Every year, young men and women from all states and many foreign countries make the decision to attend military school. What type of student profits from this environment?

Those who are willing to give it their best effort, who know the rules and how to follow them. Those who want to grow in knowledge and skill, in self-esteem and self-discipline, in leadership and responsibility. Those who want the best environment in which to realize their full potential.

Here are the names of a few celebrities who have benefited from a military school education:

US Presidents
Ulysses S. Grant, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Jimmy Carter

Foreign Heads of State
Fidel Ramos (Philippines), Guillermo Endara (Panama), Anastasio Somoza (Nicaragua)

US Senators
Jefferson Davis (Mississippi), Warren Rudman (New Hampshire), Evan Bayh (Indiana), Barry Goldwater (Arizona), John McCain (Arizona)

Governors
John Sununu (New Hampshire), Frank Keating (Oklahoma), Gray Davis (California)

Businessmen
Ted Turner, Donald Trump, H. Ross Perot

Military Leaders
Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, J.E.B. Stuart, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip Sheridan, William T. Sherman, George Armstrong Custer, John J. Pershing, George C. Marshall, Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton, Jr., Omar Bradley, Douglas MacArthur, Henry Hap Arnold, H. Norman Schwarzkopf

Actors
Michael Douglas, Gene Wilder, Robert Wagner, Gregory Peck, Harry Carey, Jr., Hugh O'Brian, Hal Holbrook, Troy Donahue, Tim Holt, Dabney Coleman, Fred Willard, Dale Robertson, Guy Williams, Montel Williams, Charlie Chaplin, Jr., Sydney Chaplin, Buster Keaton, Jr.

Movie Directors/Producers
Cecil B. DeMille, Francis Ford Coppola, John Frankenheimer, Michael Douglas

Writers
Edgar Rice Burroughs (Tarzan), L. Frank Baum (Wizard of Oz), Jack Canfield (Chicken Soup for the Soul), Truman Capote (In Cold Blood)

Poets
Edgar Allen Poe, Ezra Pound

Movie Critic
Gene Siskel

Musicians
Stephen Sondheim, Les Brown, Johnny Mandel, Red Nichols, Lyle Lovett, Horace Heidt, Jr., Gary Lewis

Artists
Thomas Hart Benton, Frederic Remington, James Whistler, Moses Jacob Ezekiel, David A. Dowdy, Jr.

Autoracing
Dale Earnhardt, Jr., Kelly Earnhardt, Ward Burton, Roger Penske

Professional Football
Vinny Testaverde (New York Jets), Roger Staubach (Dallas Cowboys), Aaron Beasley (Jacksonville Jaguars), Julian Peterson (San Francisco 49ers), Karl Hankton (Carolina Panthers), Chad Hennings (Dallas Cowboys), Gary Kubiak (Denver Broncos)

College Football
Gene Stallings (University of Alabama Coach)

Professional Baseball
Abner Doubleday (Inventor of Baseball), George Steinbrenner (Owner of New York Yankees), Peter O'Malley (Owner of Los Angeles Dodgers), Ted Turner (Owner of Atlanta Braves)

Professional Basketball
David Robinson (San Antonio Spurs), Greg Popovich (San Antonio Spurs Coach)

College Basketball
Mike Krzyzewski (Duke University Coach)

Astronauts
Edwin Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, Frank Borman, Edward White, Alan Shepard, Jr., Charles Duke, David Scott, James Irwin, James Lovell, Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, Theodore Freeman, Charles Bolden, Fred Gregory, Karol Bobko

Explorer
Richard Byrd (North Pole)

Humorist
Will Rogers

Journalist/Sprotscasters
Sander Vanocur, Bill Stern