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Consequently, eight of the first nine Eagle Scouts did not earn the ranks of Life or Star.<ref name="peterson">{{cite web | last = Peterson | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2002 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0211/d-wwas.html | title = Evolution of the Eagle Scout Award | format = | work = Scouting Magazine | publisher = Boy Scouts of America | accessdate = 2006-05-22}}</ref> | Consequently, eight of the first nine Eagle Scouts did not earn the ranks of Life or Star.<ref name="peterson">{{cite web | last = Peterson | first = Robert | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2002 | url = http://www.scoutingmagazine.org/issues/0211/d-wwas.html | title = Evolution of the Eagle Scout Award | format = | work = Scouting Magazine | publisher = Boy Scouts of America | accessdate = 2006-05-22}}</ref> | ||
The first Eagle Scout medal was awarded in 1912 to | The first Eagle Scout medal was awarded in 1912 to Arthur Rose Eldred, a seventeen-year-old member of Troop 1 in [[Rockville Centre, New York|Rockville Centre]], [[Long Island]], New York. Eldred was notified that he was to be awarded the rank of Eagle Scout in a letter from Chief Scout Executive [[James E. West]], dated [[August 21]], [[1912]]. The design of the Eagle Scout medal had not been finalized by the National Council, so the medal was not awarded until Labor Day, [[September 2]], [[1912]]. Eldred was the first of three generations of Eagle Scouts; his son and grandson hold the rank as well.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 2006 | url = http://www.eaglescout.org/history/first_eagle.html | title = The BSA’s First Eagle Scout: Arthur Rose Eldred | format = | work = Eagle Scout Resource Center | publisher = | accessdate = 2006-03-06}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |author=Ray, Mark | title=Eagle Scout Heritage Celebration Brings History to Life | journal=Eagletter|year=Winter 2005 |volume=Vol:31 |issue=No:3 |pages= pp: 8–9}}</ref> Since then, more than one and a half million Scouts have earned the rank. In 1982, thirteen-year-old Alexander Holsinger, of [[Normal, Illinois]], was recognized as the one millionth Eagle Scout.<ref name="peterson"/><ref>{{cite web | last = Reagan | first = Ronald | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = 1982-09-14 | url =http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=42967 | title = Remarks by Telephone to Eagle Scout Award Recipient Alexander M. Holsinger | format = | work = The American Presidency Project | publisher = americanpresidency.org | accessdate = 2006-10-17}}</ref> | ||
A total of 1,835,410 Scouts have earned Eagle Scout as of the end of 2005, about 2% of the Boy Scouting membership since 1911.<ref name="factsheet02179">{{cite web | author = | year = | url = http://www.marketing.scouting.org/resources/factsheets/02-179.html | title = Facts About Scouting | format = | work = BSA Fact Sheet | publisher = Boy Scouts of America | accessdate = 2006-12-31}}</ref> In 2005, 49,895 Eagle Scouts were presented, about 5% of the 2005 membership.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url =http://www.scouting.org/media/review/2005.html | title =Year in Review: 2005 | format = | work = | publisher =Boy Scouts of America | accessdate =2006-07-19}}</ref> | A total of 1,835,410 Scouts have earned Eagle Scout as of the end of 2005, about 2% of the Boy Scouting membership since 1911.<ref name="factsheet02179">{{cite web | author = | year = | url = http://www.marketing.scouting.org/resources/factsheets/02-179.html | title = Facts About Scouting | format = | work = BSA Fact Sheet | publisher = Boy Scouts of America | accessdate = 2006-12-31}}</ref> In 2005, 49,895 Eagle Scouts were presented, about 5% of the 2005 membership.<ref>{{cite web | last = | first = | authorlink = | coauthors = | year = | url =http://www.scouting.org/media/review/2005.html | title =Year in Review: 2005 | format = | work = | publisher =Boy Scouts of America | accessdate =2006-07-19}}</ref> | ||
