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Francis J. Harvey

Francis J. Harvey served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004 to March 9, 2007. Image File history File links Current_event_marker. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2400x3000, 991 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Francis J. Harvey Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high-resolution version (2400x3000, 991 KB) File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are not listed): Francis J. Harvey Metadata This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used... Flag of the United States Secretary of the Army The United States Secretary of the Army has statutory responsibility for all matters relating to the United States Army: manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management. ... November 19 is the 323rd day of the year (324th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the Anno Domini (common) era. ...

Harvey was born and raised in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He earned his doctorate in Metallurgy and Material Sciences from the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Science at the University of Notre Dame in Metallurgical Engineering and Material Science. He and his wife of 40 years, Mary, have 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Latrobe is a city located in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, United States. ... This article is about the private university in Philadelphia. ... A Bachelor of Science (B.S., B.Sc. ... The University of Notre Dame IPA: is a Roman Catholic institution located in Notre Dame, Indiana, immediately northeast of South Bend, Indiana, United States. ...

The majority of Harvey's career has been spent with corporations that provided products and services to the federal government, particularly the United States Department of Defense, and included a year of government service. He has been involved in over 20 major defense programs across the entire spectrum from undersea to outer space, including tanks, missiles, submarines, surface ships, aircraft and satellites. In addition, he was a member of the Army Science Board in the late 1990s, traveling to numerous U.S. Army installations, and participated in early studies that helped define the Future Combat System. Harvey also served for one year as a White House Fellow and assistant in the immediate office of the Secretary of Defense, Harold Brown, in the late 1970s. The United States Department of Defense, abbreviated as DoD or DOD and sometimes called the Defense Department, is a civilian Cabinet organization of the United States government. ... Exocet missile in flight A missile (see also pronunciation differences) is a projectile propelled as a weapon at a target. ... German UC-1 class World War I submarine A model of Günther Priens Unterseeboot 47 (U-47), German WWII Type VII diesel-electric hunter Typhoon class nuclear ballistic missile submarine USS Virginia, a Virginia-class nuclear attack (SSN) submarine A submarine is a specialized watercraft that can operate... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ... The White House Fellows program was established by American President Lyndon B. Johnson in October 1964. ... The United States Secretary of Defense is the head of the United States Department of Defense (DoD), concerned with the armed services and The role of the Secretary of Defense is to be the principal defense policy advisor to the President and is responsible for the formulation of general defense... Harold Brown (born September 19, 1927), American scientist, was U.S. Secretary of Defense from 1977 to 1981 in the cabinet of President Jimmy Carter. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979, inclusive. ...

Prior to his appointment as the Secretary of the Army, Harvey held various professional, management and executive positions within the Westinghouse Corporation from 1969 to 1997, including President of the Electronics Systems Group, President of the Government and Environmental Services Company, and Chief Operating Officer of the multi billion dollar Industries and Technology Group. Most recently Harvey was a Director and Vice Chairman of Duratek, a company specializing in treating radioactive, hazardous, and other wastes, as well as a member of the board of several other corporations. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ... For the Stargate SG-1 episode, see 1969 (Stargate SG-1). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Duratek is one of the world’s largest processors of Low Level Waste (LLW). ...

Harvey resigned March 2, 2007, in the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center negligance scandal.^[1] On the Army website, Harvey is described as being "focused extensively on improving housing, day care and other quality of life issues for the Army's most important resource, its people." ^[2] This article is about the U.S. Army medical center/hospital (not the research institute). ...

References

1. ^ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17423507/
2. ^ http://www.army.mil/leaders/leaders/sa/biography.html

• Official biography
• Francis J. Harvey's federal campaign contributions