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A member of the Roosevelt family and first-cousin once removed of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, he was born in New York City to James West Roosevelt, a brother of Hilborne Roosevelt, and Laura Henrietta d'Oremieulx.
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United States Minister to Hungary
A member of the Roosevelt family and first-cousin once removed of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt, he was born in New York City to James West Roosevelt, a brother of Hilborne Roosevelt, and Laura Henrietta d'Oremieulx.
Brought up in Oyster Bay, New York, he graduated from Harvard University in 1914.
Attache American Embassy, Paris, France, 1914-1916. Secretary mission to Spain, American International Corporation, 1916-1917. Editorial writer, New York Tribune, 1921-1923.
Special correspondent Vienna (Austria) Neue Freie Presse, Le Temps (Paris), De Haagsche Post of Holland, since 1921. Editorial writer and special correspondent New York Times, 1923-1930. Vice-governor Philippine Islands, July-September 1930.
United States minister to Hungary, 1930-1933. Member editorial staff New York Herald-Trib. from 1933. Deputy director Office of War Information, December 1942-September 1943.
Assistant to public New York Times, from February 1944.
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He was a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and a writer for its journal Foreign Affairs, and a foreign correspondent and editorial writer for the New York Times and New York Herald Tribune from 1921 to 1946.
Married Tirzah Maris Gates, June 5, 1936.