[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 149 (2003), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Pages 2690-2691]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS

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                   RECOGNIZING DR. WILLIAM R. HARVEY

 Mr. ALLEN. Mr. President, today I recognize Dr. William R. 
Harvey as he celebrates his 25th year as the President of Hampton 
University.
  A native of Brewton, AL, he is a graduate of Southern Normal High 
School and Talladega College. After graduating from Talladega College, 
Dr. Harvey served 3 years on active duty with the United States Army. 
During that time, he served in Europe and the United States. He is 
currently a lieutenant colonel in the Army Reserve. He earned his 
doctorate in college administration from Harvard University in 1972. 
Prior to assuming his current position, he served as administrative 
vice president at Tuskegee University; administrative assistant to the 
president of Fisk University; and as assistant for governmental affairs 
to the dean of the Graduate School of Education at Harvard University.
  President of Hampton University since 1978, Dr. William R. Harvey has 
introduced innovations that have solidified Hampton University's 
stellar position among the Nation's colleges and universities. His 
innovative leadership is reflected in the growth and quality of the 
University's students, academic programs, physical facilities and 
financial base. During Dr. Harvey's tenure as President, the student 
enrollment at Hampton University has increased from approximately 2,700 
students to over 6,000. Moreover, the SAT scores of entering freshmen 
have increased approximately 300 points. His

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commitment to expansion and innovation in academic programs has 
resulted in 45 new academic programs. These new programs, together with 
existing ones, have placed and kept Hampton on the cutting edge of 
higher education.
  Dr. Harvey has long been active on the national scene as a result of 
his appointments to national boards by four United States presidents. 
He has served on the President's National Advisory Council on 
Elementary and Secondary Education, the Defense Advisory Committee on 
Women in the Service, the Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary 
Education, the Commission on Presidential Scholars, the President's 
Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges, and the U.S. Department 
of Commerce Minority Economic Development Advisory Board. Currently, 
Dr. Harvey serves as a board member of the First Union National Bank 
(Mid-Atlantic Division--South Carolina, North Carolina, Tennessee, 
Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Maryland); Newport News Shipbuilding, 
Inc., and Trigon Blue Cross Blue Shield of Virginia.
  His achievements have been recognized through inclusion in 
Personalities of the South, Who's Who in the South and Southwest, Who's 
Who in Black America, Who's Who in American Education, International 
Who's Who of Intellectuals, Two Thousand Notable Americans, Who's Who 
in Business and Finance, and Who's Who in America.
  I congratulate Dr. Harvey on his accomplishments and wish him 
continued success.

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