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4 days ago · John Edgar Hoover (January 1, 1895 – May 2, 1972) was an American law-enforcement administrator who served as the final Director of the Bureau of Investigation (BOI) and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). President Calvin Coolidge first appointed Hoover as director of the BOI, the predecessor to the FBI, in 1924.
May 21, 2024 · You can check out the desk of infamous FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, who the headquarters building is named for. There are also some artifacts on display that take your breath away, like this case with ephemera collected from the World Trade Center on 9/11.
4 days ago · The headquarters of the FBI is located in Washington, D.C., in a building named for J. Edgar Hoover, who served as the bureau’s head from 1924 to 1972. The FBI has more than 50 field offices located in large cities throughout the United States and in Puerto Rico.
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5 days ago · Beverly Gage (Yale University) joins the CPH to speak about her new, Pulitzer Prize winning book, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of The American Centu...
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May 10, 2024 · Matthew Harwood | 5.10.2024 8:15 AM. (Illustration: Lex Villena) On May 10, 1924, one of the worst events in history for American civil liberties happened: 29-year-old J. Edgar Hoover assumed the ...
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May 21, 2024 · Hoover, named acting director of the Bureau of Investigation, introduced policies that projected an impeccable image of the FBI. He founded a forensic lab and the FBI Academy, insisting on high moral standards for his agents, who were permitted to consume alcohol only after work hours.
May 26, 2024 · FBI HQ Site Square Guidelines. NCPC developed Square Guidelines for Squares 378 and 379 on Pennsylvania Avenue, currently occupied by the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s J. Edgar Hoover building. Square Guidelines direct the size and shape of future development and guide general land use, circulation, and other urban design components.
