capable manager when Dulles was hospitalized. Amateur radio Hoover was an amateur radio operator holding the call W6ZH. He was elected as President of the American Radio Relay League in 1962; the primary representative organization of amateur radio operators to the US government. Death Hoover died at Huntington Memorial Hospital in Pasadena on July 9, 1969. He had suffered a sudden stroke three days earlier on July 6 and never regained consciousness. Family Herbert Charles Hoover was married to Margaret Ava Watson. They had three children: Margaret Ann Hoover Brigham (March 17, 1926– February 14, 2011), Herbert "Pete" Hoover III (November 5, 1927– February 4, 2010) and Joan Leslie Hoover (April 12, 1930 – May 10, 2002). References External links 1903 births 1969 deaths Stanford University School of Engineering alumni Children of presidents of the United States People educated at Gibbs School United States Under Secretaries of State Herbert Hoover Hoover family American expatriates in the United Kingdom American expatriates in Australia California Republicans Harvard Business School alumni Amateur radio people