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American sailor and banker From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Julian Roosevelt | |
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Born | Julian Kean Roosevelt March 27, 1924 Manhattan, New York City, U.S. |
Died | November 14, 1986 62) Manhasset, New York, U.S. | (aged
Other names | Dooley |
Education | Philips Exeter (1943) |
Alma mater | Harvard University (1950) |
Spouses | Florence Madeleine Graham
(m. 1946; div. 1955)Margaret Fay Schantz
(m. 1957) |
Children | 4 |
Parent | George Emlen Roosevelt |
Relatives | See Roosevelt family |
Medal record | ||
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Men's sailing | ||
Representing United States | ||
Olympic Games | ||
1952 Helsinki | Men's 6-meter class |
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)[4] and later, Harvard University, where he participated in crew.[5]
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.[6]
He participated in the 1948 Olympics and became a gold medalist in the 1952 Olympics in the 6-meter class,[7][8] 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.[9]
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.[6] He later served as a vice president of Sterling Grace & Company.[10]
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,[4][11] and was descended from William Bradford, the 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony. Before their divorce in 1955,[12] 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,[16] who also won the gold medal in sailing with Julian in 1952.[17][18] Roosevelt married second to Margaret Fay Schantz, who was also divorced, from Donald William Scholle,[19] in 1957.[20] She was the daughter of Dr. Charles W. Schantz and was an alumna of the Masters School in Dobbs Ferry, New York.[6] Together, they had:
In March 1957, his mansion on Center Island on Long Island, New York, was ruined by a fire.[23]
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.[10]
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