DR. JOHN R. HARVEY
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense
Nuclear Forces and Missile Defense Policy
On March 21, 1995, Dr. Harvey was appointed by Secretary of Defense William Perry to be Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Nuclear Forces and Missile Defense Policy (Formerly Forces Policy). In this role, he assists in developing and implementing US defense policies in the areas of strategic and theater nuclear forces and ballistic missile defense.
Previously, Dr. Harvey was Director of the Science Program at the Stanford University Center for International Security and Arms Control where he led research efforts in several areas including: the proliferation of mass destruction weapons and advanced delivery systems to the developing world, safety and security of US nuclear weapons, the role in national security policy of export controls on weapons systems and advanced dual-use technologies, the implications of advanced conventional weapons for regional security, and US defense restructuring. He has also lectured on arms control and
national security policy in the academic program at Stanford.From 1978 to 1990, Dr. Harvey was with the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, initially in Z-Division where he carried out intelligence assessments of the Soviet nuclear weapons program. He also served as Project Manager for Advanced Strategic Missile Systems, where he directed systems studies addressing effectiveness, safety, and security of potential nuclear warheads for Small ICBM and alternative basing options for MX, and as Deputy Program Leader for START and INF Verification.
From 1982 to 1985, Dr. Harvey was assigned, on loan from Livermore, to the Strategic Arms Control Policy Office in the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD). During this period he worked on technical and policy issues relating to the START negotiations with the Soviet Union. In June and July 1983, he served with the START delegation in Geneva as a technical adviser to the Secretary of Defense's Representative to those negotiations. In addition, Dr. Harvey was the OSD representative to the Fall 1984 and Spring 1985 sessions in Geneva of the US-U.S.S.R. Standing Consultative Commission For his service in OSD, Dr. Harvey was awarded, in September 1985, the Secretary of Defense Medal for Outstanding Public Service.
Dr. Harvey has served on several advisory panels including: the NATO Science Committee's Advisory Panel ' on Disarmament Technologies (1993-95), the Board of Advisors of the Center for War, Peace and the News Media, New York University (1994-95), the Senior Advisory Group on Theater Missile Defense, Institute of Foreign Policy Analysis (1993), and the National Academy of Science-Russian Academy of Science working group on dual-use technologies and export administration (1992-93).
Dr. Harvey received his B.A. in physics from Rutgers University. He attended graduate school at the University of Rochester where he received his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in experimental elementary particle physics. He is the author or co-author of numerous scientific and technical papers.