Before he was president, Mister Hoover worked for many years to make the construction of the dam possible.

VOA: special.2009.08.12

He became a general. During the nineteen thirties, President Herbert Hoover appointed him chief of staff of the Army, one of the most important jobs in the American military.

VOA: special.2009.05.24

One reporter for the New York Times observed that the change from President Herbert Hoover to Franklin Roosevelt was like a man moving from a slow horse to an airplane.

VOA: special.2011.03.24

However,it is named after former President Herbert Hoover.

VOA: special.2009.08.12