An unwilling newsmaker is short, stocky Dean Theodore Jesse Hoover of Stanford's School of Engineering. When the Globe (Ariz.) Record last year published an interview quoting him as saying that his brother Herbert would not run for President in 1936, Brother Theodore exploded: "A complete fabrication!" Last week Theodore Hoover made undeniable news by announcing that, having reached the age of 65, he would retire from Stan ford in June. Promptly newshawks amended: ". . . To go fishing with his brother Herbert."
Famed among mining engineers for two sober works,...
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