Robert DeProspero

Robert Lee DeProspero was a respected United States Secret Service agent, serving from 1965 to 1986 [ 6/14/05 e-mail from George D. Rogers, Assistant Director, Office of Government and Public Affairs, to Vince Palamara ; see also [http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/] ] He is notable for serving on the Presidential Protective Division (PPD) during a large part of the Reagan administration, and for heading that division towards the end of his tenure. [ The New York Times, 1/4/82; The Washington Post, May 15, 1998,page A01: [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/special/clinton/stories/service051598.htm] ; Syracuse Herald Journal, 4/10/85; Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/27/98; NY Times, 5/19/82; Frederick Post, 4/3/84 ]

DeProspero attended West Virginia University, where he earned a Bachelor's Degree in physical education in 1959 and a master's degree in education in 1960. [ [http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/] ; see also the book "Standing Next To History" (2005) by former Secret Service agent---and DeProspero deputy---Joseph Petro, pages 140-142, 202-204, & 206-207]

DeProspero devised several very important and innovative security measures during his time in the Secret Service that are used today: the "hospital agent" (stationing an agent at the nearest primary trauma hospital on a presidential movement), as well as the creation of metal detector checkpoints to screen every individual who could get a view of the president [ "Standing Next To History" (2005) by former Secret Service agent Joseph Petro, pages 141, 205-206; see also [http://www.assassinationresearch.com/v4n1.html ] and [http://alumni.wvu.edu/awards/academy/1995/robert_deprospero/] ]

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