Top Twenty Five Investigators of The Century
By Barbara Maikell-Thomas



"Equality of Opportunity is an equal opportunity to prove unequal talents"



The National Association of Investigative Specialist is happy to release the names of the investigators it has determined to be on the top list of the Twenty-five investigators of the Century.

As the century will be nearing the end of its last days, we at NAIS feel that a PI profile article on each of these individuals will be of great interest to all.

We will be submitting short biographical sketches on the Internet weekly, later to be extended, with photographs, and more information to published in book form.

We greatly encourage those who have known these individuals to submit positive comments and true stories to reflect the individuals in a positive manner for publication consideration.

There are numerous reason these investigators have been named. Some named for the contributions to the betterment of the field, some for world wide attention gained, some for their flamboyant nature.

Unfortunately some of these are no longer with us, and we need more information on those persons.

They were all picked through a very tedious process. Last not being first and first not being last.

So without further ado:
(Note: Click on the name for hot links to their web site)

 

Hal Lipset
Nick Beltante
(Profile On Nick Beltrante)

Kelly Riddle
(NAIS Article On Kelly Riddle)

Buddy Bombet
Gary Hyatt
Leroy Cook

Bill Kizorek
(NAIS Article On Bill Kizorek)

Patricia Beltante
Steve Rambam
Jack Reed
Joseph Culligan
(NAIS Article On Joseph Culligan)
Jack Murray
Jane Cracraft
Jim Harbert
Harvey Morse
Virginia Hudgins
Ed Pankau
Anthony Golic
Norman Pearl
Joan T. Stensrud
Bill Dear
(NAIS Article On Bill Dear)

Dr. Cyril Wecht, M.D., J. D.
Jay J. Arms
Joseph Seanor
(NAIS Article On Joseph Seanor)

G Gordon Liddy

Congratulations all!

Our first biographical sketch's on the Internet will include:

Allan Pinkerton

Pinkerton will be included in the sketches because he was the "first Private Eye" and led the way for others.

Jack Murray

Included first, because I know him best and because of the enormous information NAIS has on him.

A man who's knowledge surpasses his education. (which is considerable)

Leroy Cook

A great investigator, with a powerful insight. A man ahead of his time.

Again, let me indicate that no ranking has been applied to the investigators listed, or to the order the sketches will be publicized.

I would like to publish the first sketches by the end of this week, and hope to hear comments on these before I complete the sketches. However if you do not get the comments in by the end of the week, please send them along later as they will be considered for publication in the book form.

Please address comments to:
[email protected]

 

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