Evening star., 1941-09-25

born in Neuilly, France, June %,
1891.
He prepared for college at Groton
School in Groton. Mass, and
entered Harvard University in 1909.
Although he belonged to the class of
1918, he was ready for graduation in
1912 and won his Phi Beta Kappa
Key. College authorities in the
spring of 1912 permitted him to go
with his brother-in-law, the present
President of the United States, on
trip to Panama. He was gradu-
ated cum laude.
In 1913 he started his study of
engineering and spent the summer
as an assistant professor in the
Harvard Engineering Camp. He re-
ceived his degree of M. E. in 1914.
Went to Yukon.
After graduation Mr. Roosevelt
went to the Yukon, where he spent
one year with the Canadian Klon-
dixie Mining Co. On his return, he
went to the General Electric Co. at
Schenectady, N. Y.
During the World War Mr.. Roose-
velt was an aviation instructor.
Under the rules at that time man
was forbidden to join anything but
aviation if he was responsible for
production of war materials at the
G.. E. plant. He and Quentin Roose-
welt joined the service July IA and
Hall was first called to aviation
school in Ithaca.
He was later sent to new aviation
field at Lake Charles, La, and then
transferred to camp in Florida,
where he was made pursuit in
structor. His sister wrote in her
autobiography that he tried 'over
and over again" to be assigned to
work overseas, but was refused, be-
ing informed that he was of greater
use where he was. Mrs. Roosevelt
said that though I never lifted a
finger to prevent him or any one
else from going, I certainly never
lifted finger to send him over!"
Sent to West Coast.
At the end of the war the General
Electric Co. sent Mr.. Roosevelt to
the Pacific Coast on the Chicago,
Milwaukee & st. Paul Railroad cleo
trification work; later to Chicago in
charge of the railway department
and then finally as sales manager in
Detroit.
Following IT years of work with
the General Electric Co., he became
controller of the city Of Detroit,
serving during the depression years,
when the city's financial position
was strained At the time of his
resignation, Detroit newspaper
wrote in an editorial that Mr. Roose-
welt was tower of strength" to
Mayor Frank Murphy, later Gov
ernor of Michigan and Attorney
General of the United States and
now associate justice of the United
States Supreme Court, in preparing
the budget and in devising means
of keeping the city solvent.
While controller, he was chair
man of the Mayors Unemployment
Committee and contended that a
man can live on SITS a week for
food, or Is cents a day. For a week
he ate all his meals at inexpensive
eating places to prove his conten-
ton and did not exceed his quota of
quarter day.
On his return to business he be-
came general manager Of the Lubri-
Zol Corp. of Cleveland, Ohio, and
consultant for the Evans Products
Co. of Detroit. Later he was made
vice president of the Commercial
Investment Trust, Inc, of New York
City.
For a time he was general manager
of the Arlington IL Fairfax CVa0
Railroad. His last business connec-
ton was with Harvey Schwamn &
Co. of New York City.
Mr.. Roosevelt was twice married
and twice divorced. His first mar
riage, to Miss Margaret Richardson
of Boston, was dissolved In Phila-
delphia in 1924 after the birth OF
four children. His second, to Miss
Dorothy Kemp of Detroit, ended In
divorce in 1887.
Both his former wives and five
children survive. Henry P. Roose-
welt, 26, born in the Yukon, lives
with his mother, now Mrs. John
Cutter, at Dedham, Mass. Eleanor
81, now Mrs. Edward Proctor FL
lott, made her debut to society al
the White House in 1898 and re-
sides at the present time in Mar
berth, Pa. Another child of the first
marriage died in infancy and the
fourth, Daniel L. Roosevelt, was
killed in an airplane accident In
Mexico in 1899.
All the children of the second
marriage live with their mother in
Detroit. They are Amy, Is; Diana
IA, and Janet. H..