IRS Commissioner Doug Shulman today named J. Richard (Dick) Harvey Jr. of PricewaterhouseCoopers senior advisor to the commissioner.  Harvey will assume his post September 2.  From IR-2008-95:

Harvey joined Price Waterhouse in 1978 in its audit practice and transferred to the tax practice in 1981. He transferred to the Price Waterhouse’s Washington National Tax Office in 1985. In 1986, he joined the Treasury Department’s Office of Tax Policy where he drafted legislation and regulations and did extensive work on the 1986 Tax Reform Act. He rejoined Price Waterhouse (later renamed PricewaterhouseCoopers) in 1988 as a tax partner in New York City focusing on financial institutions.

Harvey graduated magna cum laude from Bucknell University and has a master’s degree in international economics and finance from the University of York in the United Kingdom. He also serves as the Distinguished Clinical Professor of Accounting and Executive-in-Residence at Bucknell University but will take leave from this position upon assuming his new role as senior advisor.