Herbert Theodore Hoover

Background

Hoover, Herbert Theodore was born on March 9, 1930 in Wabasha County, Minnesota, United States. Son of Clyde A. and Bessie May (Olin) Hoover.

Education

Bachelor, New Mexico State University, 1960. Master of Arts, New Mexico State University, 1961. Doctor of Philosophy, University Oklahoma, 1966.

Career

Associate professor of history, East Texas State University, Commerce, 1965-1966; professor of history, U. South Dakot, Vermillion, since 1967; director American Indian Studies Program and Oral History, U. South Dakot, Vermillion, since 1985. Member Rhodes Scholar South Dakot State Selection Committee, since 1991. Director Newberry Library.

Center for the History of the American Indian, Chicago, 1981-1983. Expert witness Federal District Court, since 1985. Advisory panel National Endowment for Humanities, 1977-1978.

Achievements

• Herbert Theodore Hoover has been listed as a noteworthy Historian, educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Member South Dakot Humanities Council, 1972-1980. Board of trustees South Dakot History Society, 1985-1989. National county Augustana College Center for Western Studies, since 1984.

With United States Navy, 1950-1955. Member Western History Association, Organisation American Historians, Phi Alpha Theta (international advisory board 1985-1989).

Interests

• Avocations: travel, ethnic studies, ethnology, music.

Connections

Married Carol Goss, July 27, 1993. Children: Carmen, Christopher.

Father:

Clyde A. Hoover

Mother:

Bessie May (Olin) Hoover

Spouse:

Carol Goss

child:

Christopher Hoover

child:

Carmen Hoover