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 Spokane, Washington and attended the Taft School in Watertown, Connecticut. He received an engineering degree in 1928 from Sheffield School, Yale University.
Career He served as vice-president and then president of Sweeny Investment Company while also serving as an officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve. From 1936-1938 he was vice-president of the Sunshine Consolidated Mining Co. In 1938, he was elected to represent Washington's 6th legislative district in the Washington house and was selected to be the majority floor leader for the 1939 session. He only served one term in the legislature. 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.Who's Who in America, Vol. XXX, 1958-1959 (1958). Chicago: A.N. Marquis Co.
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.
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Papers of Charles C. Finucane, Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library