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Harold LeClair Ickes
A Life Dedicated to Public Service and the Arts: Harold LeClair Ickes Harold LeClair Ickes, born in Altoona, Pennsylvania, in 1874, was a figure whose influence extended far beyond the realm of American politics. Though best known for his unprecedented thirteen-year tenure as Secretary of the Interior under President Franklin D. Roosevelt – the longest anyone has held that office – Ickes’s commitment to progressive ideals and his quiet
but significant support for the arts cemented his place as a pivotal figure in 20th-century American history. His early life was marked by hardship; the loss of his mother at a young age and a somewhat distant relationship with his father instilled in him a sense of self-reliance and a deep empathy for those facing adversity, qualities that would define his career. He pursued higher education at the University of Chicago, initially wo…
