- Roy Owen West
Infobox US Cabinet official
name=Roy Owen West
order=30th
title=United States Secretary of the Interior
term_start=July 25 ,1928
term_end=March 4 ,1929
predecessor=Hubert Work
successor=Ray L. Wilbur
birth_date=birth date|1868|10|27|mf=y
birth_place=Georgetown, Illinois , U.S.
death_date=death date and age|1958|11|29|1868|10|27
death_place=Chicago, Illinois , U.S.
party=Republican
spouse=
profession=Politician
religion=Roy Owen West (
October 27 ,1868 –November 29 ,1958 ) aChicago an and graduate ofDePauw University in 1890, wasU.S. Secretary of the Interior from 1928 until 1929, serving underCalvin Coolidge .West was born 1868 in
Georgetown, Illinois . He diedNovember 29 ,1958 , and is buried in Rosehill Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.The library at DePauw University is named for Mr. West.
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