Herbert Hoover, Jr.
Herbert Charles Hoover Jr. was a successful engineer, businessman, and politician. He served as United States Under Secretary of State from 1954 to 1957. His father was President Herbert Hoover.
Herbert Charles Hoover was born in London on August 4, 1903. He was the elder son of President Herbert Clark Hoover and First Lady Lou Henry . He was named for his father, Herbert, and his maternal grandfather, Charles Delano Henry, but throughout his life was known as Herbert Hoover Jr. His father, an engineer, was in London working for Bewick, Moreing amp Co. By the age of two, Herbert Jr. had been round the world twice. One of his earliest memories was riding a wagon piled high with gold with his father in Australia. The family lived near Stanford University while he was growing up, and he took great pride in serving as water boy for the Stanford Indians football team. During the 1918 flu pandemic, Hoover contracted influenza, which left him with a hearing impairment that affected him for the rest of his life. Hoover began taking an interest in radio sets at age 14. He attended his fathers alma mater, Stanford University, graduating with a degree in general engineering in 1925. He
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