Hoover

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He said he didn’t want to be compared with former President Herbert Hoover, who was president during the 1929 market crash that led to the Great Depression.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 17, 2026

“Volunteers are the backbone of the Games,” LA28 chief executive officer Reynold Hoover said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 15, 2026

“We’re not pulling a bait and switch on you,” Hoover told The Times.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2026

Another adviser is Daniel Heil, a policy fellow at Stanford’s Hoover Institution who was an economic policy adviser to Jeb Bush’s 2016 presidential campaign.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 2, 2026

The hotel was a five-minute walk from the White House and the favorite lunch spot of J. Edgar Hoover, the director of the FBI.

From Nazi Saboteurs by Samantha Seiple