Franklin Delano Roosevelt, III

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Franklin "Frank" Delano Roosevelt III (born July 19, 1938) is a professor of economics at Sarah Lawrence College.

He is the son of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Jr. and Ethel Roosevelt and grandson of the 32nd president, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. He is the older brother of Christopher du Pont Roosevelt.

A graduate of Yale University, he received his Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. His work has primarily focused on combining Marxism and capitalism in an attempt to make modern economic systems more fair and less prone to the "winner takes all" scenario.

On June 18, 1962 he married Grace R. Goodyear with whom he has three children:

  1. Phoebe Louisa Roosevelt b. February 25, 1965
  2. Nicholas Martin Roosevelt b. June 8, 1966 (twin)
  3. Amelia Roosevelt (Amie) b. June 8, 1966 (twin), violinist