Ivan James Holder, aged 14 of Indianapolis, Indiana, has earned the highest advancement award the Boy Scouts of America offers to Scouts, the Eagle Scout Award. Holder will be recognized in ceremonies on February 13, 2016 at First Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church. A member of Village of the Mills, Troop 123, Holder is one of approximately 4 percent of all Boy Scouts who attain the Eagle rank, according to Scoutmaster Holder. Each candidate must earn 21 merit badges and successfully complete a community, church, or synagogue-related service project to earn his Eagle; Eagle Scout Holder earned 48 merit badges and designed and installed a Butterfly Garden and white picket fence for the Community Garden of his Church. He has served as Senior Patrol Leader and received the Messenger of Peace, Nova Stem, and World Conservation Awards. Holder joins other outstanding American citizens who have become Eagle Scouts, among them former President Gerald R. Ford, Jr., astronaut Neil A. Armstrong, cinematographer Steven Spielberg, and the head of the F.B.I., William Sessions. Eagle Scout Holder is a member of First Meridian Heights Presbyterian Church and is active in swimming and wrestling at Broad Ripple Middle/High School, where he is a 7th grader. He is the son of Ivan and Sandra Holder of Indianapolis, Indiana.