The Colorado River is a mighty one, taking eons to carve out the Grand Canyon.
HH: The Great Engineer
Herbert Hoover (1874-1964) was a true Horatio Alger story. Born to a poor farmer-blacksmith in rural Iowa, he was totally orphaned by ten, and farmed out to relatives in Oregon. They were kind to him, but it was a lonely adolescence. In high school, he took a summer job at an engineering firm, asked a million questions, and decided that engineering would be his career choice.
When he graduated, Stanford University in Palo Alto, CA had just opened its doors. Tuition was free. But with only a small amount of “seed money” for room, board, books and sundries, he had to take on a variety of part-time positions. With his own natural talents, a willingness to assume responsibility and work hard, he earned a reputation as someone to “keep an eye…
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