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Upon graduation, he was immediately called to serve during [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force]], in which he attained the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]]. When the war ended and after a brief period in Dallas, he returned to College Station in 1947 to become the third executive secretary of the Association of Former Students, a position he filled through 1964.<ref name=dhervey/> During Hervey's tenure, the association established its first computerized database, the university archives, and launched the "Distinguished Alumnus Award."<ref name=wtaw/>

Upon graduation, he was immediately called to serve during [[World War II]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Forces, the forerunner to the [[United States Air Force]], in which he attained the rank of [[lieutenant colonel]]. When the war ended and after a brief period in Dallas, he returned to College Station in 1947 to become the third executive secretary of the Association of Former Students, a position he filled through 1964.<ref name=dhervey/> During Hervey's tenure, the association established its first computerized database, the university archives, and launched the "Distinguished Alumnus Award."<ref name=wtaw/>

Upon leaving the Association of Former Students, he became the president of Community Savings & Loan, where he remained until his retirement in 1982. He was a member and then president of the College Station Independent School District, which oversees A&M Consolidated High School. For three years he was the mayor of College Station and worked to expand the city.<ref name=dhervey/> He did not seek reelection in 1974.<ref>Ian Whittenton, Records Management Coordinator, City of College Station, "List of Mayors and City Council members since November 13, 1938."</ref> In 1988, he received the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" that he had earlier worked to establish.<ref name=dhervey/>

Upon leaving the Association of Former Students, he became the president of Community Savings & Loan, where he remained until his retirement in 1982. He was a member and then president of the College Station Independent School District, which oversees A&M Consolidated High School. For three years he was the mayor of College Station, a nonpartisan position, and he worked to expand the city.<ref name=dhervey/> He did not seek reelection in 1974.<ref>Ian Whittenton, Records Management Coordinator, City of College Station, "List of Mayors and City Council members since November 13, 1938."</ref> In 1988, he received the "Distinguished Alumnus Award" that he had earlier worked to establish.<ref name=dhervey/>

Hervey died in 2014 in Houston. Services were held at the A&M [[United Methodist]] Church in College Station. He is interred at College Station Cemetery.<ref name=dhervey/> On Hervey's death, the Association of Former Students lowered flags at the alumni center, named for Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., to half-staff to honor Hervey for his role in the modernization of the association.<ref name=wtaw/>

Hervey died in 2014 in Houston. Services were held at the A&M [[United Methodist]] Church in College Station. He is interred at College Station Cemetery.<ref name=dhervey/> On Hervey's death, the Association of Former Students lowered flags at the alumni center, named for Clayton Wheat Williams, Jr., to half-staff to honor Hervey for his role in the modernization of the association.<ref name=wtaw/>