Julian Roosevelt Explained

Julian Roosevelt
Birth Name:Julian Kean Roosevelt
Birth Date:27 March 1924
Birth Place:Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
Death Place:Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Other Names:Dooley
Education:Philips Exeter (1943)
Alma Mater:Harvard University (1950)
Spouse:
    Children:4
    Parents:George Emlen Roosevelt
    Relatives:See Roosevelt family

    Julian "Dooley" Kean Roosevelt (November 14, 1924 – March 27, 1986)[1] was an American banker and Olympic yachtsman who was a member of the Roosevelt family.

    Early life

    Roosevelt was born on November 14, 1924, to George Emlen Roosevelt and Julia Morris Addison,[2] the sister of James Thayer Addison.[3] Through his father he was a first cousin twice removed of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. Roosevelt attended Philips Exeter (1943) and later, Harvard University, where he participated in crew.[4]

    Career

    From 1942 to 1946, he served in the United States Coast Guard, and was discharged from the Army Reserve Field Artillery in 1955 after 8 years of active reserve duty.

    He participated in the 1948 Olympics and became a gold medalist in the 1952 Olympics in the 6-meter class,[5] [6] he was later a member of the International Olympic Committee who advocated removing political motives from the games, criticizing the U.S. boycott of the 1980 Moscow Olympics and the banning of South African athletes.[7]

    After the Olympics, he became a partner of Dick & Merle Smith, an investment brokerage firm in New York City that was created as part of the break-up of Roosevelt & Son due to the passage of the Glass–Steagall Act in 1934. He also served as a trustee of the Union Square Savings Bank and was a director of Fundamental Investors, Inc., also in New York. He later served as a vice president of Sterling Grace & Company.

    Personal life

    He was twice married, first in 1946 in Providence, Rhode Island, to Florence Madeleine Graham (d. 1991), the daughter of E. W. Sterling Graham of Pittsburgh,[8] [9] and was descended from William Bradford, the 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony. Before their divorce in 1955,[10] they had three children together:

    After their divorce in 1955, she married later that same year to Eric Ridder (1918–1996), the publisher of The Journal of Commerce,[14] who also won the gold medal in sailing with Julian in 1952.[15] [16] Roosevelt married second to Margaret Fay Schantz, who was also divorced, from Donald William Scholle,[17] in 1957.[18] She was the daughter of Dr. Charles W. Schantz and was an alumna of the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.[19] Together, they had:

    In March 1957, his mansion on Center Island on Long Island, New York, was ruined by a fire.[22]

    Roosevelt died of liver cancer on March 27, 1986, at Glen Cove Hospital in Manhasset, New York, not far from his home in Oyster Bay.[23]

    Notes and References

    1. Social Security Death Index; SSN: 128-14-5699
    2. Book: Hess, Stephen . America's Political Dynasties . Transaction Publishers . 1997 . 1-56000-911-X . 742.
    3. https://books.google.com/books?id=3YDkAAAAMAAJ&dq=survived+by+James+Thayer+Addison&pg=PR73 The Living Church, Volume 114, January 26, 1947 (Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1947), 20.
    4. News: Varsity Crew Picks Stone as '47 Captain; Freshman' 150 Boat Opens Season Today . 1947-04-25 . The Harvard Crimson.
    5. Web site: Julian Roosevelt Olympic medals and stats . 2008-03-25 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070210051113/http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=ROOSEJUL01 . 2007-02-10.
    6. Web site: Julian Roosevelt . Olympedia . May 30, 2020.
    7. Book: Hazan, Barukh . Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games: Moscow 1980 . 1982 . Transaction Publishers. 9781412829953 .
    8. News: MISS F.M. GRAHAM BECOMES ENGAGED; Providence Girl Will Be Wed to Julian Kean Roosevelt of Noted New York Family . April 17, 2017 . . April 8, 1945.
    9. News: NUPTIALS ARE HELD FOR MISS GRAHAM; Providence, R.I., Girl Is Wed in Church There to Julian Kean Roosevelt of This City HER SISTER HONOR MAID Clayton E. Rich of Atlanta the Best Man--Bridegroom Saw Service in Coast Guard . April 17, 2017 . . July 28, 1946.
    10. News: A ROOSEVELT DIVORCED; Mrs. Julian K. Wins Decree -- Mental Cruelty Charged . April 18, 2017 . . February 27, 1955.
    11. News: Son to Mrs. Julian K. Roosevelt . April 17, 2017 . . June 25, 1949.
    12. News: Son to the Julian K. Roosevelts . April 17, 2017 . . January 17, 1954.
    13. News: Paid Notice: Deaths ROOSEVELT, ROBIN A. . April 17, 2017 . . July 4, 1999.
    14. News: Pace . Eric . Eric Ridder, 78, Former Publisher Of Business Paper . April 18, 2017 . . July 29, 1996.
    15. News: ERIC RIDDER TO REWED; Publishing Orficial,. Will Marry Mrs. Florence Roosevelt . April 18, 2017 . . June 8, 1955.
    16. News: ERIC RIDDER REMARRIES; Weds Mrs.--F-.-G. Roosevelt in Christ Church Chapel . April 18, 2017 . . June 16, 1955.
    17. News: WEDDING IS HELD FOR MISS SCHANTZ; She Becomes Bride of Donald William Scholle at Trinity Church in Wilmington . April 18, 2017 . . October 7, 1956.
    18. News: Mrs. Margaret Fay Schantz Is Married To Julian'Roosevelt, Investment Broker . April 17, 2017 . . February 23, 1958.
    19. News: MRS. M.F. SCHANTZ TO BE REMARRIED; Masters School Alumna Is Engaged to Julian Kean Roosevelt, Yachtsman . April 17, 2017 . . November 24, 1957.
    20. News: J. K. Roosevelts Have Child . April 17, 2017 . . September 14, 1959.
    21. News: FAY S. ROOSEVELT IS MARRIED . April 17, 2017 . . August 25, 1985.
    22. News: 2D L.I. MANSION IS RUINED BY FIRE Houseman, 65, Alone and Ill, Hurt in $150,000 Blaze at Julian Roosevelt Home. April 17, 2017. The New York Times. March 14, 1957.
    23. News: Thomas . Robert McG. Jr. . JULIAN K. ROOSEVELT IS DEAD: SERVED ON 2 OLYMPIC BOARDS . April 17, 2017 . . March 29, 1986.

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