Curtis Roosevelt
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Curtis Roosevelt, (Curtis Roosevelt Boettiger) (born Curtis Roosevelt Dall April 19, 1930) is the second eldest child of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt and her first husband, Curtis Bean Dall. He is the oldest grandson of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt.
Roosevelt was born Curtis Bean Dall but after his parents' divorce and mother's remarriage, he became Curtis Roosevelt Boettiger. When Anna Boettiger was divorced from her second husband, Eleanor and Anna did not want Curtis to assume Dall so the senior Mrs. Roosevelt suggested he drop his middle name and replace it as his last. Graduated from St. John's Northwestern Military Academy in 1948. Roosevelt served two years in the United States Army and obtained his masters degree from the School of Government and Public Law at Columbia University. Between 1956 and 1964, he worked for a number of schools and committees including: The National Citizens Commission for the Public Schools, The New School for Social Research, Columbia University, and The United States Committee for the United Nations. Beginning in 1964, Roosevelt held various positions in the international civil service sector Secretariat of the United Nations in New York City until 1983. Roosevelt served as principal at the Dartington College of Arts in Devon, England, where he received an honorary bachelors degree in theatre, music, and fine art.
Curtis Roosevelt retired in 1987
Curtis Roosevelt also become an occasional writer on American politics for El Mundo and Le Figaro newspapers in Spain. He has since moved to the south of France where he regularly appears on French television.
[edit] Personal life
Roosevelt married four times: first to Robin H. Edwards on May 23, 1950, second to Ruth W. Sublette on March 6, 1955, third to Jeanette Schlottman on May 2, 1961, and finally to his current wife Marina. He and Robin H. Edwards had one child, Julianna Roosevelt, born March 15, 1952 and a grandson, Nicholas B. Roosevelt.
