Roland Armitage Hoover

Background

Hoover, Roland Armitage was born on January 14, 1929 in Buffalo. Son of John Frank and Constance (More) Hoover.

Education

Bachelor of Science, Yale University, 1949.

Career

Management trainee, Cleveland Electric Illuminating Company, 1949-1950; graphic designer, studio of Hubert Leckie, Washington, 1955-1956; supervisor technical reports, Atomic Energy division Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, Washington, 1956-1963; editor-in-charge, Publs. Office, Research and Engineering Support division Institute for Defense Analyses, 1963-1965; executive editor, Brookings Institution, Washington, 1965-1967; director publications, Brookings Institution, 1967-1984; university printer, Yale University, New Haven, 1984-1994; pursuivant of arms, Yale University, New Haven, since 1989; senior critic in graphic design, Yale School Art, New Haven, 1991-1994. Proprietor private press, free lance typographer, since 1958.

Achievements

• Roland Armitage Hoover has been listed as a noteworthy Publisher, printer by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Served from ensign to lieutenant (junior grade) United States Naval Reserve, 1951-1953. Member American Printing History Association, Yale Sherlock Holmes Society, The Typophiles, Elizabethan Club (Yale University), Sigma Xi, Tau Beta Pi.

Connections

Married Cynthia Lee Adams, July 14, 1962. Children: Sarah Adams, Emily Armitage.

Father:

John Frank Hoover

Mother:

Constance (More) Hoover

Spouse:

Cynthia Lee Adams

child:

Emily Armitage Hoover

child:

Sarah Adams Hoover