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Proceedings Magazine - March 2008 Vol. 134/3/1,261

Call for Support for Wesley Brown's Oral History

Several years ago, Lieutenant Commander Wesley A. Brown, the first African-American graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, sat for a series of exhaustive candid interviews covering his life and career for the Naval Institute's oral history program. The labor-intensive processing of these tape-recorded interviews is under way, but the Institute needs support to underwrite the considerable costs of transcribing, footnoting, proofreading, indexing, and binding the history.

This project presents a tangible opportunity to participate in a tribute to an outstanding officer. Tax-deductible gifts of any size to help complete Commander Brown's oral history are gratefully accepted. The Naval Institute will acknowledge those who donate $1,000 or more to the project in the bound history, in Proceedings , and at the Institute's Web site. Gifts can be mailed to the Naval Institute Foundation at 291 Wood Road, Annapolis, MD 21402, or made on-line at www.usni.org . For more information, contact Sue Sweeney at (410) 295-1054 or at ssweeney@usni.org .

Corporate Membership Offers New Opportunities

For decades, the Naval Institute has partnered with like-minded corporations in its efforts to support the Sea Services. The Institute is launching a new Corporate Membership Program, affording insider status to companies that sign on.

Renewable annual Naval Institute Corporate Memberships are available at the Partner ($10,000 annual) and Patron ($5,000 annual) levels. Specific benefits are tied to both levels of membership and include:

  • Extensive recognition in all types of media
  • Discounts on USNI conference exhibit space
  • Discounts on advertising packages in Proceedings and Naval History
  • Exclusive sponsorship opportunities
  • Corporate Proceedings subscriptions
  • Invitations to VIP Institute events

    For more information and to activate your membership please contact Shannon Johnson at (410) 295-1092 or at sjohnson@usni.org .

    Reintroducing Our Donor Societies

    The Naval Institute has taken a fresh look at the way it recognizes major benefactors through its annual and lifetime donor societies. In the coming months we will introduce each group, starting this month with The Joshua James Lifeboat Crew, and acknowledge the individuals who have achieved this status through their generous support.

    The Joshua James Lifeboat Crew

    (USNI Commodore — Lifetime Gifts Totaling $25,000-$49,999)

    Captain Joshua James (1826-1902) is widely regarded as our nation's most prolific lifesaver. During six decades spent patrolling the shores for both the Massachusetts Humane Society and as keeper of the U.S. Life-Saving Service's Point Allerton Station at Hull, Massachusetts, he is credited with more than 600 rescues—his first, at age 15. More than a century after his death, he is still honored at his gravesite as Joshua James Day is observed annually on 23 May.

    The Naval Institute is proud to thank the following for their generous support that distinguishes them among The Joshua James Lifeboat Crew:Stephen T. Braunheim

    William P. Brewster

    John J. Brogan

    RADM Joseph F. Callo, USNR (Ret.)

    CAPT Earnest G. Campbell, USN (Ret.)

    *Paul R. Chanin

    Norman P. Goldblum

    Robert G. Gordon

    Hackney Foundation

    J. Ira Harris

    Dorothy R. Herrmann

    *A. Ralph Hibbard

    *Michael A. Howland

    HON Paul R. Ignatius

    RADM David A. Janes, USNR (Ret.)

    Henri Keyzer-Andre

    *CAPT Harry W. Konkel, USN (Ret.)

    CAPT Lloyd G. LeCain Jr., USN (Ret.)

    Christopher P. Michel

    George D. Milidrag

    Emmett A. Pedley

    *LT Kevin P. Shaeffer, USN (Ret.)

    COL Willard B. Snyder, USAR (Ret.)

    Betty Carney Taussig

    Joseph K. Taussig III

    CDR A. Brast Thomas, CEC, USNR (Ret.)

    Lewis M. Weston

    MGEN Thomas L. Wilkerson, USMC (Ret.)

    Gordon L. Williams

    *Deceased

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