Pat Boone

== Early life ==
Boone was born on June 1, 1934, in [[Jacksonville, Florida]], the son of Margaret Virginia (née Pritchard) and Archie Altman Boone. He grew up in [[Nashville, Tennessee|Nashville]], where his family moved when he was two years old. Pat Boone graduated in 1952 from [[Lipscomb Academy|David Lipscomb High School]] in Nashville. His younger brother Cecil (1935–2023), professionally known as [[Nick Todd]], was born a year later to the day,<ref name="obiNBoone">{{cite web |url=https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/nashville-tn/nick-boone-11118203|title=Obituary Nick Boone June 1, 1935 – January 20, 2023|date=|accessdate=June 10, 2023|publisher=Dignity Memorial }}</ref> and was also a pop singer in the 1950s and later a church music leader.<ref name="ParishPitts2003">{{cite book|last1=Parish|first1=James Robert|last2=Pitts|first2=Michael R.|title=Hollywood Songsters: Allyson to Funicello|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=GlybVaD6cakC&pg=PA99|access-date=July 23, 2010|date=July 2003|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-0-415-94332-1|page=99}}</ref>

[[File:Pat Boone's handprints, footprints, and signature in cement.JPG|right|thumb|250px|Boone's handprints and shoe prints in front of [[The Great Movie Ride]] at [[Disney World]]'s [[Disney's Hollywood Studios]]]]

In a 2007 interview on ''[[The 700 Club]]'', Boone claimed to be the great-great-great-great-grandson of the American pioneer [[Daniel Boone]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Woodland |first1=Shannon |last2=Ross |first2=Scott |name-list-style=amp |title=Between the Liner Notes: Pat Boone and the New American Revolution |url=http://www.cbn.com/cbnmusic/interviews/700club_patboone022007.aspx |publisher=[[Christian Broadcasting Network]] |access-date=May 7, 2007}}</ref>

Pat primarily attended David Lipscomb College, and later [[Lipscomb University]] in Nashville. He graduated in 1958 from [[Columbia University School of General Studies]] ''[[Latin honors|magna cum laude]]''<ref>Gerstenzang, Peter. "Pat 'n Leather", ''Columbia'', Winter 2007–2008.</ref> having previously attended North Texas State University, now known as the [[University of North Texas]], in [[Denton, Texas]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/education/higher-education-headlines/20110906-fond-memories-prompt-boone-to-appear-at-unt.ece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123102744/http://www.dentonrc.com/local-news/education/higher-education-headlines/20110906-fond-memories-prompt-boone-to-appear-at-unt.ece|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 23, 2015|title=Fond memories prompt Boone to appear at UNT – Higher Education|work=Denton Record-Chronicle|date=September 6, 2011}}</ref>