Paul J. Hoeper
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Paul J. Hoeper is a United States
consultant who served as United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
from 1998 to 2001
, receiving a B.S.E. in Basic Engineering
in 1968. He then attended Harvard University
and received an M.A.T.
in Mathematics
in 1972. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he began working for the United States Department of the Navy
as a consultant on major missile and anti-submarine system procurement. Hoeper later joined the faculty of Stanford Law School
and taught as an adjunct professor at the USC Gould School of Law. He taught a class entitled What Lawyers Should Know About Business from 1991 to 1995.
In 1993, the Defense Science Board
named Hoeper as a member of its Task Force on Acquisition Reform, in which capacity he served on the Oversight Cost Panel and the Large-Scale R&D Commercial Practices Panel. From 1994 to 1996, he was president of Fortune Financial.
In March 1996, Hoeper became Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International and Commercial Programs, an office he held until May 1998. At that time, President of the United States
Bill Clinton
nominated Hoeper to be United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
, and Hoeper subsequently held this office from May 29, 1998 until January 21, 2001.
Hoeper then left government service, and, since February 2001, has worked as a business consultant. He has served on the Board of Directors
of Versar, Inc. as Chairman of the Board.
United States
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consultant who served as United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology is known as OASA...
from 1998 to 2001
Biography
Paul J. Hoeper was educated at Princeton UniversityPrinceton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, receiving a B.S.E. in Basic Engineering
Engineering
Engineering is the discipline, art, skill and profession of acquiring and applying scientific, mathematical, economic, social, and practical knowledge, in order to design and build structures, machines, devices, systems, materials and processes that safely realize improvements to the lives of...
in 1968. He then attended Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
and received an M.A.T.
M.A.T.
M.A.T. could stand for:* Master of Arts in Teaching, a graduate degree in teaching.* Muzzle-Action-Trigger often used in the US military and ROTC rifle programs....
in Mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
in 1972. Beginning in the mid-1970s, he began working for the United States Department of the Navy
United States Department of the Navy
The Department of the Navy of the United States of America was established by an Act of Congress on 30 April 1798, to provide a government organizational structure to the United States Navy and, from 1834 onwards, for the United States Marine Corps, and when directed by the President, of the...
as a consultant on major missile and anti-submarine system procurement. Hoeper later joined the faculty of Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School
Stanford Law School is a graduate school at Stanford University located in the area known as the Silicon Valley, near Palo Alto, California in the United States. The Law School was established in 1893 when former President Benjamin Harrison joined the faculty as the first professor of law...
and taught as an adjunct professor at the USC Gould School of Law. He taught a class entitled What Lawyers Should Know About Business from 1991 to 1995.
In 1993, the Defense Science Board
Defense Science Board
The Defense Science Board is a committee of civilian experts appointed to advise the U.S. Department of Defense on scientific and technical matters...
named Hoeper as a member of its Task Force on Acquisition Reform, in which capacity he served on the Oversight Cost Panel and the Large-Scale R&D Commercial Practices Panel. From 1994 to 1996, he was president of Fortune Financial.
In March 1996, Hoeper became Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for International and Commercial Programs, an office he held until May 1998. At that time, President of the United States
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....
Bill Clinton
Bill Clinton
William Jefferson "Bill" Clinton is an American politician who served as the 42nd President of the United States from 1993 to 2001. Inaugurated at age 46, he was the third-youngest president. He took office at the end of the Cold War, and was the first president of the baby boomer generation...
nominated Hoeper to be United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology
The Office of the United States Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology is known as OASA...
, and Hoeper subsequently held this office from May 29, 1998 until January 21, 2001.
Hoeper then left government service, and, since February 2001, has worked as a business consultant. He has served on the Board of Directors
Board of directors
A board of directors is a body of elected or appointed members who jointly oversee the activities of a company or organization. Other names include board of governors, board of managers, board of regents, board of trustees, and board of visitors...
of Versar, Inc. as Chairman of the Board.