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A Look Into History: Lake Forester served as U.S. Secretary of Commerce

Robert Patterson Lamont, of Lake Forest, was the U.S. Secretary of Commerce under President Hoover. Photo Submitted

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David Forlow, Contributing Columnist
3:00 am PST February 9, 2019
Robert Patterson Lamont was born in 1867 in Detroit. In 1891 he graduated with a civil engineering degree from the University of Michigan and took a job working for the rail roads.

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