Joseph W. Westphal
Joseph W. Westphal ( born January 26, 1948) is an American politician, university professor and was Defense Minister.
Studies and university teachers
Westphal first earned a degree in political science at Adelphi University, which he finished in 1970 with a Bachelor of Arts ( BA), and then a post-graduate studies at the University of Missouri, he eventually graduated with a Philosophiae Doctor ( Ph.D. ). He then worked twelve years as a professor and later as dean of the Faculty of Political Sciences, Oklahoma State University.
After retiring from politics in 2001, he became a partner and Senior Policy Advisor to the law firm Patton Boggs LLP (Washington, DC).
Finally took place on 1 April 2002 his appointment as Chancellor ( Chancellor ) of the University of Maine System. This office he held until 2006. Currently, he continues to serve as a professor of political science at the University of Maine. His main research and teaching subjects are U.S. policy, particularly the Congress, Environmental Policy and National Security. He was also ( Adjunct Professor ) served as a visiting professor at Georgetown University.
Official in the administration and Congress
In the early 1980s he became a member of the Budget Committee ( Committee on the Budget) to the House of Representatives and then the Ministry of Interior.
In 1988, he was Executive Director of the so-called Sunbelt Caucus, a coalition of the two parties represented in Congress ( Democrats and Republicans ) from the area south of the 37th degree of latitude of the United States. He was also temporarily Special Assistant to the Senator from Mississippi William Thad Cochran.
In the following years he was then Senior policy advisor ( Senior Policy Adviser ) for water right of the Environmental Protection Agency, where he was primarily concerned with questions of the Clean Water Act, transport and infrastructure, the water quality of the Mississippi River, children's health, and international conventions.
Defense Minister under President Bush
In June 1998, he was appointed by President Bill Clinton appointed assistant to the Army Minister of Civil Affairs ( Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) ) appointed. This office he held even further under his successor George W. Bush out until March 2001.
In this role he was responsible in particular for the United States Army Corps of Engineers and in this role one of the main driving forces for the renewal and expansion of the corps to use for national needs such as public infrastructure and environmental protection. He also was a member of the Presidential Commission for Drought Relief ( President's Drought Policy Commission ), the Commission for the restoration of lakes ( Lakes Recreation Commission), and the Special Working Group on Coral Reefs ( Coral Reef Task Force). Finally he took during his tenure as assistant to the Army Minister also performs the presidency of the American coastal program (Coastal America Program). In addition, he oversaw the administration of the Arlington National Cemetery.
On 5 March 2001, President Bush appointed him finally after the resignation of Gregory R. Dahlberg as Acting Defense Minister. However, he was forced to cede to Thomas E. White this office on 31 May 2001.
Web links, and background literature
General biographical information
- Biography on the website of the U.S. Army
- Biography on the website of the University of Maine
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- United States Secretary of the Army
- Political scientist
- University teachers (Maine)
- University teachers (Oklahoma)
- Americans
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