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Herbert Hoover was a man of unwavering dedication for more than half a century spanning war and historic social change he devoted himself tirelessly to those principles in which he believed he believed in the greatness of this nation and from this he would not be swayed we in New York City feel a particular loss because he chose to live his last eight years with us he was more than honorary citizen an elder statesman to those of us who knew him he was a friend and good neighbor he would not and could not stay remote from life he believed in accepting challenge and responding always to the call of duty of carrying out the commitments to his own conscience this was his way this was the kind of man he was.