Hal Furman
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| Born |
June 2, 1955 Denver, Colorado |
| Education | University of Southern California, B.A. 1977; University of Southern California Law Center, J.D. 1980 |
| Occupation | Businessman, Consultant |
| Known for | 1994 Nevada U.S. Senate Race, Government Official, Founder of The Furman Group, Inc. |
| Website | http://www.furmangroup.com/ |
Harold Warren Furman II, “Hal” (born June 2, 1955) is an American businessman and a former U.S. government official. He now serves as the chairman and managing director of The Furman Group, a water infrastructure consulting firm based in Washington, D.C.
In 1994, Furman ran for the United States Senate from Nevada. While he won the crowded Republican primary, he lost the general election to the incumbent Senator, Richard Bryan.
Furman graduated from The University of Southern California with a degree in Political Science, and then went on to get his Juris Doctor from the University of Southern California Law Center. After graduating and passing the State Bar of Nevada, he briefly practiced law in Reno, Nevada with Woodburn, Wedge, Blakey, & Jeppson.
In 1981, Furman became Legislative Counsel to United States Senator Paul Laxalt (R-NV); he then went on to become Special Counsel to the Commissioner of the United States Bureau of Reclamation, and in 1983, President Ronald Reagan appointed Furman as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Water and Science. In that capacity, he oversaw the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Mines, and the Bureau of Reclamation. He served as the principal water policy advisor to three Secretaries of the Interior: James G. Watt, William P. Clark, and Donald P. Hodel. During his tenure at the Interior Department, Furman worked to negotiate technical assistance agreements involving the reconstruction of the power plant at the Aswan Dam in Egypt and another involving the Three Gorges Dam in the People's Republic of China. In recognition of his work on the latter agreement, Engineering News-Record named Furman one of its People of the Year in 1985.
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