American sailor and banker
Julian Roosevelt
Born Julian Kean Roosevelt
(1924-03-27 ) March 27, 1924Died November 14, 1986(1986-11-14) (aged 62) 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(s)
George Emlen Roosevelt Julia Morris Addison 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)
[4] and later,
Harvard University , where he participated in
crew .
[5]
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.
[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]
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,
[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:
Nicholas Paul Roosevelt (b. 1949)
[13]
George Emlen Roosevelt III (b. 1951)
[10]
Robin Addison Roosevelt (1954–1999)
[14]
[15]
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:
Fay Satterfield Roosevelt (b. 1959),
[21] who married Julian Potter Fisher II, in 1985.
[22]
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]
References
^ Social Security Death Index; SSN: 128-14-5699
^ Hess, Stephen (1997).
America's Political Dynasties . Transaction Publishers. p. 742.
ISBN
1-56000-911-X .
^
The Living Church , Volume 114, January 26, 1947 (Morehouse-Gorham Company, 1947), 20.
^
a
b
"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 .
^
"Varsity Crew Picks Stone as '47 Captain; Freshman' 150 Boat Opens Season Today" .
The Harvard Crimson . April 25, 1947.
^
a
b
c
"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 .
^
"Julian Roosevelt Olympic medals and stats" . Archived from
the original on February 10, 2007. Retrieved March 25, 2008 .
^
"Julian Roosevelt" . Olympedia . Retrieved May 30, 2020 .
^ Hazan, Barukh (1982).
Olympic Sports and Propaganda Games: Moscow 1980 . Transaction Publishers.
ISBN
9781412829953 .
^
a
b
c 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 .
^
"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 .
^
"A ROOSEVELT DIVORCED; Mrs. Julian K. Wins Decree -- Mental Cruelty Charged" .
The New York Times . February 27, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^
"Son to Mrs. Julian K. Roosevelt" .
The New York Times . June 25, 1949. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^
"Son to the Julian K. Roosevelts" .
The New York Times . January 17, 1954. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^
"Paid Notice: Deaths ROOSEVELT, ROBIN A."
The New York Times . July 4, 1999. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^ Pace, Eric (July 29, 1996).
"Eric Ridder, 78, Former Publisher Of Business Paper" .
The New York Times . Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^
"ERIC RIDDER TO REWED; Publishing Orficial,. Will Marry Mrs. Florence Roosevelt" .
The New York Times . June 8, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^
"ERIC RIDDER REMARRIES; Weds Mrs.--F-.-G. Roosevelt in Christ Church Chapel" .
The New York Times . June 16, 1955. Retrieved April 18, 2017 .
^
"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 .
^
"Mrs. Margaret Fay Schantz Is Married To Julian'Roosevelt, Investment Broker" .
The New York Times . February 23, 1958. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^
"J. K. Roosevelts Have Child" .
The New York Times . September 14, 1959. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^
"FAY S. ROOSEVELT IS MARRIED" .
The New York Times . August 25, 1985. Retrieved April 17, 2017 .
^
"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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