The post was created by Fiorello La Guardia ( who appointed Grover Whalen as deputy mayor ) to handle ceremonial events that the mayor was too busy to attend.

The NYWFC elected former chief of police Grover Whalen as the president of their committee.

Grover Whalen, a public relations innovator, saw the Fair as an opportunity for corporations to present consumer products, rather than as an exercise in presenting science and the scientific way of thinking in its own right, as Harold Urey, Albert Einstein and other scientists wished to see the project.

Despite the high-minded educational tone that Grover Whalen attempted to set, the " Amusements Area " was the most popular part of the Fair and included roller coaster, the Life Savers parachute jump ( which was later moved to Coney Island where it still stands ), and carnival acts such as a collection of performing midgets.

* Doc Savage, the most popular character of the Pulp Era and an adventure series based on scientific detection, was seen as a perfect match for the Fair's " world of the future " concept and hence tapped by the World's Fair President Grover Whalen to do a Grand Opening cross promotion with publishing house Street & Smith.

From left to right, José Gonzalez, Grover Whalen, and Dennis Nolan looking over plans for the Puerto Rico pavilion at the 1939 World's Fair.

Grover Aloysius Whalen ( 1886 – 1962 ) was a prominent politician, businessman, and public relations guru in New York City during the 1930s and 1940s.

Grover A. Whalen was born on June 2, 1886 in New York City.

Whalen was the son of an Irish immigrant father and a French-Canadian mother, who named their son after President Grover Cleveland, who was married on the same day that their child was born.

Grover Whalen died on April 20, 1962.

" Lucky Lindy ( Charles Lindbergh ) was welcomed on the steps of city hall by Grover Whalen.

The lyrics made many contemporary references to topical personalities such as Grover Whalen, who opened the World's Fair in 1939.

Among the items, persons, and scenes tattooed on Lydia's body are the Battle of Waterloo ( on her back ), The Wreck of the Hesperus ( beside it ), the red, white and blue ( above them ); the cities of Kankakee and " Paree ", Washington Crossing the Delaware, President Andrew Jackson, Niagara, Alcatraz, Buffalo Bill, Captain Spaulding exploring the Amazon, Lady Godiva ( with her pajamas on ), Grover Whalen, the Trylon, Treasure Island, Nijinsky, and a fleet of ships ( on her hips ).

The line that replaced it begins " Grover Whalen unveilin ' the Trylon " which seems far more dated today than the reference to Hitler.

* Grover Aloysius Whalen, 1928 – 1930

Todd visited Grover Whalen, president of the 1939 New York World's Fair, with a proposal to bring the Broadway show to the World's Fair.

* Grover Whalen, American politician and businessman

Levy retired in 1940 and was succeeded as chairman by Grover Whalen, a civic booster and promoter who was finishing his stint as president of the body that organized and ran the New York World's Fair of 1939-40.

He was interviewed in his home at Cobham Hall by Montague Grover and the report of this interview was as follows.

Carnegie also opposed the annexation of Cuba by the United States and in this, was successful with many other conservatives who founded an anti-imperialist league that included former presidents of the United States, Grover Cleveland and Benjamin Harrison, and literary figures like Mark Twain.

President Grover Cleveland appointed Thomas M. Cooley, a railroad ally, as its first chairman and a permit system was used to deny access to new entrants and legalize price fixing.

Stephen Grover Cleveland ( March 18, 1837June 24, 1908 ) was the 22nd and 24th President of the United States.

Stephen Grover Cleveland was born on March 18, 1837, in Caldwell, New Jersey to Richard Falley Cleveland and Ann Neal Cleveland.

Cleveland, the fifth of nine children, was named Stephen Grover in honor of the first pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Caldwell, where his father was pastor at the time, but he did not use the name Stephen in his adult life.

Keller met every U. S. President from Grover Cleveland to Lyndon B. Johnson and was friends with many famous figures, including Alexander Graham Bell, Charlie Chaplin and Mark Twain.

In the PBS miniseries The Adams Chronicles ( 1976 ), he was portrayed by David Birney, William Daniels, Marcel Trenchard, Stephen Austin, Steven Grover and Mark Winkworth.

In the United States, the New York parade became an annual event that year, and in 1894 was adopted by American president Grover Cleveland to compete with International Workers ' Day ( May Day ).

( Some later analysts, anthropologist Grover Krantz among them, have suggested Patterson's later estimate was about a foot too tall.

A bright spot came in 1915, when the Phillies won their first pennant, thanks to the pitching of Grover Cleveland Alexander and the batting prowess of Gavvy Cravath, who set what was then the modern major-league single-season record for home runs with 24.

The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland.

Wilson started Congressional Government, his best-known political work, as an argument for a parliamentary system, but he was impressed by Grover Cleveland, and Congressional Government emerged as a critical description of America's system, with frequent negative comparisons to Westminster.

Late in his tenure, Wilson confronted Andrew Fleming West, Dean of the graduate school, and West's ally former President Grover Cleveland who was a trustee.

In the United States presidential election of 1892, former President Grover Cleveland ran for re-election against the incumbent President Benjamin Harrison, who was also running for re-election.

In 1888, he was selected by the incumbent president, Grover Cleveland, as his vice presidential running mate, because Vice President Thomas Hendricks had died in office.

Bayard was a candidate for President of the United States in 1876, ran second to Winfield Scott Hancock for the Democratic presidential nomination in 1880, and second to Grover Cleveland in 1884.

After four years in the private practice of law he was appointed the Ambassador to Great Britain during the second administration of U. S. President Grover Cleveland.

On December 12, 1881, he was appointed United States Secretary of State by President Chester A. Arthur to succeed James G. Blaine, and served until the inauguration of President Grover Cleveland in 1885.

Grover C. Dillman was president from 1935 to 1956.

American politicians such as Henry Cabot Lodge, William McKinley, and Theodore Roosevelt advocated an aggressive foreign policy, but the administration of President Grover Cleveland was unwilling to pursue such actions.

Only a Super Grover figure was distributed to conventioneers.

Hill and his men worked in spite of all obstacles — including a presidential veto of a bill that would have allowed Hill legally to build through American Indian territory ( the law preventing Hill from laying track across Indian territories was later repealed under President Grover Cleveland, who like Hill was a Bourbon Democrat ).