James Peake

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James Peake
Peake in 2007
6th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
In office
December 20, 2007 – January 20, 2009
PresidentGeorge W. Bush
DeputyGordon H. Mansfield
Preceded byJim Nicholson
Succeeded byEric Shinseki
40th Surgeon General of the United States Army
In office
September 22, 2000 – July 8, 2004
PresidentBill Clinton
George W. Bush
Preceded byRonald R. Blanck
Succeeded byKevin C. Kiley
Personal details
Born (1944-06-18) June 18, 1944 (age 79)
Medical Corps
Battles/warsVietnam War
AwardsArmy Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal
Joint Services Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Navy Meritorious Unit Award
Joint Meritorious Unit Award
Senior Parachutist Badge
Pathfinder Badge
Combat Medical Badge
Army Staff Identification Badge

James Benjamin Peake (born June 18, 1944) was the sixth United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs, serving from 2007 to 2009. In 2004, he retired from a 38-year United States Army career. He also served as the 40th Surgeon General of the United States Army.

Biography

Early life

Peake was born in

naval aviator
.

Military career

Official portrait of Lieutenant General James Peake

At the age of 18, he set upon his own Army career when he was accepted to West Point. Peake received his

U.S. Military Academy at West Point in 1966 and was commissioned a second lieutenant
in the U.S. Army Infantry.

Following service in Vietnam with the 101st Airborne Division, where he was awarded the Silver Star, a Bronze Star with "V" device and the Purple Heart with oak leaf cluster, Peake entered medical school at Cornell University in New York. He was awarded a medical doctorate in 1972. He retired from the Army in 2004, as a lieutenant general.

Fort McCoy
.

Peake served for four years as the United States Army Surgeon General. He also served as commander of several

Fort Belvoir
; and General Surgery Resident, Brooke Army Medical Center, Fort Sam Houston, Texas.

Awards and decorations that Peake has received include the

Ranger Tab and Army Staff Identification Badge.[1]

After Vietnam, he attended

Weill Cornell Medical College. He is also a graduate of the United States Army War College, in 1988.[2]

Dates of rank

Promotions
Rank Date
Second lieutenant June 8, 1966[3]
First lieutenant
 June 8, 1967[3]
Captain June 8, 1968[3]
Major July 10, 1972[3]
Lieutenant colonel July 10, 1977[3]
Colonel November 1, 1982[3]
Brigadier general April 1, 1992[3]
Major general March 1, 1995[3]
Lieutenant general September 7, 2000[3]


Post-military career

After retiring from the Army, Peake served as Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of

Project Hope,[4][5] a non-profit international health foundation operating in more than 30 countries. While at Project HOPE he helped to orchestrate the use of civilian volunteers aboard the Navy Hospital Ship Mercy as it responded to the tsunami disaster in Indonesia and also as part of the Hurricane Katrina response aboard the Hospital Ship Comfort.[6][7]

Just prior to his nomination as Secretary of Veterans Affairs, Peake served as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Executive Officer for QTC,[8] one of the largest private providers of government-outsourced occupational health and disability examination services in the nation.

On December 17, 2009, CGI Group Inc., one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world, announced the hiring of Peake as Senior Vice-President for the Health Industry.[9]

Secretary of Veterans Affairs

Peake's selection as VA secretary was announced on October 30, 2007. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 2007[10] and sworn in at VA headquarters by Vice President Dick Cheney on December 20.[11]

Peake was inducted into the U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame in 2009.[12]

See also

Biography- George W. Bush White House Archives[13]

References

  1. ^ "Lieutenant General James B. Peake". Office of Medical History. U.S. Army. January 3, 2008. Retrieved January 7, 2015.
  2. ^ Bush Nominates New Veterans Secretary, Associated Press, October 30, 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Promotions Dates of Appointment".
  4. ^ "James B. Peake". White House. National Archives and Records Administration. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  5. ^ "Speakers". Global Cybersecurity Policy Conference. Stevens Institute of Technology. Archived from the original on 23 June 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  6. PMID 17447618
    .
  7. National Public Radio
    . 30 October 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  8. ^ Rick Maze (13 December 2007). "Senate committee approves Peake to lead VA". Army Times. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  9. ^ "CGI Federal hires Dr. James Peake". www.cgi.com. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
  10. ^ "Burr Praises Senate Confirmation of Dr. James Peake". Richard Burr. United States Senate. 14 December 2007. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
  11. ^ UPI. Peake sworn in as VA secretary Archived 2008-02-04 at the Wayback Machine, Dec 20, 2007. Accessed 21 Dec 2007.
  12. ^ "U.S. Army Ranger Hall of Fame" (PDF). Worldwide Army Rangers, Inc. 12 June 2015. Retrieved 6 November 2021.
  13. ^ "James B. Peake - Secretary of Veterans Affairs". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2018-05-15.

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Military offices
Preceded by Surgeon General of the United States Army
2000–2004 		Succeeded by
Political offices
Preceded by United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs
2007–2009 		Succeeded by
U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial)
Preceded byas Former US Cabinet Member Order of precedence of the United States
as Former US Cabinet Member 		Succeeded byas Former US Cabinet Member
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