Edward Joseph Michael Jagen, Ph.D.

Biographical Summary

Full Name:       Edward Joseph Michael Jagen

Edward Jagen has an educational background in police science, criminology, psychology, mythology and a Ph.D. in theology. He served in the United States Army from 1966-69 where he was stationed in Augsburg, Germany with the 24th Infantry Division leaving with the rank of Sergeant E-5.

He became a Washington, D.C. Metropolitan Police Officer in 1970 rising quickly to the rank of Detective Grade 2. He was assigned to the Major Crimes Division and was detailed to a federal law enforcement task force for ten years. Sworn in as a special U.S. Deputy Marshall, Jagen went undercover, given the code name "Good Knight", infiltrating organized crime, racketeering and terrorist organizations. It was during this period that Jagen met McCarthy and Admiral Zumalt. He is credited with uncovering plots by subversive groups to assassinate government officials and he stopped the flow of large quantities of automatic weapons, ammunition and explosives from being smuggled out of the U.S. and into Europe, Africa and the Middle East. His only regret was not being able to do anything about white slavery/black market baby ring that he uncovered that was operating in the U.S., abducting babies, young girls and boys who were being funneled into Central and South AMerica to be sold into prostitution. The task force was dissolved before Jagen was able to work his way deep enough into the organization to expose it. Then the trails went cold.

With a contract on his life by a terrorist group he spent his last four years on the department as a Chief Investigator and Commissioner of private security agencies, special police and private detective agencies within the District of Columbia. For his service he was awarded The Silver Star for Bravery and honorary acceptance into the Order of St. Michael from the American Police Hall of Fame.

Hoping to stop the rise in child abductions within the U.S., in 1985 Jagen took early retirement from the Department and withdrew his entire pension to fund and to co-found the National Missing Child Search Society and Association of Retired Police Officers, now the Good Knight Child Empowerment Network,Inc., with two friends, McCarthy and Zumwalt. It was their hope to organize a national body of retired police detectives who would volunteer their services to help in missing children cases. Although the team was extremely successful in uncovering information, in many cases it proved to be too costly to continue and Jagen resigned from the board in 1990 to pursue a career as an author. He published A Good Knight Story based on a fictional character "Sir Edward the Blue Knight" and wove many of his real life investigations into the story. The books found their way into schools and immediately began saving children's lives. A number of missing children organizations used Jagen's book to help parents understand the ten psychological deceptions that predators use to gain control over their intended victims. McCarthy,who was then serving as the charity's President, asked if Jagen would come back to the charity as a consultant to train volunteers to go into schools using Jagen's book as a program to teach students how to stay safe from crime and violence. Jagen agreed and gave exclusive use rights of his educational materials to help raise funds for a public service outreach program.

In just few months after the outreach program's inception, hundreds of letters were received from students wanting the "Blue Knight" to come to their school. Around that same time the Governor of Maryland wanted to present Jagen with the Volunteer of the Year Award, for saving the lives of several children in Maryland through the use of his books. Jagen was forced to become the character of the "Blue Knight" that he wrote about. He designed and created a blue and gold suit of armor and began presenting Good Knight Child Safety Awareness programs across the U.S. At one such program at Montgomery College the Maryland Governor presented him with the Award and officially knighted Jagen "The Blue Knight of Maryland, Protector of all Children."

Realizing that the kids he knighted wanted to help protect other children Jagen worked with a group of abused children and produced and directed a film short, "The ABC's of Protection." As he and other Good Knight volunteers canvassed the country presenting programs, they would distribute books and videos so that youth and adult volunteers could take their knighthood seriously and pass on the message of safety with the same quality as presented to them.

In 1999 Jagen received the President's Volunteer Service Award Silver Medal for Public Safety for the creation of the film and helping the charity reach over 10 million families nationwide. In a private meeting with President Clinton, Jagen asked if the President would support a grassroots national youth mentoring program that would activate 8 million volunteers nationwide in four years. Under a special grant from the U.S. Congress the initiative was funded and five years later, in 2004, Jagen received the President's Lifetime Achievement Award from President Bush for guiding the charity's outreach program to 18 million families reached.

