ANNAPOLIS, MD.—The Naval Institute is proud to announce the selection of author and journalist Robert Timberg as the new Editor-in-Chief of the U.S. Naval Institute's flagship publication, Proceedings.
Bob Timberg has been a reporter and editor for more than three decades. Timberg comes to the Naval Institute from the Baltimore Sun Washington bureau where he covered the Reagan presidency as the Sun's White House Correspondent and most recently served as deputy chief of the Washington bureau.
He is a military veteran. After graduating from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1964, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Marine Corps. He served with the First Marine Division in South Vietnam from March 1966 to February 1967 and was medically retired as a captain in 1968 as a result of wounds incurred in Vietnam.
Timberg is the author of the widely acclaimed 1995 book, The Nightingale's Song, which chronicled the lives of Naval Academy graduates John McCain, James Webb, Robert McFarlane, John Poindexter and Oliver North. It was selected by The New York Times as a "Notable Book of the Year" in 1995, and by Time magazine as one of that year's five best nonfiction books. Timberg's most recent book, State of Grace: A Memoir of Twilight Time, published in October 2004, was named one of the best sports books of 2004 by Sports Illustrated.
Naval Institute CEO Tom Wilkerson was enthusiastic in his praise for Timberg, "We were searching for someone who could bring that rare combination of skills and experience—a professional journalist with strong military credibility. Bob was a natural fit; he had not only served his country in war, but also had established an enviable reputation for excellence in journalism. We could not ask for a better match. He will help us to take the Independent Forum to the next level of excellence in service to our members."
Timberg holds a master's degree in journalism from Stanford University. He was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and a fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars in Washington, D.C. In 1986 he received the Aldo Beckman Award given annually by the White House Correspondents Association for excellence in covering the White House. Timberg resides in Bethesda, Md.
