructor and later colonel of the Marine Corps; decorated war veteran of the Vietnam War | [a] |