January 17, 1930
My dear Dr. Jordan:
I send you my cordial congratulations upon your birthday and I do pray that you may long continue in health and happiness to be the wise counselor and valued friend of the youth of the land.
Yours faithfully,
HERBERT HOOVER
[Dr. David Starr Jordan, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California]
Note: Dr. Jordan, educator, author, and naturalist, served as President of Stanford University from 1891 to 1913 and as Chancellor from 1913 to 1916.
Herbert Hoover, Message Congratulating Dr. David Starr Jordan on His Birthday. Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/211088