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C. Thomas Harvie was named senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company in 1999, having been vice president and general counsel since 1995. Prior to joining the company he was vice president and associate general counsel at TRW Inc., where he had served since 1976.
Harvie was born March 28, 1943, in New York City. He received a bachelor's degree in history from Stanford University in 1965 and a law degree from Yale University in 1968.
After service as a captain in the U.S. Army, he joined the New York law firm of Debevoise & Plimpton in 1971.
In 1975 he joined TRW in its securities and finance department and was named senior counsel of the department in 1978. Two years later he was named vice president and assistant general counsel and, in 1983, was appointed vice president, law, of the company's automotive sector. He subsequently was named vice president and associate general counsel at TRW in 1989.
A Vietnam War veteran, Harvie is a member of the New York City Bar Association, the American Corporate Counsel Association and the Association of General Counsel. He is a member of the board of directors of Cedar Fair LP. He is a trustee of the Cleveland Institute of Music, Cleveland Opera, the Akron Art Museum and is a member of the Blossom Board of Overseers. | 