Julian Roosevelt
Julian Kean Roosevelt (November 14, 1924 – March 1986)[1] was an American banker and Olympic yachtsman. A member of the Roosevelt family and a first cousin twice removed of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, he was the son of George Emlen Roosevelt.[2] He attended Harvard University, where he participated in crew.[3] A 1948 Olympian and a gold medalist in the 1952 Olympics in the 6-meter class,[4] 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.[5]
He was twice married, first to Florence Madeleine Graham, and second to Margaret Fay Schantz.
References
- ↑ Social Security Death Index; SSN: 128-14-5699
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- 1924 births
- 1986 deaths
- American people of Dutch descent
- Roosevelt family
- American bankers
- People from New York City
- Harvard Crimson athletes
- American sailors (sport)
- Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 6 Metre
- Male sailors
- Olympic sailors of the United States
- Olympic gold medalists for the United States
- Olympic medalists in sailing
- 20th-century American businesspeople
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- American sailing Olympic medalist stubs