Robert DeProspero
Robert Lee DeProspero was a respected United States Secret Service agent, serving from 1965 to 1986.[1] He is noted 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.[2]
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.[3]
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.[4]
[edit] References
- ^ 6/14/05 e-mail from George D. Rogers, Assistant Director, Office of Government and Public Affairs, to Vince Palamara; see also [1]
- ^ The New York Times, 1/4/82; The Washington Post, May 15, 1998,page A01: [2]; Syracuse Herald Journal, 4/10/85; Philadelphia Inquirer, 6/27/98; NY Times, 5/19/82; Frederick Post, 4/3/84
- ^ [3] ; 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
- ^ Standing Next To History (2005) by former Secret Service agent Joseph Petro, pp. 141, 205–206; see also [4] and [5]
