Reminiscences of Robert Edward Hampton : oral history, 1967.

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

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Dwight David Eisenhower (1890-1969) was leader of the Allied forces in Europe in World War II, commander of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), and the thirty-fourth president of the United States, from January 20, 1953, to January 20, 1961. Eisenhower was born on October 14, 1890, in Denison, Texas, the third son of David Jacob Eisenhower, a railroad worker, and Ida Elizabeth Stover. In 1891, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, where David accepted a job at a local creamery run by ...

Hampton, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1922-

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Robert Edward Hampton was born on September 21, 1922 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force, European Theater of Operations, 1942 to 1945, and received a B.A. in Business Administration from the University of Tennessee in 1949. He was the Principal of the Blackfox School in Cleveland, Tennessee, 1949 to 1950. He worked for the State Department, as Vice Counsel in Munich, West Germany, 1950 to 1952; Foreign affairs officer, Executive Secretariat, 1952 to 1953; and Staff A...

Hopper, Paula D.

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United States Civil Service Commission

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The United States Civil Service Commission was established by the Civil Service Act of 1883. The Commission replaced the “spoils system” and democratized the process of hiring for federal jobs; first, because it required that these positions be filled through competitive examinations which were open to all citizens; second, because it required selection of the best-qualified applicants without regard to political considerations. During World War II, the need for federal ...