Clawson Roop

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Biography

Born in Upland, Pennsylvania, Roop attended the University of Pennsylvania. He was an engineer officer in World War I and rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel during World War II, and later he served as Brigadier General. President Herbert Hoover, on the resignation of Herbert Lord, appointed Roop as U.S. Director of Bureau of the Budget, a post he held from August 15, 1929, until March 4, 1933.[1]

He died on January 23, 1972, in Fairfield, Connecticut, at the age of 83.[1]

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