Class 30 (11/1)
Between business and the state
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The career of the "Great Engineer"
The associative state
Science in the private sector
Including the universities
What to do: the Great Depression
Hoover out, Roosevelt in
Effects of the economy on science
The New Deal's transformations
The Science Advisory Board: science and the state
Science in the NRA
Compton's plans, and their roots
Generational succession
Failure, and the beginnings of change
| Primary | Secondary |
| Herbert Hoover (Pres. 1929-1933, R)
Bureau of Standards trade associations National Research Endowment (or Fund) Franklin D. Roosevelt (Pres. 1933-1945, D) New Deal National Recovery Administration (1933-1935) Science Advisory Board (1933-1945) Karl T. Compton (1887-1954) National Research Administration (never fd.) |
Warren G. Harding (Pres. 1921-1923, R)
Calvin Coolidge (Pres. 1923-1929, R) Food Administration Frank Jewett (1879-1949) Works Progress Administration (fd. 1935) National Cancer Institute |
Who was Herbert Hoover, the "Great Engineer"? Look him up in a good encyclopedia or other reference source. Along with the biographical story of his rise from engineering to the Presidency, find out the main lines of his political and economic philosophy.
If you are submitting this as a writing assignment, it must be turned in in class on 11/1.
Word to the wise: Leave yourself time to track down the information. If you do not know where to start — random web searching is not recommended — ask a reference specialist in the Main Library. Not finding the information on the first try is not a sufficient reason for ending the search.