Monday, August 10, 2009

President Herbert Hoover's Birthday

Today marks the 135th birthday of our 31st president, Herbert Clark Hoover. President served from 1929 to 1933.  President Hoover, the son of a Quaker blacksmith, was an engineer, administrator, and humanitarian.   On August 10, 1954, he was quoted as saying, "The imperative need of this nation at all times is the leadership of Uncommon Men or Women."  To learn more, click on these links:

White House: Biography of  Herbert Hoover


American President: Herbert Hoover


The Herbert Hoover Presidential Library and Museum





Sonnet Erin Brown
Head of Federal Documents
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Subject Specialist: Legal Research, Political Science
Earth & Environmental Sciences, Philosophy


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