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FEDERAL WORKS AGElJCY
WORK PROJECTS A.Dlffi'H STFATION
Fo r Re l ease t o Newspape r s ,
Sunday , J~l y 21 , 194D
MAJOR LEAVEY AFPOHTTT.:D ASSISTArJT COMMISSION;R OF l'IPA AS WAR DEPARTM:;JWT
TF.AJ·Ts:57:RS EA.JOR F,A."RLOE TO GE:NERAL STAE'F
Tr ansfe r of H-1,jor Bartle:>· M. Harloe , Assistant Co mmissioner
and Chief Engi nee r of t he Work Proje c ts Administration , by the War
De-oartment t o du t y wi t h the Gene r al Staff was announced toc'tay
oy
Colone l F . C. Har:!.· ington , 1-fork Pr ojects Comr.,issioner .
Colonel Harringto:?1 at t he same time ap"?ointed Jfa.j or Edmond
P. . Lea.vey , Corps of E,~.gineers , for four years Deputy Administrator of
WPA in New Yo r k Ci t~: , to s ,,c c eed. Major HDrloe .
Jviajor Leave;,, and. Najor Harl oe were classmates three t i mes -a t 1·!es t Po i n t , a t Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , and at the Command
and_ General Staff Sc:iool.
3ad1 has teen asf'igned to duty with WPA for
four year s .
Maj o r Harloe will serve with the Su:7p l ~I and Constn1ction
Division of tho Gone r a l Staff, on li ason work with WPA and tho Fe deral
Works Ag en cy r;cne r a.lly in connec t ion with ··, ro,j e cts r og.r.i.rded by the We.r
De part ment as i r.rport a nt to nationa l dcf -~ns c .
For two y e ars rfaj -::>r
Harlot) sorvo d ns Chi of Regional Engine e r of 'if?A for tho We st 0 rn States ,
with heA.dquar t o rs in Salt Lr-1.ko City.
Su1: s e qu0ntly ho was assi gned to
t he Washingt on offic e as oxocllt i vo assistn,nt to th o Chiof Enc:;ino e r .
U:?on tho a-npo i ntmont of Colonel Ifa rri ng to::i as Commi s s i oner of WP;, in
De c e mb e r, 19:38 , l•iajor Ha.r l oc became Assist ,,,nt Co,:,miss i onor n ncl Chi of
Eng i neer .
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Bcf on~ h i s assignrr,en t to WPA, Major Lor,v0;:r had teen in
c:1ar .:;c of the Co:rnt1:u ct i on S,; etion , offico of t ho Chi :_,f or' En(::h1c :; r s ,
in tho Wa r De-part r.1ent , ;{3,sllinbton , for th1· ee years .
ne also had
se rve d as Ass ist::i.r,t Di strict Engineer at Portland , Oregon , a:·,d •1t
Oc:,lct. , Fla ., on th e Atlantic - Gulf Co.nal , and as Assistan'.; aad. Acting
Dep3.rtment Eng inee r in Eawaii.
FoU owin:-; g raduat i on from Wos t P oint
in the Class of l SJl 7 , he ser7ed at }fort Eli ss , ·i1exas , a:1.d. as senio1·
inst1·uctor of Enginee r Off ic e rs T;r a ini ng CaJIT".)S a t Canr) Lee , Virg i:1ia ,
!lajor Le a vey i ,s a graduate of th e Army ~ngine e r,:; School c:,nd_
of the CoI1naand and. Gene r F.Ll Steff School.
Ee also attondc\ d :'exas A, .°; Jv;.
and wa3 g:..·a,duat ed. fro m Ee ns s elae r Pol yte chn ic I us titu·ce i n civil
en,gine e r i nc; .
He is a
□emb e r
of the A:,1e rican So ciety of Civil Bngine 0 r s ,
the Soc i ety of Si gma Xi , a nd De lt .3. Tau Delta fr a ternity .
A native of Lonc;vi ew , 'l1e:xas , Majo r
F2rrington of Honolul u .
L G E➔.vey
marr i e d 1,!i ss nuth
'::'hey have ono s on , Ed.,1ond , Jr ., n ow in his
third year at vhs t Poi n t , and a dau,';;ht(:r , Ca t harine , in ld. ,_'{h scho ol.
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