Jagen's current focus is the design and construction of the Good Knight Magic Castle and Family Museum in Beltsville, Maryland where he serves as Design Consultant and volunteer Chief of Security. After making thousands of personal appearances across the country his passion to protect children was almost ended while driving from one program to another when a drunk driver crossed the median and hit his vehicle head on. He was left with a broken back but that did not deter his tenacity. No longer being able to bear the weight of a full suit of armor he has set aside the "Blue Knight's" armor for emergency use only and now dons the white and gold robes of "Gandalf the Magician." Jagen is the Master of Ceremonies at most of the magical interactive programs at the museum. He also has co-authored with Sophia West, the SuperBook of Family Safety which he will be distributing for free as part of a National Safe and Healthier Communities Initiative that will reach over 50 homes nationwide within the next few years.

On June 17, 2008 in the East Hall of Union Station during the National Jefferson Awards ceremony, Sir Edward received the S. Roger Horchow Award for Greatest Public Service by a Private Citizen. During his acceptance speech, Sir Edward, pledges to use revenues generated from publishing over 50 million copies of the SuperBook of Family Safety to create a Noble Peace Prize in the form of a one million dollar endowment for all future recipients of the S. Roger Horchow Award to further the recipient's public service efforts. He also plans for the fund to give grant opportunities to all recipients of the Jefferson Awards grassroots non-profits.

Dennis V.N. McCarthy, U.S. Secret Service, ret.

Full Name: Dennis V.N. McCarthy (deceased)     

Dennis V.N. McCarthy had an educational background in psychology and Bachelor's Degree in Criminology. He served for four years in the United States Navy from 1960-1964. His desire to serve his country had him join the U.S. Secret Service where he spent the majority of his career investigating the theft of U.S. Government checks and counterfeiting out of the Denver, Colorado field office.

In 1974 he was detailed to a federal task force investigating organized crime, racketeering and the new threat of terrorism that was bent on destroying the American way of life. During those investigations he conducted video surveillance of suspected international terrorists operating within the U.S. He photographed an up and coming radical that he later discovered was Special Investigator Edward Jagen. Jagen had been existing for several years in a deep undercover capacity infiltrating the "Weathermen", KGB, and several other classified international subversive organizations. After learning Jagen's true identity the two bonded as best friends disseminating intelligence information that helped breakup counterfeiting rings, terrorist gun running operations and conspiracy assassination threats against the President and other political officials.

McCarthy is best known for the standing broad jump that he made on March 30, 1981 across a Secret Service limousine onto John Hinkley, Jr. during the assassination attempt of President Ronald Reagan. McCarthy received The Medal of Valor for saving the President's life.

In 1984 McCarthy retired from the Secret Service and began living out his dream of sailing his double masted schooner around the world while working on the memoirs of his experiences in the Secret Service. He authored Protecting the the President which was published in 1986.

His retirement was short lived when his old pal Jagen called him back into action seeking his expertise in the field of criminal investigations and executive protection. McCarthy was one of the three co-founders of the Good Knight Network and the Association of Retired Police Officers where he served as President of the charity from 1989 to his death in 1997. During those years he was liaison between the organization and law enforcement passing on vital information on missing children cases. He was also responsible for the protection of battered mothers and children where he arranged bodyguard services, safe housing, and transportation. McCarthy was also inspirational during the writing of A Good Knight Story and the production of the "ABC's of Protection" film. McCarthy was a good friend to all and serves as a model of a true American Hero who went above and beyond "The Call of Duty."

Admiral Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr., USN

Biographical Summary

Full Name:       Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr. (deceased)

Admiral Elmo R. Zumalt, Jr., was one of the three founders of the Good Knight Network. He served from 1985-2000 as the Director of Governmental Strategies. Zumwalt guided his Good Knight staff through the Halls of Congress seeking support for a national initiative to help keep America's youth safe from the threat of crime and violence in their lives. He also directed the staff on good public relations with the national media. In late 1994 the Admiral used his influence to help the charity acquire a three acre parcel of land on Beltsville, MD where they could build their headquarters and an interactive safety museum for families. He then activated volunteers from the U.S.Navy's Seebees and Army Corps of Engineers to help build a wall around the entire three acres and various castle exhibit structures. The Admiral was responsible for helping the charity partner with the Navy's Community Service and Outreach Division which adopted the Good Knight Programs on Naval bases worldwide. The Admiral's motto was "A strong defense is your best offense..."

