Francis J. Harvey

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Francis Harvey
Official portrait, 2004
19th United States Secretary of the Army
In office
November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas E. White
Succeeded byPete Geren
Personal details
Born
Francis Joseph Harvey

(1943-07-08) July 8, 1943 (age 80)
Latrobe, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationUniversity of Notre Dame (BS)
University of Pennsylvania (MS, PhD)

Francis Joseph Harvey (born July 8, 1943) served as the 19th Secretary of the United States Army from November 19, 2004, to March 9, 2007.

Education and family

Francis J. Harvey II was born and raised in

Materials Science from the University of Pennsylvania and his Bachelor of Science at the University of Notre Dame in Metallurgical Engineering and Materials Science.[1]

As of 2013, he and his wife of fifty-two years, Mary, have two boys. They also have five grandchildren.[2]

Career

The majority of Harvey's career was spent with corporations that provided products and services to the

White House Fellow and assistant in the immediate office of the Secretary of Defense, Harold Brown
, in the late 1970s.

Harvey held various professional, management and executive positions within the

Duratek
a portfolio company of the Carlyle Group specializing in treating radioactive, hazardous, and other wastes, he was also Director and Vice Chairman of another Carlyle Group portfolio company, The IT Group, which provided environmental services to both commercial and military customers. In addition, he was a member of the boards of several other corporations.

Secretary of the Army

Scott S. Haraburda
(right) reads the citation, Feb. 24, 2005. (Photo courtesy of ASB Photo Archives.)

Harvey was nominated to be

Secretary of the United States Army on September 15, 2004, by President George W. Bush.[3] In this position, Harvey served as the senior civilian official within the Department of the Army. He was responsible for all matters relating to Army manpower, personnel, reserve affairs, installations, environmental issues, weapons systems and equipment acquisition, communications, and financial management, as well as an annual budget of $98.5 billion and over one million soldiers, personnel, and contractors.[4]

Walter Reed incident and resignation

In the wake of the Walter Reed Army Medical Center neglect scandal, Harvey announced his resignation on March 2, 2007, after being asked to do so by Secretary of Defense Robert Gates,[5] with effect from March 9.[6] In his memoirs, Gates cited Harvey's appointment of Army Surgeon-General Kevin C. Kiley as temporary hospital commander. This appointment "was greeted with dismay by many wounded warriors and their families" because many of these problems arose during Kiley's previous command of the hospital. Gates also cited Harvey's "unconscionable" attempt to blame the problems on "some NCOs who weren't doing their job".[7]

Gates described Harvey as "a good man who had rendered distinguished service to the country. I fired him because once informed of the circumstances at Walter Reed, he did not take the problem serious enough".[8]

References

  1. ^ "Latrobe Man Gets Degree." Latrobe, Pennsylvania: Latrobe Bulletin, March 4, 1969, p. 1 (subscription required).
  2. ^ Associated Press (March 2, 2007). Biographical Info on Francis J. Harvey.
  3. ^ Personnel Announcement
  4. ^ DefenseLINK - Page Not Found (404)
  5. ^ Lawmakers vow action on Walter Reed - Military - MSNBC.com
  6. ^ Secretary Harvey Says Farewell
  7. ISBN 978-0-307-95947-8
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  8. ISBN 978-0-307-95947-8
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Government offices
Preceded by
Les Brownlee
(Acting)
 United States Secretary of the Army
November 19, 2004 – March 9, 2007 		Succeeded by
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