Edmund Dennis Dwyer

Born 5/6/1912, Rochester, NY, Married Mary Grady. Three Children, Five grandchildren, and 2 great grandchildren. Died 8/5/2002, Annapolis, MD, at age 90 Education: Studied Engineering at Syracuse University, and Management at St. Bonaventure College, where he earned a BA in 1935. Postgraduate work included an LLB and a J.D. Law degrees from Georgetown University; the latter awarded in 1940. Career: Worked for the Public Works Administration, during the end of the depression in the late Thirties, while attending Law School at Georgetown. Loaned from the Interior Department to the State of South Carolina to establish methods, procedures and structure for the SC Public Service Authority. (The SCPSA became a 60 million dollar corporation overnight though a U.S. Government loan and grant.). 1935-1940 Worked as a Control Engineer for the Federal Works Administration supervising construction of hospitals and schools under the Lanham Act. Supervised administrative and technical processes in developing and bringing to completion all hospital and health center facility projects related to the war effort. 1940-1941 Management Consultant with the Surgeon General of the Army, War Department, Washington, DC. Assigned as Assistant Executive Officer in operating capacity in order to streamline records and procedures in HQ. 1942-1943 Executive Officer: Office of Records Administration, Navy Department. Served as EXO aboard the USS South Dakota and the USS Curtiss, And as Staff of Commander, Service Forces, Pacific Theater. This office was responsible for providing staff support to improve management of records, correspondenece, forms and reports throughout the Navy. 1943-1945 Mr. Dwyer returned to the civilian life in 1946 with the Navy Department, but remained as Lt. Commander in Naval Reserves until 1961. Assigned to Economic Cooperation Administration to help Deputy Administrator organize and recruit management staff for the agency. 1948 Assistant Director of Operating Services Division: Administrative Office, Executive Office of the Secretary of the Navy. Supervised the Navy’s buildings, and personnel services for the Offices of the Secretary. 1948-1949 Senior Consultant with Leahy & Company in the study for the Joint Legislative Committee for the State of Michigan on a Government wide survey to improve paperwork in the State of Michigan Government agencies. 1950 Director, Office Methods Division, Administrative Office, Executive Office of the Secretary, Department of the Navy. 1951-1955. This office was responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and support to improve methods and procedures throughout the Navy. Directed the operation of 6 Naval Records Centers in New York, San Francisco, St. Louis, Pennsylvania, and New Orleans. These centers employed 600 personnel and housed several million square feet of Navy records and files. Appointed by the Honorable Herbert Hoover to Task Force on Paperwork Management for the Hoover Commission on Organization of the Executive Branch of Government. 1954-1955 Chief of Navy Management Office: Executive Office of the Secretary, Department of Navy. Provided staff assistance to the Secretary of the Navy and his civilian Executive Assistants in planning, organizing, and conducting the business administration of the Navy Department. Provided staff assistance to the bureaus, boards, and offices in improving the management of the Navy. 1956-1964 Detailed to Director, Bureau of the Budget from President Kennedy’s inauguration until completion of the Morris Report on the Bureau of the Budget’s role to provide leadership in improving management practices in the Federal Government. 1961 Director of Data Processing Coordinating Staff, General Services Administration. Assistant Commissioner of the Federal Supply Service, Data Processing Coordination Staff. Served as Government wide coordinator for attaining maximum utilization of all Federal Governments use of ADP required by law (Brook''s Act) (Computer Czar). 1964-1968 Director of General Services Administration''s office of Audits and Compliance. Responsible for GSA”s internal, contract, and special Audit Programs. Including the EEO hiring programs throughout the government. 1968-1970 Under Ford Foundation contract served as Public Administration Consultant to The Government of India. Assigned to Indian Institute of Public Administration in New Delhi to develop industrial engineering teams of academically trained Indians to be assigned to Public Sector Corporations and agencies to improve the management of these organizations. 1970-1972 Staff Director for National Academy of Public Administration’s study on U.S. Productivity. 1974-1975 Self employed real estate representative and consultant in the Washington, DC area. 1973-1991 Awards and Activities Throughout his life Mr. Dwyer was active in numerous civic and humanitarian organizations and causes, including an appointment to serve on the Fairfax County Providence District Commission for the Advocacy of Group Homes for Mentally Challenged Adults. Frequent lecturer on management and data processing at universities, including: such as Syracuse, American, UCLA, George Washington, Kentucky, and U.S. Naval Academy. He was conference chairman and lecturer at various management association functions of American Management Association, Armed Forces Management Association (Past President, and lifetime honorary member), Federal Government Accountants Association, and more. 1943-1975 Served on the first Hoover Commission as Executive Assistant to Task Force Chairman. 1949 Assisted the State of Michigan in conducting study on Paperwork Red Tape commission. 1955 Chairman of the Department of Navy Data Processing Committee to plan for and insure efficient and effective use of ADP resources in the Navy. 1956-1964 Commendation from former resident Herbert Hoover for work as his appointee as member of the Federal Government Reorganization Task Force (Second Hoover Commission). 1955 President of the Armed Forces Management Association. 1957 Commendation from Secretary of Navy for staff support and appointment to Brookings Institute Conference for Federal Government Executives. 1958 Member of American Management Association’s planning council. 1958-1965 Commendation by Assistant Secretary of Defense for his report highlighting the role of leadership’s role in improving management in the Federal Government. 1961 Awarded life membership in the Armed Forces Management Association. 1962 Commendation from Secretary of Navy for chairing reorganization planning group. 1962 Chairman of Secretary of Navy’s Planning Group for Reorganization Study of Navy Department. 1962 Member of Federal ADP Council. 1965-1968 Georgetown University Law School Alumni Achievement Award for Washington Metropolitan Area for 1964. Presented at the National Press Club ceremony. 1965 Personal Notes Over the years the Dwyer family hosted seven high school students of various nationalities, as live-in foreign exchange students Mr. Dwyer is survived by his wife of 62 years, Mary, of Annapolis Md., and daughter Jean Beery, of Stevensville, Md., and sons Dennis, of Fairfax Va., and Kevin, of Atlanta. Ga. He is also survived by 5 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. Memorial Mass will be held at Fort Myers Chapel at 10:45 on Friday, September 13th, 2002. Interment ceremony, with military honors at Arlington National Cemetery will follow. A reception will be held in the Lamplighter Room at the Ft Myers Officers Club from 12:00 Noon to 2:00PM following the ceremony. For planning purposes, those expecting to attend are requested to call 703.620.3861 to leave their names. Remember to bring picture ID to get on the base. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations will be accepted in Edmund Dwyer’s name for the Alzheimer’s Association, Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington, Va., and St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church, in Melbourne, Florida. Call 703.620.3861 for details.

Edmund Dennis Dwyer

August 5, 2002