The Admiral presented the Good Knight Museum with his first military sword that he received from the Annapolis Naval Academy and his last "The Sword of St. Elmo's Fire" that he received upon retirement. Both swords are on exhibit in the Great Hall over The Round Table of Peace at the Good Knight Castle. Admiral Zumwalt is an American icon and is solely responsible for opening the world to the Good Knight message. In honor of his father, retired U.S. Marine Captain James Zumwalt served as the charity's President from 2000-2003.

Good Knight Volunteers gathered and constructed a medieval seven ring labyrinth at the Good Knight Museum and surrounded it with an eight foot high castle wall which was appropriately dedicated, by his old friend Sir Edward Jagen, "The Zumwall of Peace." Thousands of visitors to the Baltimore Washington area find peace walking the labyrinth each year.

Profile:

Elmo Russell Zumwalt, Jr., was born in San Francisco, California, on 29 November 1920, son of Dr. E. H. Zumwalt and Dr. Frances Zumwalt. He attended Tulare (California) Union High School, where he was an Eagle Scout and Class Valedictorian and the Rutherford Preparatory School, at Long Beach, California, before his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Maryland, from his native state in 1939. As a Midshipman he was President of the Trident Society, Vice President of the Quarterback Society, twice winner of the June Week Public Speaking Contest (1940, 1941) , Company Commander in 1941 and Regimental Three Striper in 1942, and participated in intercollegiate debating. Graduated with distinction and commissioned Ensign on 19 June 1942, with the Class of 1943, he subsequently progressed to the rank of Admiral, to date from 1 July 1970.

Following graduation from the Naval Academy in June 1942, he joined the destroyer USS Phelps, and in August 1943 was detached for instruction in the Operational Training Command, Pacific, at San Francisco, California. In January 1944 he reported on board the USS Robinson, and for "heroic service as Evaluator in the Combat Information Center... (of that destroyer), in action against enemy Japanese battleships during the Battle for Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944.. ." he was awarded the Bronze Star with Combat "V." The citation further states:

"During a torpedo attack on enemy battleships, Lieutenant Zumwalt furnished information indispensable to the success of the attack..."

After the cessation of hostilities in August 1945, until December 8th of that year, he commanded (as prize crew officer) HIMJS Ataka, a 1200-ton Japanese river gunboat with two hundred officers and men. In that capacity he took the first ship since the outbreak of World War II, flying the United States flag, up the Whangpoo River to Shanghai. There they helped to restore order and assisted in disarming the Japanese.

He next served as Executive Officer of the destroyer USS Saufley, and in March 1946 was transferred to the destroyer USS Zellars, as Executive Officer and Navigator. In January 1948 he was assigned to the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps Unit of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he remained until June 1950. That month he assumed command of USS Tills, in commission in reserve status. That destroyer escort was placed in full active commission at Charleston Naval Shipyard on 21 November 1950, and he continued to command her until March 1951, when he joined the battleship USS Wisconsin as Navigator.

"For meritorious service as Navigator of USS Wisconsin during combat operations against enemy North Korean and Chinese Communist forces in the Korean Theater from 23 November 1951 to 30 March 1952..." he received a Letter of Commendation, with Ribbon and Combat "V," from Commander Seventh Fleet. The letter continues: "As Navigator his competence and untiring diligence in assuring safe navigation of the ship enabled the commanding officer to devote the greater part of his attention to planning and gunfire Operations. His performance of duty was consistently Superior in bringing the ship through dangerously mined and restricted waters, frequently under adverse conditions and poor visibility. He assisted in the planning of the combat operations... (and) piloted Wisconsin into the closest possible inshore positions in which maximum effect could be obtained by gunfire..."

