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Herbert Charles Hoover (August 4, 1903 – July 9, 1969), better known as Herbert Hoover Jr., was a British-born American engineer, businessman, and politician who served as United States Under Secretary of State from 1954 to 1957. He was the elder son of President Herbert Hoover.
Grandson of Hoover Company’s founder, Herbert Hoover Jr. joined the family firm at a young age, working on the assembly line in summers between school. As he gradually moved up through the company, succeeding his father as president in 1954, Hoover learned the ins and outs of the vacuum business.
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Guided by these interests in electronics, Herbert Jr. studied engineering at his parents’ alma mater, Stanford University. After graduating in 1925, he went on to Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration.
Hoover and his wife had two children: Herbert Hoover Jr. (born in 1903) and Allan Henry Hoover (born in 1907). The Hoover family began living in London in 1902, though they frequently traveled as part of Hoover's career.
Since its creation in 1989, The Herbert W. Hoover Foundation has funded over 800 grants across the Foundation’s 4 main focus areas of community, education, science, and environment.
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May 23, 1997 · Herbert W. Hoover Jr., a former chairman of the Hoover Company, the vacuum cleaner maker that his grandfather founded at the turn of the century, died on Monday in Mount Sinai Hospital in...