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American sailor and banker

Julian Roosevelt
BornJulian Kean Roosevelt
(1924-03-27)March 27, 1924
Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
DiedNovember 14, 1986(1986-11-14) (aged 62)
Manhasset, New York, U.S.
Other namesDooley
EducationPhilips Exeter (1943)
Alma materHarvard University (1950)
Spouses
Florence Madeleine Graham ​ ​(m. 1946; div. 1955)​
Margaret Fay Schantz ​ ​(m. 1957)​
Children4
ParentGeorge Emlen Roosevelt
RelativesSee Roosevelt family
Medal record
Men's sailing
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 1952 Helsinki Men's 6-meter class

Julian "Dooley" Kean Roosevelt (November 14, 1924 – March 27, 1986) 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, the sister of James Thayer Addison. 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.

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, 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.

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, and was descended from William Bradford, the 2nd Governor of Plymouth Colony. Before their divorce in 1955, they had three children together:

  • Nicholas Paul Roosevelt (b. 1949)
  • George Emlen Roosevelt III (b. 1951)
  • Robin Addison Roosevelt (1954–1999)

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

  • Fay Satterfield Roosevelt (b. 1959), who married Julian Potter Fisher II, in 1985.

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

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.

References

  1. Social Security Death Index; SSN: 128-14-5699
  2. Hess, Stephen (1997). America's Political Dynasties. Transaction Publishers. p. 742. ISBN 1-56000-911-X.
  3. The Living Church, Volume 114, January 26, 1947 (Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1947), 20.
  4. ^ "MISS F.M. GRAHAM BECOMES ENGAGED; Providence Girl Will Be Wed to Julian Kean Roosevelt of Noted New York Family". The New York Times. April 8, 1945. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  5. "Varsity Crew Picks Stone as '47 Captain; Freshman' 150 Boat Opens Season Today". The Harvard Crimson. April 25, 1947.
  6. ^ "MRS. M.F. SCHANTZ TO BE REMARRIED; Masters School Alumna Is Engaged to Julian Kean Roosevelt, Yachtsman". The New York Times. November 24, 1957. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  7. "Julian Roosevelt Olympic medals and stats". Archived from the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2008.
  8. "Julian Roosevelt". Olympedia. Retrieved May 30, 2020.
  9. Hazan, Barukh (1982). Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games: Moscow 1980. Transaction Publishers. ISBN 9781412829953.
  10. ^ Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (March 29, 1986). "JULIAN K. ROOSEVELT IS DEAD: SERVED ON 2 OLYMPIC BOARDS". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  11. "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". The New York Times. July 28, 1946. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  12. "A ROOSEVELT DIVORCED; Mrs. Julian K. Wins Decree -- Mental Cruelty Charged". The New York Times. February 27, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  13. "Son to Mrs. Julian K. Roosevelt". The New York Times. June 25, 1949. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  14. "Son to the Julian K. Roosevelts". The New York Times. January 17, 1954. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  15. "Paid Notice: Deaths ROOSEVELT, ROBIN A." The New York Times. July 4, 1999. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  16. Pace, Eric (July 29, 1996). "Eric Ridder, 78, Former Publisher Of Business Paper". The New York Times. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  17. "ERIC RIDDER TO REWED; Publishing Orficial,. Will Marry Mrs. Florence Roosevelt". The New York Times. June 8, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  18. "ERIC RIDDER REMARRIES; Weds Mrs.--F-.-G. Roosevelt in Christ Church Chapel". The New York Times. June 16, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  19. "WEDDING IS HELD FOR MISS SCHANTZ; She Becomes Bride of Donald William Scholle at Trinity Church in Wilmington". The New York Times. October 7, 1956. Retrieved April 18, 2017.
  20. "Mrs. Margaret Fay Schantz Is Married To Julian'Roosevelt, Investment Broker". The New York Times. February 23, 1958. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  21. "J. K. Roosevelts Have Child". The New York Times. September 14, 1959. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  22. "FAY S. ROOSEVELT IS MARRIED". The New York Times. August 25, 1985. Retrieved April 17, 2017.
  23. "2D L.I. MANSION IS RUINED BY FIRE | Houseman, 65, Alone and Ill, Hurt in $150,000 Blaze at Julian Roosevelt Home". The New York Times. March 14, 1957. Retrieved April 17, 2017.

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