Detached from USS Wisconsin in June 1952, he attended the Naval War College, Newport, Rhode Island, and in June 1953 reported as Head of the Shore and Overseas Bases Section, Bureau of Naval Personnel, Navy Department, Washington, D. C. He also served as Officer and Enlisted Requirements Officer and as Action Officer on Medicare Legislation. Completing that tour of duty in July 1955, he assumed command of the destroyer USS Arnold J. Isbell, participating in two deployments to the Seventh Fleet. In this assignment he was commended by the Commander, Cruiser-Destroyer Forces, U. S. Pacific Fleet for winning the Battle Efficiency Competition for his ship and for winning Excellence Awards in Engineering, Gunnery, Antisubmarine Warfare, and Operations. In July 1957 he returned to the Bureau of Naval Personnel for further duty. In December 1957 he was transferred to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Personnel and Reserve Forces), and served as Special Assistant for Naval Personnel until November 1958, then as Special Assistant and Naval Aide until August 1959.

Ordered to the first ship built from the keel up as a guided missile ship, USS Dewey (DLG-14), building at the Bath (Maine) Iron Works, he assumed command of that guided missile frigate at her commissioning in December 1959, and commanded her until June 1961. During this period of his command, Dewey earned the Excellence Award in Engineering, Supply, Weapons, and was runner-up in the Battle Efficiency Competition. He was a student at the National War College, Washington, D. C., during the 1961-1962 class year. In June he was assigned to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (International Security Affairs), Washington, D. C., where he served first as Desk Officer for France, Spain and Portugal, then as Director of Arms Control and Contingency Planning for Cuba. From December 1963 until 21 June 1965 he served as Executive Assistant and Senior Aide to the Honorable Paul H. Nitze, Secretary of the Navy. For duty in his tour in the offices of the Secretary of Defense and the Secretary of the Navy, he was awarded the Legion of Merit.

After his selection for the rank of Rear Admiral, he assumed command in July 1965 of Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla Seven. "For exceptionally meritorious service..." in that capacity, he was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a Second Legion of Merit. In August 1966 he became Director of the Chief of Naval Operations Systems Analysis Group, Washington, D. C., and for "exceptionally meritorious service... as Director, Systems Analysis Division, Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, Deputy Scientific Officer to the Center for Naval Analyses, during the period from August 1966 to August 1968..." he was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal. The citation further states in part:

"Rear Admiral Zumwalt, by direction of the Chief of Naval Operations, established the Systems Analysis Division and rapidly developed it into a highly effective, responsive organization. Under his leadership, the division has assisted in generating within the Navy a better understanding of requirements, problems and a more effective presentation of those requirements in major program areas which will strongly influence the combat capabilities of U. S. Naval Forces through the next generation. (He) has displayed exceptional acumen, integrity, tact and diplomacy as personal representative of the Chief of Naval Operations, not only in dealings within the Department of Defense, but also in testifying before Congressional Committees. Among the major analyses completed under his direct supervision were the major Fleet Escort, Antisubmarine Warfare Force Level, Tactical Air, Surface-to-Surface Missile, and War-at-Sea Studies. Additionally, under Rear Admiral Zumwalt's guidance, the Center for Naval Analyses has been restructured, and its methodologies clearly defined with such precision as to ensure that completed studies will reflect thoroughness, comprehensiveness and accuracy when subjected to closest scrutiny..."

In September 1968 he became Commander Naval Forces, Vietnam and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam. President Richard M. Nixon nominated him as Chief of Naval Operations on 14 April 1970. Upon being relieved as Commander Naval Forces, Vietnam, on 15 May 1970, he was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Service Medal for exceptionally meritorious service. He assumed command as Chief of Naval Operations on 1 July 1970 and retired from that position on 1 July 1974. In 1976, he unsuccessfully ran as a Democratic candidate for the Senate from Virginia. Later he held the presidency of the American Medical Building Corporation in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Admiral Zumwalt died on 2 January 2000 at the Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC. His home was in Arlington, Virginia. He was married to the former Mouza Coutelais-du-Roche of Harbin, Manchuria, and they had two sons, Elmo R. Zumwalt III, who died of cancer in 1988, and James Gregory Zumwalt, and two daughters, Ann F. Zumwalt Coppola and Mouza C. Zumwalt-Weathers. He was also survived by six grandchildren.
Prominent Assignments:

Nominated on 14 April 1970 by President Nixon to serve as Chief of Naval Operations. Became CNO with rank of Admiral from 1 July 1970 to 1 July 1974.

