| 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
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 under Franklin D. Roosevelt
Works Progress Administration Head 1933-34
American Red Cross Director, Southeastern Region (1917-21)
Distinguished Service Medal Sep-1945
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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