USAAF General Jimmy Doolittle, Admirals Arleigh Burke and Chester W. Nimitz. The Naval Institute records a series of interviews covering the life story of each participant. The interviews are then transcribed, annotated, indexed, and bound. Since the inception of the program in 1969, more than 230 bound volumes have been completed, and interviews have been recorded to produce dozens more. Jack C. Taylor Conference Center On 30 September 2021, the U.S. Naval Institute dedicated the Jack C. Taylor Conference Center that features a 406-seat auditorium, reception spaces, an indoor/outdoor rooftop terrace, five unique meeting rooms, and a broadcast studio. The venue was named for Jack C. Taylor, a decorated World War II U.S. Navy fighter pilot and founder of Enterprise Rent-A-Car. Notable members The institute's notable current and former members include: Thomas Edison, inventor and businessman William Halsey Jr., fleet admiral John Lehman, former Secretary of the Navy John A. Lejeune, marine lieutenant general Alfred Thayer Mahan, naval flag officer, geostrategist, and historian Chester W. Nimitz, fleet admiral Colin Powell, statesman and a retired army general Theodore Roosevelt, 26th U.S. president Tom Clancy, author See also Air & Space Forces Association Association of the United States Army Coast Guard Foundation Marine Corps Association Space Force Association Norman Polmar References External links Jack C. Taylor Conference Center 1873 establishments in Maryland Naval Postgraduate School Organizations associated with the United States Marine Corps Organizations established in 1873 Naval Institute