Hoover- Danyela Bagatella, Brandon Barehead, Daniel Krga

President Hoover President Herbert Hoover was born in1874 in an Iowa village, but he grew up in Iowa. He grew up in a Quaker family. His father died in 1880 and became orphaned after his mother died in 1884. Herbert was self-reliant and ambitious at a young at a young age. He was a member of the first entertaining class of students at the new Leland Stanford Junior University in California, in 1891. He managed the football and baseball teams and helped in many ways. He was elected student body treasurer on the "Barbarian" slate; he lso got rid of their debt. After graduating from Stanford University in 1895 with a degree in Geology, he was unable to find a job as a mining engineer, so he worked as a clerk in the San Francisco consulting firm of Louis Janin. Hoover arrived in western Australia, in 1897, and spent the next year and a half planning development work, ordering and laying out equipment, and examining new prospects. Bored with making money, the Quaker side of him yearned to be of service to others. When World War I started in August 1914, he helped organize the return home of 120,000 American tourists and businessmen from Europe. Hoover led 500 volunteers to distribute food, clothing, and other such things. "Hoover, Herbert." Info:Main Page - New World Encyclopedia. 25, July 2006. Web. 28 Mar.