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Francis C. Harrington was a colonel in the US Army Corps of Engineers and administrator of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) under Franklin D. Roosevelt. == Career == Harrington graduated from Virginia Military Institute and then in 1909 from West Point as second in his class. After US Army Engineer School and several teaching posts, he served as chief engineer for the Panama Canal, gaining valuable experience in supervising labor on a large scale. He then spent four years on the War Department General Staff (1929–1933), and two years in Paris at the École de Guerre, before returning to Washington to assist with the formation of the WPA.〔 West Point Association of Graduates: (http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/4751 )/〕 Alongside Harry Hopkins, Colonel Harrington served as Chief Engineer and Assistant Commissioner of the WPA, helping to structure and manage the massive new organization. Hopkins remarked on his impact: “() good judgment, clear vision, and capacity for organizing for a huge task have left a mark in the field of government administration which will be more and more appreciated as time passes.”〔West Point Association of Graduates http://apps.westpointaog.org/Memorials/Article/4751/〕 When Hopkins became Commerce Secretary in 1938, FDR appointed Colonel Harrington as WPA Commissioner. At a time when the WPA and other New Deal programs were under intensifying political pressure, Colonel Harrington, a respected nonpartisan figure, offered FDR a politically safe choice. Colonel Harrington served as WPA Commissioner until his death in 1940 at age 53. Under Harrington’s leadership, the WPA employed 8.5 million people on 1.4 million projects, including 651,097 miles of highways and roads, 124,011 bridges, 39,397 schools, and 953 airports, helping to stimulate the American economy and improve communities around the country. Colonel Harrington’s obituary in the New York Post states: “To many of those who knew him, Colonel Harrington typified the ideal public servant. A man of great personal charm, he had disciplined himself to approach any task with an objective detachment which is so essential, but often lacking, in the administration of public affairs... He was a credit to the ideals and training of the Army. Men of this type are hard to replace.” Another obituary in the Washington Star quotes FDR: “Today the whole country has suffered a very great loss.” 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Francis C. Harrington」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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