Christopher G. Hartman’s Advance Man chronicles the remarkable life of Henry Williamson “Harry” Hoagland, Jr. (1912-1995). Among his many accomplishments, Harry Hoagland served as executive assistant to Brigadier General Georges Doriot at the Military Planning Division during World War II, and as Deputy Director of the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy, the first great post-war effort by the U.S. government to administer and regulate atomic energy. One of the first “advance men” for a U.S. President (Dwight D. Eisenhower), he was also an officer of the American Research and Development Corporation, the first publicly-owned venture capital company in America, and he assisted in the founding of Fidelity Investments’ venture capital program, Fidelity Ventures Limited Partnership. From his youth in Colorado Springs, Colorado, La Jolla, California, and Asheville, North Carolina, to his education at Stanford University, and throughout his long and successful career, Harry Hoagland earned the respect and admiration of some of the most influential people in America, helping to shape post-war American politics and business. With an introduction by the Honorable Samuel W. Bodman and featuring more than seventy photos and illustrations, this biography draws upon archival material and the recollections of friends, colleagues, and family members, to detail an important public life. A concluding section by Rebecca Rector on the history and genealogy of the Hoagland family begins with Christoffel Hooglandt who settled about 1655 in New Amsterdam (now New York City).
About the Author: Christopher G. Hartman is a writer and a specialist in the field of rare books. He resides in Wakefield, Massachusetts.
Newbury Street Press, 264 pp., hardcover, $29.95
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