Evening star., 1928-06-10
HOOVER, EDISON, ROCKEFELLER
NAMED WORLD LEADERS m POLL
Y, NJ C. A. College Questionnaire Lists
Trio as Greatest Figures in Their
Fields in History.

Herbert Hoover. Thomas A. Edison
and John ID. Rockefeller are the great
est figures of all time In their respective
fields Of endeavor. namely, commerce,
invention and philanthropy. in the
opinion OF Jury" of distinguished
Americans who replied to a question
naire sent out by the District of
Columbia College of the Y. M. c. A.
These three are the only living men
who received a majority of the vcres
in their fields. The ''immortals" cf
history made clean sweep IN the other
groups, although Byrd, Lindbargh end
Amundsen showed up we'll among the
explorers, Pershing among the warriors,
Hughes among the diplomats, Root
among the lawyers, and the Mayo
brothers among the physicians. Lind
bergh also received favorable mention
as a diplomat
Emstein received only one vote In the
field Of science. Ingersoll was the choice
Of one respondent as the worlds leading
theolcgian.
Offers New Course.
More than 100 replies were received
from the QUESTIONABLE, which was sent
by Df. James A. Bell, director of educa-
ton, In connection with a series of
lectures on famous men planned for
the next college term. The answers
came from governors. mayors, members
OF Congress, educators and other out
standing men In all parts Of the
country.
A preliminary tabulation of the re-
suits shows Napoican leading in warfare
With 20 votes Franklin In diplomacy
with ~ votes, Shakespeare In literature
with 56 votes, Rockefeller In philan-
thropy with 80 votes, Marshall in law
with IS votes, PaSteur In medicine with
"a votes, Luther In theology with 10
votes. Newton In science with "a votes
Hoover In commerce with 26 votes, Edi-
son N invention with 30 votes, Colum-
bus In exploration with 27 votes, Ra-
fael In painting with 20 votes. Angelo
IN sculpture with 42 votes Beethoven
m music with 80 votes, Mann In edtica-
ton with rs votes. and Kant in phil
osophy with % votes
The incomplete returns follow:
Warfare--Napoleon 38 Lee, 16.
PershinR. O.; Hannibal and Caesar,
each; Washington. 6: Foch and Grant,
each; Hindenburg 3: Ghangis Khan
and Alexander the Great, 2 each, and
Frederick the Great. /.
DIPLOMACY - Franklin. "a Hug!,as.
10: Hay. o.: Bismarck, o; DTsraeli, z;
Wilson. O.: IAnabergh. 3: TaIleyrand.
2; blaine. Adams and Richetieu, each.
Observation-Disclosures. So; Gosthe.
b: Twain. 3: Bacon and Van Dyke. Q
each: ana Fielding and Wells each.
philanthropy Rockefeller. 80: Car
neRie. 36; Shafterbury S, and Wanna
maker, du Pont and Adams, each.
Law anA Madeleine
Law---Marshall. as: Blackstone. "a
Root, 10; Justinian, s.: Taft and
Hughes each; Grotius, 4; Darrow.
Gladstone, Lincoln and Moses. 3 each
Moore and Webster. each, and Baker,
Hammurappi story, Hamilton and
Roberts, ! each.
Medicine-Pasteur. Al; Mayo Broth
ers, IL: Osler. 10: Lister, o; Gorgas,
have. Carroll and Holmes, 2 each. and
Mcdowell. Henderson. Jackson, Koch
and Greenfell. each.
Theology~-Luther. 49, st. Paul, IS,
Brooks, 3, Fosdick, g.: Christ. Jona-
than Edwards, Wesley and Aquipas,
each; Calvin and Charming, 3 each;
Beecher and Freeman, 2 each, and
Atkins and Ingcrsoll. | each.
Ecaence--Newton. "a; Darwin, IT:
Pasteur. IL: Edison and Steinmetz, 10
each: Miliken and pupin, each; Ga
lileo. 4; Kelvin and Burbank. 3 each,
Marconi, 2. and Einstein. /.
Commerce Hoover. 20: Wanamaker
and Ford, 0 each; Rockefeller. 8: DOL
lar, T.; Fulton, .; Magellan and Morgan,
2 each. and Give aud Rothschilds. /
each.
INSTRUMENTATION, 90; Marconi, 7:
Wright brothers, 9: Alexander Graham
Bell, Z, Watt. .: Aichimedes and Whit
ney, each. and Gutenberg and West
inghouse, ] each.
Exploration-~Columbus ~: Living
stone. %; Stanley and Peary, l3 each,
Byrd, IL. Polo, T. and Lindbergh and
Amund6en each.
Painting Rafael 20; Angelo, 81;
Rembrandt and da Vinci, II each:
Whistler, n Corat. 4, and d'urbino, 2.
Bcuipture~~Angelo. AZ, phidias, 10,
81. daudens, I3: Rodin. 10; Borgmnd.
4, and dorado Taft, 3.