Coming to Princeton from W.B. Ray High School in Corpus Christi, Harvey was active on the Undergraduate Council, Undergraduate Schools Committee, and Whig-Clio. He served as vice chairman of the Nassau Herald, majored in psychology, and joined Quad, becoming a pillar of its IAA football and basketball teams.
After Princeton he went to Harvard Law School and then to the London School of Economics. Completing his academics in 1964, Harvey next served as a public defender in Washington, D.C., then in the Office of Economic Opportunity under Sargent Shriver. By 1980 he had returned home to Corpus Christi to practice law, serving as counsel to a Communications Workers of America local and as a litigator in many other matters. He served as Nueces County Democratic Party chairman.
At age 48 mid-life caught up with Harvey. Setting out to pursue a filmmaking career, he enrolled in a film-producing program at the University of Southern California and earned an MFA while graduating first in his class. His second-career choice was not hurt by the fact that Steven Spielberg’s best friend was Harvey’s cousin!
Harvey is survived by son Christopher Bailey, grandson Michael Bailey ’12, sister Elizabeth Grossman Gans, and numerous other kin.