Regarding Jim Melvin's letter (Jan. 26):

The legacy of the Rev. Prince Graves will live on through the Smith-Graves Training Institute, an allied health care training institute, which was dedicated May 17, 2003.

The Smith-Graves Legacy Association is committed to keeping the vision of Dr. Prince E. Graves and Dr. James E. Smith alive. These two gentle giants made an indelible impression on the medical community of southeast Greensboro. The association comprises former employees of the historical L. Richardson Memorial Hospital and St. James Nursing Center.

Members of the association are writing a textbook that includes the life of Dr. Graves, as well as other influential individuals of southeast Greensboro. This textbook be will utilized in the curriculum of the Smith-Graves Training Institute.

The training institute evolves around "Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy Theory" with a holistic approach. Each component has been designed to specialize and reflect the needs of displaced, underprivileged and deprived individuals.

The board of directors is composed of professionals, non-professionals, clergy members and a former U.S. congressman.

The footsteps of great leaders should never die.

Rev. Katherine McWilliams
Greensboro
The writer is president and founder, Legacy Association and Training Institute.