September 19, 1931
DR. JORDAN'S loss will be felt by the many thousands of students who came to him over fifty years of active leadership in education. Few men in his calling had won so universal affection and devotion. He was a great educator and was a scholarly contributor to science, to the advancement of education and to thought upon public questions.
HERBERT HOOVER
Note: David Starr Jordan was the first president of Stanford University and an internationally known educator, scientist, and peace advocate.
Herbert Hoover, Statement on the Death of David Starr Jordan. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207608