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Nomination of Thomas E. Harvey To Be Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration

August 06, 1986

The President today announced his intention to nominate Thomas E. Harvey to be Deputy Administrator of Veterans Affairs. He would succeed Everett Alvarez, Jr.

Since 1983 Mr. Harvey has been the General Counsel and Congressional Liaison at the U.S. Information Agency. Previously, he was chief counsel and staff director, U.S. Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, 1981-1983; Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Navy (Logistics), U.S. Department of Defense, 1980-1981; and Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army (Acquisition), 1978-1980. During the academic years of 1980-1983, Mr. Harvey was an adjunct professor of international affairs at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service. Mr. Harvey received a White House fellowship, 1977-1978, and prior to that he was an attorney with the firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley and McCloy in New York City, 1972-1977.

He graduated from the University of Notre Dame (B.A, 1963 and J.D., 1966), New York University (LL.M., 1980), and University College School of Law, University of London, 1971-1972. Mr. Harvey is married, resides in Washington, DC, and was born November 9, 1941, in Evanston, IL.

Ronald Reagan, Nomination of Thomas E. Harvey To Be Deputy Administrator of the Veterans Administration Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/259532

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