Rexford Guy Tugwell was an agricultural economist who became part of Franklin D. Roosevelt's "Brains Trust," a group of Columbia academics who helped develop policy recommendations leading up to Roosevelt's 1932 election as President. Tugwell subsequently served in FDR's administration for four years and was one of the chief intellectual contributors to his New Deal. Later in his life, he also served as the governor of Puerto Rico, a then-appointed position. Wikipedia
Born in upstate New York in 1891, Rexford G. Tugwell would perform a variety of functions for FDR from 1932 until the president's death in 1945. www.nps.gov/elro/glossary/tugwell-rexford.htm
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