Herbert Clark Hoover's Life And Accomplishments

Herbert Clark Hoover began his story on August 10th of 1874, he was the middle child of Jesse and Hulda Hoover. Herbert was raised a quaker in West Branch, Iowa, his father jesse was a blacksmith and owned a farm implement store. At the age of two Herbert became sick with the croup, (a respiratory infection causing swelling of the throat) Herbert became so sick that he was thought to have died for a brief moment before being resuscitated by his uncle. Herbert's father died when he was only four leaving his mother (Hulda) to pay off her husbands debts and not long after she did, she died two. Herbert Hoover now nine years old was left an orphan along with his older brother and younger sister. After his mother's death him and his siblings went

He lived with his grandmother, then his uncle Allen Hoover, and finally He went to live with his uncle John Minthorn ( the same one that saved his life at age two). Herbert went to school briefly before going to work for his uncle, however he Never even got a high school education. After working for his uncle he enrolled at Stanford University In 1891 (Stanford's inaugural year). Herbert actually failed every entrance exam except for mathematics, but was tutored the summer before attending Stanford. Herber actually claims he was the first student at Stanford because he was the first student to sleep in the dormitory. Herbert was the manager of both the baseball and football teams at Stanford, Herbert was actually part of the first football game against Stanford’s rival the University of California where Stanford won. After four years of working various jobs to afford his college tuition Herbert Hoover graduated at age 21 from Stanford University in 1895 with a degree in

Herbert was then offered a job promotion which required him to relocate to China, and so up they went and off to China. Once there Herbert was the chief engineer for the Chinese Bureau of Mines. Herbert and his wife lou made a point to learn chinese while they were there which would actually come in handy back in america when they wanted to have private conversations with others around. During Herbert's stay in china he did more than just act as an engineer, he also made a lot of recommendations on reforming their labor standards, Herbert proposed ending long term servitude contracts. While Herbert was working for Bewick, Moreing and Co. Lou spent her time working for various hospitals and even briefly as a welder. On December 18th of 1901 Herbert was made partner at Bewick Moreing and Co., he was put in charge of a lot the Australian operations and investments. His pay rose to $12,500 and a 20% share of the