Francis J. Harvey
Francis Joseph Harvey ( born July 8, 1943 in Latrobe, Pennsylvania) is an American politician ( Republican). He was from 2004 to 2007 United States Secretary of the Army.
Study and career
Harvey studied metallurgy and materials science at the University of Notre Dame. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. He then completed a postgraduate course of study programs, which he finished with a doctor at the University of Pennsylvania.
Between 1969 and 1997 he was employed by the Westinghouse Group, where he eventually rose to become President of the Electronics System Group, President of the Government and Environmental Services Company and Chief Operating Officer of industrial and technology group. He was also Chief Executive Officer ( CEO) of the Defence Group IT Group and a board member of several other companies.
During his long career he has been involved in more than 20 defense programs, the tanks, missiles, submarines, aircraft and satellites covered. Most recently, he was Director and Vice Chairman of Duratek Inc., a Society for the treatment of nuclear and other environmentally hazardous waste.
Defense Minister under President Bush
Harvey, the late 1970s was at times even a year of so-called White House Fellow and Assistant to the then Secretary of Defense Harold Brown, was the late 1990s, member of the scientific committee of the Army (Army Science Board ), which deals with the definition of future combat systems employed.
On 15 September 2004 he was nominated by President George W. Bush as the new Secretary of the Army. This office he stepped up to the successor to the previously acting Minister Les Brownlee on December 2, 2004. As Defense Minister, he was the highest civilian officials of the army and thus responsible for all matters of the military unit.
On 9 March 2007 Harvey was forced to resign because of a scandal due diligence injuries at Walter Reed Army Medical Center ( WRAMC ), after he was asked by Defense Secretary Robert Gates a week before this step. The scandal led to the resignation of the commander of WRAMC, Major General George W. Weightman, as well as the former commander of WRAMC and General Staff physician in the U.S. Army, Lt. Gen. Kevin C. Kiley.