The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize
in Peace, 1901-1956

Year:	1921
Number:	3-1
Nominee:
Name:	Herbert Clark Hoover
Gender:	M
Year, birth:	1874
Year, death:	1964
Profession/Category:	US food administrator (1917-19). Minister of Commerce (1921-29)
City:	Washington, DC
Country:	US (UNITED STATES)
Motivation:	Hoover was the chief Allied relief administrator during World War I (1914-1919) and later chairman of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. He was appointed national food administrator to stimulate production and conserve supplies when the USA entered into the war.
Nominator:
Name:	P.O. von Törne
Gender:	M
Profession/Category:	Professor of Nordic History
University:	Åbo Academy
City:	Turku
Country:	FI (FINLAND)
Evaluation:	No