President, Hampton University and Chairman, President's Advisory Board on HBCU's

Dr. Harvey has long been active on the national scene as a result of his appointments to national boards by seven presidents of the United States. 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 Post- secondary Education where he served as Chair, the Commission on Presidential Scholars, the President’s Advisory Board on Historically Black Colleges, and the U. S. Department of Commerce Minority Development Advisory Board. 

Additionally, Dr. Harvey has served as Chair of the Southern Universities Research Association (SURA) Council of Presidents, Chair of the Board of the National Association for Equal Opportunity in Higher Education (NAFEO), and Chair of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC) Council of Chief Executive Officers. Currently, he is the Chairman of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs. 

Dr. Harvey’s achievements have been recognized through inclusion in Personalities of the South, Who’s Who in the South and Southeast, 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. 

Dr. William R. Harvey is President of Hampton University and 100% owner of the Pepsi Cola Bottling Company of Houghton, Michigan. Since 1978, he has served with distinction as President of Hampton University and created a monumental legacy during his forty year tenure-one of the longest tenures of any sitting president of a college or university in the country. Dr. Harvey is described as "one of the most focused individuals that one can meet. He is relentlessly single-minded" when it comes to the advancement of the University. During the time that he has served at the helm, Dr. Harvey has made countless contributions to the University, our state and the nation. Few individuals have demonstrated the dedication to education and service that Dr. Harvey has demonstrated throughout his distinguished career. 

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COMMENTARY Principles of Leadership: The Harvey Leadership Model by William R. Harvey Hampton University Press, Hampton, Virginia 2016  

Bertha L. Davis, PhD, RN, FAAN, ANEF, Sherri Saunders-Goldson, DNP, RN, WHNP-BC, FAANP, and Zina T. McGee, PhD From Harvard to Hampton—President of Hampton University Principles of Leadership: The Harvey Leadership Model is touted by the author as a guide for sharing precepts and principles that have shaped his empowering leadership model…[that] can be game changing for individuals, nonprofits, and businesses. This leadership model is explained in 10 principles that distinguish effective leaders. The author states he “embodies transformational leadership… [and his model] has an impressive array of dividends benefiting countless lives and communities.

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