Editing Sam Nunn (section)

==Early life==
Nunn was born in [[Macon, Georgia]], the son of Mary Elizabeth (née Cannon) and Samuel Augustus Nunn, who was an attorney and mayor of [[Perry, Georgia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.proquest.com/docview/263515521 |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |title=OBITUARIES [NATIONAL] Series: OBITUARIES |date=August 12, 2000 | access-date= July 7, 2017 | archive-date= September 25, 2017 | archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170925232446/https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/tampabay/doc/263515521.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug%2012%2C%202000&author=&pub=St.%20Petersburg%20Times&edition=&startpage=&desc=OBITUARIES%20&#91;NATIONAL&#93;%20Series%3A%20OBITUARIES |id={{ProQuest|263515521}} | url-status= live}}</ref> Nunn was raised in Perry. He is a grandnephew of [[United States House of Representatives|Congressman]] [[Carl Vinson]].

Nunn was an [[Eagle Scout rank (Boy Scouts of America)|Eagle Scout]] and recipient of the [[Distinguished Eagle Scout Award]] from the [[Boy Scouts of America]].<ref name="honor">{{cite book |last=Townley |first=Alvin |date=2006-12-26 |url=http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 |title=Legacy of Honor: The Values and Influence of America's Eagle Scouts |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location=New York |pages=121–122 |isbn=0-312-36653-1 | access-date = 2006-12-29 | archive-date = 2008-09-24 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080924165201/http://www.thomasdunnebooks.com/TD_TitleDetail.aspx?ISBN=0312366531 | url-status = dead}}</ref><ref name="desalista">{{cite web |url=http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/02-529.pdf |title=Distinguished Eagle Scouts |work=Scouting.org |access-date = 2010-11-04 |archive-date = 2016-03-12 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160312002744/http://www.scouting.org/filestore/pdf/02-529.pdf |url-status = dead}}</ref> In high school, Nunn was a standout athlete, captaining the school's basketball team to the state championship.<ref>''The New York Times'', January 4, 1987.</ref>

Nunn attended [[Georgia Institute of Technology|Georgia Tech]] in 1956,<ref name="tech">{{cite news |url=http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/magazine/spr90/nunn.html |title=A Conversation With Sam Nunn |work=Georgia Tech Alumni Magazine |publisher=Georgia Tech Alumni Association |date=Spring 1990|access-date=2007-03-06 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051028044716/http://gtalumni.org/StayInformed/magazine/spr90/nunn.html |archive-date = October 28, 2005}}</ref> where he was initiated as a brother of [[Phi Delta Theta]]. He transferred to [[Emory University]] in 1959 and received his undergraduate degree in 1961.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sam Nunn {{!}} United States senator {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Sam-Nunn |access-date=2022-07-26 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref> He then received a degree from the [[Emory University School of Law]] in 1962.<ref name="tech"/>