Harry Lloyd Hopkins Born: 17-Aug-1890 Birthplace: Sioux City, IA Died: 29-Jan-1946 Location of death: New York City Cause of death: Cancer - unspecified Remains: Buried, Hazelwood Cemetery, Grinnell, IA
Gender: Male Race or Ethnicity: White Sexual orientation: Straight Occupation: Government Nationality: United States Executive summary: US Secretary of Commerce, 1938-40 Instrumental in implementation of the New Deal.
Father: David Aldona Hopkins Mother: Anna Pickett Hopkins Wife: Ethel Gross (m. Oct-1913) Son: David (b. 1914, d. 1980) Son: Robert (b. 1921) Son: Stephen (b. 1925, d. 1944)
University: Grinnell College, Iowa (1912)
US Secretary of Commerce (1938-40) Works Progress Administration Director (1933-34) American Red Cross Director, Southeastern Region (1917-21) Distinguished Service Medal Sep-1945 Traveled to the USSR 30-Jul-1941
Is the subject of books:
Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History, 1948, BY: Robert Sherwood
Minister of Relief: Harry Hopkins and the Depression, 1963, BY: Searle F. Charles
Harry Hopkins: Ally of the Poor, Defender of Democracy, 1987, BY: George McJimsey
Harry Hopkins: Sudden Hero, Brash Reformer, 1999, BY: June Hopkins
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