George Edward Akerson

George Edward Akerson

George Edward Akerson (September 5, 1889December 21, 1937) was a U.S. journalist, and the first official White House Press Secretary. He served in the Hoover Administration from 1929 to 1931.

Akerson was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He attended the University of Minnesota, taking classes in Science, Literature and Art. After leaving there, he received a job at the Minneapolis Tribune. In 1910 Akerson started at Harvard University, later receiving a BA in Political Science in 1912. Akerson married Harriet Blake, a Wellesley College graduate, on June 28, 1915.He died in 1937 from kidney disease.

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