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On the recordApril 7, 1930
Dr. Welch has happily combined in his character and intellect the love of truth and the patient experimental habit of the pure scientist, with the ingenuity of the inventor and the organizing vision and energy of the promoter of sound enterprise--and combines all these things with a worldly wisdom and gracious charm that has made him a leader amongst men.
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Herbert Hoover
Republican · California

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Remarks at a Ceremony Honoring Dr. William Henry Welch.

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