HOPKINS, HARRY

(1890 - 1946) American public official. He was an intimate friend and close adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. See also FDR in this glossary. —PDC Volume 4 Approved Glossary

(1890 - 1946) American public official. He was an intimate friend and close adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. See also FDR in this glossary.(1890-1946) American public official and secretary of the Department of Commerce (the US government department which administers and promotes domestic and foreign trade) from 1938 to 1940. Hopkins was an intimate friend and close adviser of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882-1945) during World War II (1939-1945). Throughout the war years he made several trips for the president to London and Moscow to discuss US assistance and military strategy and he accompanied the president to all major wartime conferences.