Served as Commander U. S. Naval Forces, Vietnam and Chief of the Naval Advisory Group, U. S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, from 1 October 1968 to 15 May 1970.

As Director of the Chief of Naval Operations Systems Analysis Group from August 1966 to August 1968, he organized and directed the Systems Analysis Division and served as Deputy Scientific Officer to the Center for Naval Analyses.

Served as Commander Cruiser-Destroyer Flotilla SEVEN from July 1965 to July 1966.

Education:

Other Highlights:
Eagle Scout.

Served as Commanding Officer of the first ship built from the keel up as a guided-missile ship USS Dewey (DLG-14)

Was prize crew officer of captured Japanese gunboat Ataka, captured at mouth of Yangtze River near end of WW II.

At age 44, the youngest naval officer ever promoted to Rear Admiral.

At age 49, the youngest four-star Admiral in U. S. naval history, and the youngest to serve as Chief of Naval Operations.

Medal of Freedom (the U.S.'s highest civilian award)
Distinguished Service Medal with two Gold Stars
Legion of Merit with one Gold Star
Bronze Star with Combat "V"
Navy Commendation Medal with Combat "V"
Navy Unit Citation
China Service Medal
American Defense Service Medal with Bronze Letter "A"
American Campaign Medal
Navy Occupation Service Medal
National Defense Service Medal with one star
Korean Service Medal with two stars
Vietnam Service Medal with seven stars (1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
World War II Victory Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal with seven stars (1 Silver, 2 Bronze)
Order of Military Merit (Korea) - Third Class
Order of the Rising Sun (Japan) - First Class
National Order of Vietnam Medal - Third Class
Vietnamese Gallantry Cross with Palm
Vietnamese Navy Distinguished Service Order - First Class
Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
Korean Presidential Unit Citation
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with Palm Unit Citation
Philippine Liberation Ribbon with two stars
United Nations Service Medal
Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with Device
Gran Maestre De La Onion De Mayo, Al Merito Naval (Argentina)
Naval Merit in the Grade of High Officer (Bolivia)
Medal of Grand Official of the Order of Naval Merit (Brazil)
Order of the, Southern Cross, Degree of Grand Cross (Brazil)
Great Star of Military Merit of Chile
The Order of Admirante Padilla in the Grade of Gran Official (Colombia)
Order of Merit of Duarte, Sanchez y Mella, in the Grade of Great Silver Cross (Dominican. Republic)
Legion D'Honneur in the Rank of Commander (France)
Grand Cross - Second Class of the Order of Merit (Germany)
Grand Cross of the Division of King George I (Greece)
Jalasena First Class (Indonesia)
Grande Croce Del Ordine Al Merito Repubblica Italiana Medale (Italy)
Order of Orange - Nassau (Military Division) (Grand Officer) (Netherlands)
Knighthood Grand Cross of the Royal Order of the Sword (Sweden)
Naval Order of Merit First Class (Venezuela)
First Class Civil Actions Medal (Vietnam)
Order of National Security Merit Tong-Il (Korea)
Grand Cross of St. Olav (Norway)
Commander in the Order of Leopold (Belgium)

Honorary Degrees
Doctor of Law, Villanova University
Doctor of Human Letters, United States International University
Doctor of Public Service, Central Michigan University

Civilian Activities

Organizations:

Member, President's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board
Co-Founder, National Missing Child Search Society/Good Knight Child Empowerment Network, Inc.
Chairman, Ethics and Public Policy Center
Founder, Marrow Foundation
Director, National Marrow Donor Program
Director, Vietnam Assistance to the Handicapped Foundation
Served on the International Consortium for Research on the Health Effects of Radiation
Chairman, National Council of the Vietnam Center, Texas Tech University
Chairman, Board of the U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation

Publications:

Zumwalt, Elmo Jr. On Watch: A Memoir. New York: Quadrangle/New York Times Book Co., 1976.

Zumwalt, Elmo Jr. and Elmo Zumwalt III. My Father, My Son. New York: Macmillan, 1986.