Richard Carver

Richard E. Carver
Assistant Secretary of the Air Force, 1984
16th Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller)
In office 3 October 1984 – 26 March 1987
President	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Russell D. Hale
Succeeded by	Michael B. Donley
Personal details
Born	(1937-08-28) 28 August 1937 (age 80) Des Moines, Iowa
Political party	Republican

Richard E. "Dick" Carver (b. 1937) was Mayor of Peoria, Illinois from 1973 to 1984 and United States Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller) from 1984 to 1988.

Richard E. Carver was born in Des Moines, Iowa on August 28, 1937. He was educated at Bradley University, graduating with a B.S. in business administration in 1959, and was named a Distinguished Graduate in 1983.

After college, Carver became president of the Carver Lumber Company in Peoria, Illinois. He also served in the Air Force Reserve Command, eventually attaining the rank of Colonel.

In 1969, Carver was elected to the Peoria City Council. After four years on City Council, Carver was elected Mayor of Peoria on April 3, 1973. He was re-elected on April 5, 1977. During his second term in office, he served as president of the United States Conference of Mayors 1979-80 and President of the National Conference of Republican Mayors In 1980, he was a candidate to be United States Senator from Illinois, but lost the Republican primary to Dave O'Neal. He was re-elected to a third term as Mayor of Peoria on April 7, 1981, and subsequently held that office until 1984.

On April 14, 1978, President Jimmy Carter named Carver to a member of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernal Affairs, and on June 17, 1981, President Ronald Reagan named Carver a member of the President's Commission on Housing, a position he held until 1984. On August 11, 1984, President Reagan nominated Carver to be Assistant Secretary of the Air Force (Financial Management & Comptroller). Carver subsequently held this office until 1988.