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ee | wt, | SA Jane ‘a&ep, 193 BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF JOHN EDGAR HOOVER, RECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. John Edgar Hoover was born January 1, 1895, in the District of Columbia and was educated in the Public Bchoole of the District of Columbia, graduating from Central High School in 1913. During the eame year, 1913, Mr. Hoover entered the Library of Congress as a Clerk, and enrolled in George Washington University Law School as an evening student. He holds the Degrees of LL. B., LL. M., and LL. D., from The George Washington Univer- sity and has been admitted to practice law before the bar of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia; the United States Court of Claims, and the United States Supreme Court. He is a trustee of The George Washington University. Mr. Hoover entered the Department of Justice in 1917 as a Clerk and in 1919 was appointed Special Assistant to the Attorney General. From 192] until 1924, he served as Assistant Director of the Bureau of Investiga- tion, and in May, 1924, be was named Director. fir. Boover holds the eommiesion of Lieutensnt-Colionel in the et Sed Sa a Military Intelligence Division of the Officers Reserve Corps, United States Army. He is a member of the Columbia Country Club, Chevy Chase, Maryland; the Metropolitan and University Clubs, Washington, D. C.; the Masonic ae ‘Fraternity; the Kappa Alpha Fraternity and ie a life metber of the Inter- national Association of Chiefs of Police; i# a life member, International Aesociation for Identification; an bonorary member of the New England Associa- tion of Chiefs of Police; an honorary life member of the Sheriffs' Association of Texas; Vice-Chairman of the Advisory Board of the International World Police Association: oman honorary member, Judges and Police ‘Executives Conference of Erie County, Wew York;, In November, 1955, Mr. Hoover was named a wenmber of the Royal Order of the £rown of Rumania, with the rank of Commander, as a result of hie activities in promoting closer international Fe olice collaboration. &% a, ph WV Satie my ith the auty_of investigating -riotattone-of —— the laws of th the United § States and collecting evidence in cases in which the United States ia or may be a party in interest. The organization has an annual appropriation of five millions of dollare, with a personnel of over fifteen bundred employees throughout thse United States. Under the direction of the Attorney General, the Director of the Bureau directs the work of the Special Agents who are employed for the purpose of detecting crime and collecting evidence for use in proposed and pending cases for prosecution. Mr. Hoover has under hie immediate supervision the Identification Division of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which has on file appre @olrw ieee 5,000,000 wets of fingerprint retorts of persons who have been arrestes —ae ee ee ge eG in the United States and foreign countries, representing the largest and most complete collection of criminal fingerprint recorde of current value existing