Charles Cecil Finucane (September 6, 1905 – November 7, 1983) was an American government official, and banking and investments executive.

Early life

Finucane was born in

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and attended the

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. He received an engineering degree in 1928 from Sheffield School,

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Career

He served as vice-president and then president of Sweeny Investment Company while also serving as an officer in the

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. From 1936-1938 he was vice-president of the Sunshine Consolidated Mining Co., and majority floor leader of the Washington State Legislature in 1939. In 1946 he served as director for both the Spokane and Eastern Division of the Seattle First National Bank and the James Smyth Plumbing and Heating Company of Spokane.

Government career

He was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management in 1954, the Under Secretary of the Army in 1955, and then the Assistant Secretary of Defense in 1958.Government Printing Office. ''U.S. Government Organization Manual 1958-1959''. Washington, D.C.: GPO.

Personal life

Finucane owned a summer home in Hayden, ID.

Notes

References

Papers of Charles C. Finucane, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Finucane, Charles C. 1905 births 1983 deaths Eisenhower administration personnel Businesspeople from Spokane, Washington United States Army civilians Yale School of Engineering & Applied Science alumni United States Under Secretaries of the Army 20th-century American businesspeople