Ralph Haswell Lutz (18 May 1886,

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– 8 April 1968,

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) was an

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historian. He was chair of the Board of Directors of the

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, 1925-1943. After studying at Stanford University, Lutz gained his PhD at the

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in 1910. He was an Assistant Professor of History at the

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from 1916 to 1920. In 1919 he joined the team gathering material for the Hoover War Library, and in 1920 was appointed Co-director, of the Hoover War Collections. This was renamed the Hoover War Library in 1922 and in 1925 when he became chair of the Board of Directors. He is buried in the

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