page_title: John Hallowell
section_title: Later years
hierarchical_section_title: John Hallowell / Later years
context_page_description: John White "Jack" Hallowell was an American football player and businessman. He played college football at Harvard University and was a consensus All-American at the end position in 1900.
context_section_description: After graduating from Harvard in 1901, Hallowell was a businessman with the firm of Stone & Webster in Boston. During and after World War I, he served as an assistant to Herbert Hoover in the United States Food Administration in Belgium and other parts of Europe.  In 1918, Hallowell was decorated by King Albert of Belgium of his efforts during the war.
  Hallowell died in January 1927 from typhoid fever. Hallowell's funeral was attended by Hoover, members of the Harvard Corporation and members of the Harvard overseers. After his death, The Harvard Crimson paid tribute to Hallowell: "Very rarely men arise with the genius for distinguished public service untouched by the ambition for public recognition. Such a man was John White Hallowell '01. His death in the very midst of manifold activities in the service of Harvard and the nation is a great personal loss. It is, however, the peculiar good fortune of humanity that the work and influence of a man blessed with purity of motives, strength of purpose, and clarity of vision, remain and grow stronger after he has passed away." He is buried in the Milton cemetery.
caption: Window card from United States Food Administration
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