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Proceedings Magazine - July 2009 Vol. 135/7/1,277

Our Guiding Lights

When the Naval Institute Press decided to publish Guiding Lights, an inspirational tribute to the military heroes who are the namesakes of Naval Academy buildings and monuments, we had modest expectations. The concept was excellent, but we anticipated the book would appeal to a relatively small market of Annapolis grads Niche books are usually expensive because production costs must be recouped in a fairly small print run. Enter retired Navy Captain Randell Prothro (father of the book's author, Academy professor Nancy Arbuthnot), who envisioned the enduring potential of Guiding Lights to motivate future generations of young men and women who will serve our nation in uniform.

When Doc Prothro learned that the Naval Institute Foundation has a program to raise book subventions - tax-deductible gifts to help underwrite the production costs of worthy educational projects-he knew this was the key to making Guiding Lights affordable and thus more widely available. In concert with the Foundation he launched a successful grass-roots effort that has so far attracted nearly 100 supporters. Our thanks to the following who have championed Guiding Lights:

Joe A. Barton

Edward E. Beasley, Ph.D.

Captain Edward W. Behm

Robert C. Blount

Rear Admiral Albert H. Clancy Jr.

Captain Dan C. Clements

Vice Admiral Edward W. Clexton Jr.

Betty Cockrill

Commander Paul V. Converse

Captain Russell S. Crenshaw Jr.

Commander Hubbell Y. Davidson

Phaon B. Derr Jr.

Rear Admiral George F. Ellis Jr.

Professor Richard H. Engelmann

Commander L. B. Findly

Rear Admiral James H. Flatley III

R. Malcolm Fortson Jr.

Harold W. Gamber

Captain Anson D. Geiger

Albert S. Giorgis

Vice Admiral Howard E. Greer

Captain Carl W. Gronemann Jr.

Vice Admiral Patrick J. Hannifin

Mrs. Richard Hardy

Captain William C. Haskell

Dr. George M. Hecker

Captain Frank C. Holmes

Commander Patrick W. Johnson

Commander Francis T. Kleber

Commander John T. Knudsen

E. Gregory Krikorian

Captain Frederick H. LaMartin

George R. Leever

David Longton

Brigadier General William L. McCulloch

Ronald L. Martin

Kent A. Maxfield

Commander Robert E. May

Lieutenant Commander Henry T. Mayo

Vice Admiral Joseph P. Moorer

Captain Paul and Thelma Nuschke

John E. Pearce

William L. Penn

Lieutenant Commander Bruce W. Plomasen

Rear Admiral Donald T. Poe

Gerald F. Rester

John E. Rich

Commander Edward S. Ruete

Lieutenant Commander H. H. Searls

Rear Admiral D. B. Shelton

Captain Allan P. Slaff

Captain James A. Smith

Lieutenant Commander Charles G. Sobel

Captain Franklynn R. Sperberg

Vice Admiral George P. Steele II

Captain Robert D. Steele

Commander Ralph W. Stell Jr.

Commander C. B. Stephenson

William and Carolyn Stutt

Captain Thaddeus M. Taylor

Walker G. Thorsby

Commander William J. Traynor

Captain David F. Tuma

Captain Harlan D. Williams

Robert B. Williams

Vice Admiral Lando W. Zech Jr.

USNA Class of 1937

The Naval Institute gratefully accepts subvention gifts of all sizes for Guiding Lights and other book projects. For more information, please contact Sue Sweeney at (410) 295-1054 or at ssweeney@usni.org . Tax-deductible gifts can be made online at www.usni.org (click on "Support USNI") or mailed to the Naval Institute Foundation at 291 Wood Road; Annapolis, MD 21402.

Family Ties

In addition to the benefactors already listed, the Naval Institute is grateful to three generations of the Prothro family, as well as assorted aunts, uncles, cousins, and in-laws who have stepped forward to strengthen Guiding Lights and to support one of their own:

Captain Randell and Nancy Prothro

Hunt Prothro

Stephen K. Arbuthnot

Margaret Arbuthnot

Anne Arbuthnot

Charles Arbuthnot

Robin Bailey Prothro

Laurie Prothro and John Kornfeld

Alexander and Lynn Prothro House

Wendy Prothro Howard

Kim Prothro Williams

C. B. Prothro

Robin L. Prothro

Carleton H. Prothro

Carleton H. Prothro Jr.

Lance B. Prothro

Ben Johnson III

Margaret R. Gunther

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